2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Lee Anderson
PRESIDENTWasserman Music YEARS IN THE BIZ: 24FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Marketing intern at Nectar’s & Club Metronome in Burlington, Vermont Lee Anderson is hard to pin down. He’ll bounce between London and New York, taking detours to Los Angeles…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Marty Diamond
EVP & MANAGING EXECUTIVEWasserman Music YEARS IN THE BIZ: 30+FAVORITE PLACE FOR A BIZ MEETING: Cavatina Restaurant at the Sunset Marquis Coldplay is on track to have one of the highest-grossing tours of all time with “Music Of The Spheres,”…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: John Silva
PRESIDENTSilva Artist Management WINS FOR MANAGER OF THE YEAR: 2MONEY QUOTE: “(Silva’s) The fuel that’s filled my engine for over a quarter of a century” – Dave Grohl John Silva is firing on all cylinders: His client Beck is on…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Ron Laffitte
FOUNDERLaffitte Management Group COOL EARLY GIG: Merch Manager for MetallicaBIZ PHILOSOPHY: Make every minute count The year 2023 included a string of successes for veteran music manager Ron Laffitte, with his stacked artist roster that includes Pharrell Williams, Backstreet Boys,…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Darryl Eaton
CO-HEAD OF GLOBAL TOURINGCAA FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Columbia/Def Jam InternBIZ PHILOSOPHY: “Ass in Chair…” What do the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Kelly Clarkson, blink-182, RBD, Glass Animals, Arcade Fire, A$AP Rocky and Enrique Iglesias have in…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Rick Roskin
CO-HEAD OF GLOBAL TOURINGCAA START IN THE INDUSTRY: CAA’s mailroomBIZ PHILOSOPHY: There’s no replacement for hard work After graduating from Tulane University with a B.A. in Political Science, Rick Roskin wanted to cut his teeth in the live music business.…
2024 Impact 50 Honorees: Jon Landau
MANAGER FOR BRUCE SPRINGSTEENJon Landau Management When Jon Landau penned the now infamous “rock and roll’s future” article for Bostonalternative newsweekly The Real Paper in 1974, even Madame Marie could not haveforetold that the first domino had been knocked over…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Rob Gibbs
PARTNER AND CO-HEADUnited Talent Agency FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Intern at boutique agency WRProductionsMENTOR: Dennis Ashley As co-head of UTA’s new Atlanta office and specifically representing the music side, Rob Gibbs continues to demonstrate strong leadership at a major…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Dennis Arfa
CHAIRMAN, MUSICIndependent Artist Group BAND BILLY JOEL WAS IN WHEN I MET HIM: The HasslesAGENCY BEFORE IAG & AGI: QBQ (Quality Before Quantity) Anyone who knows Dennis Arfa — and most in the concert industry seem to — knows the…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Tara Traub
SVP, GLOBAL TOURING Live Nation 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Tours With Lainey Wilson, Tate McRaeFIRST GIG: Intern at Live Nation Live Nation SVP of Global Touring Tara Traub’s promoter purview reinforces and encapsulates much of the industry trends and mantras seen throughout…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Tim Leiweke
CHAIRMAN & CEOOAK VIEW GROUP MONEY MATTERS: More than $5 billion Invested In ArenasFIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Assistant General Manager of the St. Louis Steamers The momentum continues for Oak View Group, Pollstar’s parent company, which has become a…
2024 Impact 50 Honoree: Danny Wimmer
FOUNDERDANNY WIMMER PRESENTS FIRST JOB IN THE BIZ: Co-owning The 1,400-cap Milk Bar in Jacksonville, FloridaDAY HE JOINED LIMP BIZKIT ON STAGE: May 19. 2024, at Sonic Temple Danny Wimmer continues to lead an independent,festival-focused concert entity into expansion, adding…
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