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Paul McGuinness (born 16 June 1951) is a British talent manager. He was the founder of Principle Management Limited, a popular music act management company based in Dublin, Ireland. He was the manager of the rock band U2 from 1978 to 2013.
He won Top Manager at the Billboard Touring Awards in 2006 and 2009. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In 2007, Oseary negotiated a 360 deal partnering Madonna with Live Nation worth $120 million. [ 11 ] On November 12, 2013, it was announced that Oseary would be replacing Paul McGuinness as manager of U2 in a $30 million deal which would see Live Nation buy both ...
The band allowed manager Paul McGuinness to book their 1997–1998 PopMart Tour with the album still in progress; [165] Bono called it "the worst decision U2 ever made". [166] Rushed to complete the album, the band delayed its release date a second time from late 1996 to March 1997, [ 164 ] [ 167 ] cutting into tour rehearsal time.
In the late 2000s, U2 embarked on the “U2 360” tour, so named because the band was playing stadiums in an in-the-round format. This weekend, the quartet kicks off a nearly three-month ...
Jumping in with both feet is Guy Oseary, founder of the management firm Maverick, whose clients include Madonna, U2, and — newly signed — the Bored Ape Yacht Club. Yuga Labs are the creators ...
Members of hugely popular South Korean K-Pop band BTS are expected to become multimillionaire shareholders after receiving shares in their label, Big Hit Entertainment, as it prepares an initial ...
]: U2 record their first demo tape at Keystone Studios, Dublin. [16] Paul McGuiness (pictured in 2010) became manager of the band in 1978. 25 May 1978: Paul McGuinness agrees to become U2's manager. [17] 9 September 1978: U2 play in support of The Stranglers at the Top Hat Ballroom, their biggest gig to date. They are paid £50.
On a windy evening in Las Vegas, U2 were finally reunited in the same arena for the first time in five years — sort of. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr. attended Friday night’s penultimate U2 show at ...