Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicWME’s music business, like that of its fellow agencies, withstood tremendous blows for much of 2020 and into 2021 as the coronavirus pandemic brought touring to a halt.
To get a sense of scale, consider that in a typical year WME, whose roster includes Adele, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Dead and Company and Foo Fighters, books some 30,000 concerts, all of which had to move dates, many to new venues.Changes weren’t limited to the road: Inside the offices of WME, the music department had a shakeup of its own that saw longtime co-heads Marc Geiger, a 17-year veteran of the agency, and Sara Newkirk Simon step down last June (the latter transitioned to a consultant role at Endeavor), in addition to Brent Smith,.
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