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Global reveals more about its new live music business

By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 23 April 2015

Global Radio’s rapidly expanding and now fully operational Stateside music and entertainment business, Global Entertainment, has confirmed a load of information about its promised live music division, which will be called – brace yourself – Global Live.

Led by one time AEG Live CEO Randy Phillips who, of course, is heading up Global’s new US operations, Global Live has recruited Paul Korzilius, manager of Bon Jovi since 1992, to be its Vice President, while in the UK operations will be headed up by another former AEG-er in the former of Sam Bush, previously Director Of Live Music in the UK. Ned Collett has also been confirmed as a consultant to the new business, leading operations and finance.

As for actual shows, it looks like Phillips will be collaborating with his former employer on some ventures, with the division’s first UK project the current Vamps tour while in the US it will be an Indianapolis Rolling Stones show, both co-promotions with AEG.

Saying words on all this, Phillips told reporters: “Having built AEG Live from the ground up with some really gifted executives, I know what it takes to build a live entertainment company. Global is well positioned to do this again in the year 2015, and the industry is anxious for another professional, well resourced, financially stable live promotion company to enter the market”.

He went on: “As a new company, whose only mandate is not to be constrained by legacy and to focus on presenting great talent on stages around the world, we are able to independently promote and/or work with partners on a project-by-project basis”.