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Former Warner Europe boss joins Live Nation
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 17 January 2012
The former European chief for Warner Music, John Reid, has a new job, as President Of Concerts for Live Nation Europe.
Confirming Reid’s shift from records to live music, the CEO of Live Nation’s European business, Simon Lewis, told reporters: “We are delighted to have John join us at a time of exciting growth for Live Nation. His pedigree speaks for itself and he is an immensely valuable talent to have with us as we continue to develop our business across Europe. John will be pivotal in broadening our touring artist portfolio and strengthening our show marketing capabilities as we head into what we expect to be another strong year”.
Name-checking Live Nation’s overall top two execs as well Lewis, Reid himself added: “I’m very pleased to join Irving Azoff, Michael Rapino and Simon Lewis at Live Nation. Having spent a number of years navigating and leading the transition of the recorded music business to digital, and to full rights management, this is a great opportunity to join the largest live music, management and ticketing businesses at a very exciting time for the company”.
Reid spent over ten years at Warner, joining the major from rivals Universal in 2000. He left the Warner Music Group last November as part of an executive rejig orchestrated by the firm’s newish owners Access Industries.
