Today we sit and chat candidly with Festival Advance Manager/VIP Manager to the stars Aoife Ahern, who has worked for over twenty years with extraordinary talent across the Music & Events Industry.
Her role is to handle and deal with all contracts, riders and logistics for the client. Acting as the main point of contact for each artist and looking after all matters pertaining to agents & management. And who might the ‘client’ be? Aoife has toured with the elite of the music world, such as Prince, Ceelo Green, Gavin Friday (U2), Billy Ocean, Stereo Kicks, One Direction, Beyonce, Chris Brown and Arcade Fire plus many more in over 20 years of working in the industry.
Also joining us is Úna Molloy who works as an artist manager, booking agent, tour manager and event producer. She runs the music agency Turning Pirate and is based in Dublin. She has worked with artists such as Lisa Hannigan, Booka Brass Band, Jerry Fish, Fionn Regan, Bell X1, Cathy Davey and more.
Books mentioned in this podcast:
- The Colour Purple - Alice Walker
- The History of Love Novel - Nicole Krauss
- Becoming - Michelle Obama
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