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...
All the money is on the road, but it's the label people who are still venerated, which is kind of questionable. Rick's been doing it for decades. He signs and steers tours as well as scouting for new venues. Not that he doesn't have an entire team helping him out, but if you want to know what's going on in the touring world today...
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