Live music is booming, and CAA’s top touring execs explain exactly how today’s biggest shows come to life. Managing director, Rob Light, and co-head of global touring, Rick Roskin, join host Kristin Robinson to unpack the rise of live music’s modern era. They dive into the post-pandemic concert boom, how agents build tours from the ground up and what it takes for an artist to grow from a club act to a headliner. Light and Roskin discuss the balance between fair ticket pricing and fan demand and how agents fight to keep more money with the artists. They share how gut instinct still plays a role in spotting future stars, how massive shows like Harry Styles’ 15-night Madison Square Garden run come together and the evolving impact of festivals and social media on touring. Plus, they reveal the wildest artist requests, unforgettable live moments, and their take on concert etiquette in the age of the live music boom.
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Host:
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Executive Producers:
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:39 Meet the Guests
00:01:56 Why They Got Into Music
00:05:03 Starting in the Mail Room
00:08:46 Touring Post-Pandemic Boom
00:13:05 Adapting to Pandemic Shutdown
00:18:02 Festivals and Artist Development
00:23:14 Venue Sizes and Strategic Moves
00:28:30 Coachella Success and Festival Trends
00:36:05 The Sphere and Unique Concert Experiences
00:42:38 Rising Touring Costs
00:47:50 Dynamic Ticketing and Secondary Markets
00:53:56 Concert Etiquette and Memorable Moments
00:55:50 Qualities and Charisma of Great Artists
01:00:00 Concluding Thoughts
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Thanks so much to Rob and Rick for coming by the show! Loved hearing the inside scoop on Beyonce’s Homecoming Coachella show, especially
This is the best podcast I’ve seen in music business, I hope you continue for as long as your heart desires. Keep up the great work
This podcast has been excellent so far. Loving the “inside baseball” conversations. I’m just starting out as a live performer and am hoping to grow, and I’ve been getting some really good insight on certain things that I wasn’t expecting to get without being in the industry for a while.
made my day! thank you jack
Amazing show!
Dynamic pricing does not mean that all the money goes to the artist, unless the artist sells the tickets himself via a fan-shop. For instance I have noticed that Jesse Welles ticket prices for his upcoming European tour can vary from 550 Euros (in England, where he is very popular) to 19 Euros in countries where his following is small. If the fans travel to the shows in other countries there will be higher demand, leading to higher prices. But then the artist will turn his fans into competitors who will increase the demand for tickets and raise the prices. There will be no community of fans. The artists will squeeze as much money out of his fan-following as possible leaving their fans as the fools who have to pay for it all. In the end the artist will have less fans. I guess there is no (other) business like show business.