Stuart Galbraith

Stuart Galbraith is a British live music event promoter. He is the founder of Kilimanjaro Live, one of the United Kingdom's largest music promoters. Starting his career as Events Booker at Leeds University and then at independent promoter MCP, Galbraith went on to become Managing Director of Live Nation[1] and was responsible for the creation of Download Festival, Wireless Festival, Hyde Park Calling and the Live8 Concert.[2][3][4]

Along with Kilimanjaro Live he owns or operates Sonisphere Festival, Wakestock Festival and Vans Warped Tour (Europe Only).[5][6][7]

Criticism

The online secondary ticket market Viagogo are upset with Kilimanjaro Live and its owner, Stuart Galbraith, for cancelling tickets 2018 that has been resold by Viagogo contrary to terms and conditions to Ed Sheeran's UK 2018 tour, and in turn the Swiss company is taking the UK company to court in Germany over the UK tour.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Caroline Briggs "'Golden age' for live music scene", BBC News, Monday, 16 April 2007
  2. ↑ Music Tank "Speaker Biographies: Stuart Galbraith - CEO, Kilimanjaro Live", Music Tank
  3. ↑ City Showcase "Workshop Panellist: Stuart Galbraith", City Showcase Website
  4. ↑ Georgie Rogers "Live Nation ex-boss rues merger", BBC News, Friday, 31 July 2009
  5. ↑ AIF "Kilimanjaro Live adds Wakestock, Vans Warped Tour and Sonisphere" Archived 2013-08-05 at Archive.is, "Association of Independent Festivals"
  6. ↑ Chris Cooke "Kilimanjaro Live joins AIF", The Complete Music Update, Friday 22 March 2013
  7. ↑ James Dickson "Stuart Galbraith Joins AIF Board", Event Industry News, Thursday 21 March 2013
  8. ↑ "Viagogo sues Ed Sheeran promoter over anti-touting efforts". Complete Music Update. Retrieved 2018-09-05.
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