Daily Edit | Jun 12

Angélica Garcia 
Gemolo
Partisan 

Stories

“Essentially, you have some very big managers that are out of touch with the granular finesse and nuance of ticketing,” says another anonymous booking agent. “And they have these large expectations and they tell their agents what they want. And the agents are probably texting each other on the side, going, ‘This man is out of his fucking mind.’ But they do it anyway because, in the case of Black Keys, they’re not gonna challenge Irving Azoff.”

While speaking on the unlikelihood of a future One Direction reunion, Simon Cowell stated, “one thing I regret is I should have kept the name… I should have owned the name.” Since the band members themselves own the One Direction name, they can block the others from using it in just about any capacity. “If one of the band members, for whatever reason, say they don’t want to tour, it can stop the others [from] touring. So, if it was me who owned the name, it wouldn’t be a problem,” Cowell said, insinuating that if he had the rights to the name, he could try to organize a One Direction reunion tour regardless of each member’s involvement.

Hires & Promotions

LaTrice Burnette | evp, head of music | UnitedMasters

Signings

Carter Faith | records | UMG Nashville

Ambar Lucid | records | Nice Life