He’s President North America of AEG Presents. He started off as a fan, became a drummer, ran the concert program at UCSB and ended up working for Bill Graham Presents in SF and then LN in L.A. and now AEG. So, if you want to know how to climb the ladder in the concert business… […]

This one is different. This is less of an interview than a conversation. As if we were at dinner and you were listening in on us batting the ball back and forth, covering topics as varied as Sirius XM to prog rock to the Canadian health care system. Jake Gold was the manager who built […]

He made me feel inadequate. You think you want to go down one path, then you find out you’re unsuited for it. Even worse, you age and discover that your heart’s desire is not. I remember wanting to be an agent, at this late date the idea of negotiating for a living is anathema to […]

When Jason got booted by Lyor, I asked Roger Ames whether Flom was done. Ames said no, that the ability to spot and sign talent was rare, and once you developed it, you never lost it. Which is why Jason went on to sign Katy Perry at Capitol and Lorde and Greta Van Fleet at […]