Jim Brown, Nutter Center; Cheryl Swanson, Michigan State University Breslin Center; Don Kronberg, NiteLite Promotions; Randy Brown, Allen County War Memorial Coliseum; John Siehl, Nutter Center and
Jeff Bowen, CCO Entertainment
It’s a sea of VIPs at the
Concert Industry Awards, as the nominees await the start of the show.
Charlie Davis, Paradise Artists; “Weird Al” Yankovic; Steve Schenck and Jim Lenz, Paradisse Artists.
Andrew “Dice” Clay presents the award for Most Creative Tour Package.
Irving Azoff’s wallet makes a rare public appearance when Azoff accepts the Manager of the Year Award alongside Timothy B. Schmit and Joe Walsh.
Jaclyn Mayer, Nikki Wheeler, Caitlin Roffman and Rob Prinz, United Talent Agency and Jim Allison, AEG Live/Concerts West
Craig Redden, Q1 Production Technologies; Jim Evans Sr. and James Evans, Mountain Productions; Michael Tait, Tait Towers and Kevin Forster, Ed & Ted’s Excellent Lighting
Harry Sandler, Front Line Management; Debra Rathwell, AEG Live; Lee Zeidman, Staples Center / Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Guy Richard, Matt Charkow, Chris Burke and David Snyder of William Morris Agency and Stanley Andrucyk, A.M. Productions (second from R)
Dick Smothers interprets Tommy’s “fibs” for the audience when the duo hosts the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.
Juliette & The Licks grab a photo
op backstage.
Rick Merrill of Gibson Amphitheatre and his wife, Cory; Emily Simonitsch, Live Nation; Steve Redfearn and Larry Vallon, AEG and Mark Sidlow, Gibson Amphitheatre.
Ed Micone, Paradigm; Harvey Leeds, Sony / BMG and Rod Essig, CAA
Chip Hooper, Paradigm; Hank Neuberger, Spring-board Productions; Larry Webman, Paradigm; Chuck Morris, AEG Live Rocky Mountains; Elliott Lefko, Goldenvoice and Brent Fedrizzi, AEG Live Rocky Mountains.
Charlie Jeske, Bismarck Civic Center Arena; Ron Spencer, Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center and John Huie, CAA
Steve Strange, X-Ray Touring; Nicky Dunn, Odyssey Arena and John Sutherland, SMG – Europe
Representatives of London’s O2 Arena, including AEG Europe CEO David Campbell, are jazzed about the venue’s win for International Arena of the Year from presenters Peter and Gordon.
The crowd settles in for the Pollstar Concert Industry Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles February 7th.