Arthur Fogel

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'''Arthur Fogel''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}} is a Canadian music promoter and the CEO of the Global Touring division of Live Nation Entertainment. His team has managed four of the top five highest-grossing tours in history, including those by U2, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and The Police. He has been considered one of the most important people in live music.

Ottawa, Ontario. He graduated from Ashbury College and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from McMaster University.<ref name=robb>{{cite news | first=Peter | last=Robb | url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/arthur-fogels-year-of-living-famously | title=Arthur Fogel's year of living famously | newspaper=Ottawa Citizen | date=May 19, 2014 | access-date=2014-06-26}}</ref>

==Career== Fogel relocated to Toronto, where he played drums professionally.<ref name=robb></ref> His involvement in music promotion commenced after meeting promoter Dennis Ruffo in Ottawa, when Ruffo had booked the Wells-Davidson Band, in which Fogel was the drummer.<ref name=robb/>

Fogel first started in the concert and music promotion business at a Toronto club called The Edge.<ref name=fame2>{{cite news |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7525560/touring-legend-arthur-fogel-canadian-music-industry-hall-of-fame |title=Touring Legend Arthur Fogel Named to Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame|date= September 27, 2016 |newspaper=Billboard |access-date=March 29, 2017}}</ref> In 1981, he joined Concert Productions International (CPI) as an executive assistant before being promoted as president of the concert division at CPI in 1986. In 1989, the company's risky North American breakthrough was to win the tour contract for the Rolling Stones, earning a record-breaking {{nowrap|$300 million}}.<ref name="TheGlobeandMailFogel"/>

In 1995, Fogel became president of The Next Adventure (TNA), a global touring company, and was responsible for the global touring division as the company was acquired first by SFX, then by Clear Channel Communications.<ref name=fame2 />

As a promoter and tour manager of some of the world's largest stage scenes, Fogel's rapport with his superstar clients is reportedly enhanced by his own history as a professional musician.<ref name="CMWFF_Itinerary"/> He manages egos, saying "I had this sense of how to interact with artists. When to insert myself in their world and when to withdraw."<ref name="TheGlobeandMailFogel"/> He has actively responded to crises outside of his control. In 2000, his team was prompted to cancel Diana Ross's Return to Love Tour mid-stride, reportedly due to a failure of financial negotiations with artists, high ticket prices, and low attendance.<ref name="SupremesCanceled"/> A 2002 Guns N' Roses concert tour was reportedly shaken by promoter Clear Channel Communications's cancellation of multiple concert dates, due to the band's second failure to appear. Described by MTV News as a riot, the event suffered fighting and mayhem amid the audience, and between the audience and the attending riot police.<ref name="GnRRiotKurtLoder"/><ref name="GnRCanceledMTV"/>

Fogel is the CEO of the Global Touring division of Live Nation Entertainment and the chairman of its Global Music group.<ref name="LiveNationEntertainmentArthurFogelBio"/> The organization sells almost 50 million tickets to more than 20,000 events every year, and his team has managed four of the top five highest-grossing tours in history, including those by U2, Madonna, Lady Gaga, and The Police.<ref name="TheGlobeandMailFogel"/><ref name="BillboardPower100"/>

==Reception== Bono of U2 called Fogel "clearly the most important person in the live music world" in a documentary movie titled ''Who the F**k Is Arthur Fogel'',<ref name="ArthurFogelonWTFisAF"/> which was screened at the Canadian Music Week Film Fest of 2013.<ref name="CanadianMusicWeekFilmFestDigitalJournal"/> In 2013, ''The Globe and Mail'' called him "the most powerful man in music", remarking that "Arthur Fogel runs the world – or at least a large part of the music industry – but doesn't even have his own Wikipedia entry."<ref name="TheGlobeandMailFogel"/>

In 2016, Fogel was named to the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame.<ref name=fame2 />

== References == {{Reflist| refs= <ref name="ArthurFogelonWTFisAF">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/1554217/arthur-fogel-on-who-the-fk-is-arthur-fogel-screening | title=Arthur Fogel on 'Who The F**k Is Arthur Fogel'| author=Karen Bliss| magazine=Billboard| date=March 21, 2013| access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="BillboardPower100">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1099278/billboard-power-100-arthur-fogel | title=Billboard Power 100: Arthur Fogel| author=Ray Waddell| magazine=Billboard| date=January 27, 2012| access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="CanadianMusicWeekFilmFestDigitalJournal">{{cite web | url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/346120 |title=Review: Who the F**k is Arthur Fogel?| author=Cate Kustanczy| date=March 21, 2013 | access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="CMWFF_Itinerary">{{cite web | url=http://cmwfilmfest.com/events/who-the-is-arthur-fogel/ | title=WHO THE F**K IS ARTHUR FOGEL? | publisher=Canadian Music Week Film Fest}}</ref> <ref name="TheGlobeandMailFogel">{{cite web | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/meet-the-most-powerful-man-in-music/article9844911/ | title=Meet the most powerful man in music| author=Kate Taylor| publisher=The Globe and Mail| date=March 17, 2013| access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="LiveNationEntertainmentArthurFogelBio">{{cite web | url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=194146&p=irol-govBio&ID=170523| title=Biography: Arthur Fogel: Chairman—Global Music and President—Global Touring | access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="GnRCanceledMTV">{{cite web| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1459058/guns-n-roses-dates-canceled.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725073009/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1459058/guns-n-roses-dates-canceled.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 25, 2012 | title=Guns N' Roses Dates Canceled| author=Jon Wiederhorn | website=MTV| date=December 9, 2002 | access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="GnRRiotKurtLoder">{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458577/guns-n-roses-tour-kickoff-canceled.jhtml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403033510/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458577/guns-n-roses-tour-kickoff-canceled.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 3, 2011 | title=Fans Riot After Guns N' Roses Tour Kickoff Canceled: Kurt Loder Reports | author=Kurt Loder | publisher=MTV| date=November 8, 2002 | access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="SupremesCanceled">{{cite web| url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=116429&page=1 | title=Diana Ross Summer Concert Tour Canceled | work=ABC News | author=Buck Wolf | date=July 10, 2000 | access-date=March 26, 2013}}</ref> }}

==External links== *[https://archive.today/20130628035757/https://screeners.eonetv.com/production.asp?id=628 Trailer video], [http://digitaljournal.com/article/346120 a review], and [http://tmakworld.com/2013/03/who-fk-is-arthur-fogel-world-premiere.html another review] for the documentary ''Who the F**K is Arthur Fogel?''

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