Why ‘Summer of Soul’ and ‘Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero’ Producer RadicalMedia Has Always Stayed True to Its New York Roots
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor Most people don’t get a text from Bono in the middle of the night. But Jon Kamen, the CEO, chairman and co-founder of RadicalMedia, found himself fighting off jet lag on a recent business trip to Japan as he fielded messages from the U2 frontman.
That pair had worked together on the One campaign, the musician’s push to eradicate AIDS and poverty in Africa, and this time Bono needed help launching ticketing for the band’s upcoming residency at Las Vegas’ newly launched venue, the Sphere.
Kamen assured him that there was someone on staff who could help him. “I said, ‘let me call this guy and see if he can come up with something,'” he remembers. “We needed to turn this thing around in ridiculous time.
I go to bed in Japan. Bono gives me a good recommendation for a restaurant in Kyoto. I’m dreaming of sushi, and I wake up at seven in the morning to get ready for and the young man out of our L.A.
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