SPTE 202 Lecture 2: Concert Promotion
22 Dec 2018
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Tour promoter makes an offer of employment to a particular artist to play a particular. Promoters (tour/ concert promoters or talent buyers) are the individuals or companies responsible for organizing a live concert tour or special event performance venue and this usually happens through the artist"s agent or music manager. Assume all the risk for a show. Roots in regional promotions in their respective areas. After the amphitheater boom in the late 80"s /early 90"s the top markets in the us became very contemporized. Sfx entertainment forever changes the concert industry in 1997- on the test. Largest owner and operator of venues for live entertainment in the world. Promote over 30,000 events a year for over 60 million people. Festival arm- c3 presents: lollapalooza, austin city limits, shaky knees & beets, Voodoo music & arts experience, music midtown- atl. Owns and operates staples center, stub hub center, o2 arena in london.
