Despite the most challenging period in the history of the live music industry, The New Bosses 2021 – ’s annual celebration of the most promising talent in the business today – has been a soaraway success. Anecdotal tales of industry professionals working in harmony have been backed by a welcome lack of partisanship across the swathe of nominees, with people happy to single out colleagues across the divide, be that from rival companies or agents nominating promoters, etc. Indeed, our distinguished dozen is dominated by rising stars in the agency and promoter side of the business, underscoring the cameraderie that has been prevalent throughout an 18-month period when very few live shows took place. Congratulations to everyone who made it into The New Bosses 2021 – being recognised by a jury of your peers is truly one of the finest accolades you can receive. The profiles on the following pages are heavily edited versions of interviews that website in the coming weeks. will appear in full on the 20
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