Neil Warnock
Chief Executive Officer
The Agency Group Worldwide - London
Neil Warnock is CEO and founder of The Agency Group, one of the world’s foremost entertainment booking agencies. Under his guidance the company operates five international offices with 57 agents, a staff of over 150, and a combined roster of nearly 1,500 celebrated musicians, speakers and authors.
Warnock’s career spans over five decades and he has represented or consulted on many of history’s most influential musicians including the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and Michael Jackson.
At the age of 15 he left school to become an apprentice printer and instead launched his career as an agent. In his spare time, he worked with many of London’s semi-professional bands booking their shows at colleges and universities in the area. Over-time he quickly became a force within the college booking circuit. Many professional agencies began hiring him to do freelance booking at universities for artists such as Pink Floyd and Tyrannosaurus Rex. Soon thereafter he opened his own booking agency South Bank Artists, which came to manage a majority of bookings for all of the major colleges and universities in and around London.
Within two years of opening South Bank Artists, Warnock was recruited by NEMS Enterprises, the legendary home of The Beatles, where he became the Director of Contemporary Artistes at age 25. In 1973 he joined The Bron Agency as Managing Director. In 1981 he bought out the company and changed its name to The Agency Group.
As CEO of The Agency Group, Warnock implemented an unconventional boutique like strategy where agents represent specific acts for the whole of their career, rather than having specific agents represent each act in definite territories.
Warnock continues trailblazing in the industry and has had significant success in booking tours in established and emerging markets, including Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe. Among his many unparalleled achievements are Michael Jackson’s tour in India, the Rolling Stones’ tours in South East Asia and two European tours, and Pink Floyd’s tour in Russia while the iron curtain was still in place.
Today, The Agency Group’s talent pool includes the full spectrum in artist development, including emerging artists, artists at the pinnacle of their careers, and legends in music. All are from diverse genres including rock, metal, reggae, folk, R&B, hip-hop, classical, pop and children’s entertainment. In addition, the company has Literary, Speakers and Performing Arts departments.
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