Wednesday, October 23, 2024
In our latest roundup, we present a batch of stars from the live side of the biz whose dedication and effort make their superiors look good.
Lucky for them, this feature—plus tickets and fees—will get them into the nearest concert venue.

Gus Canazio
Director of Booking, Intuit Dome
Canazio feels fortunate to have experienced the opening of the Intuit Dome with a whirlwind of 11 concerts in two weeks, making it a monumental debut for L.A.’s newest venue. Enjoying the challenge of blending consistency with creativity, he was recently excited to finalize the details for the sold-out
Slipknot and
Billy Joel shows in September, plus more. Canazio is a DIY enthusiast at heart and has a permanent tab at
The Home Depot for his home-remodeling projects. We’ve been told we have a screw loose.

Beth Hamilton
Agent/Partner, WME
Hamilton treasures the thrill of artist milestones, whether it’s experiencing a first-time headliner at the
Ryman, watching
Ashley McBryde get inducted into the
Grand Ole Opry, seeing
Brothers Osborne play in front of 20k fans at London’s
O2 Arena or witnessing
Luke Bryan performing with
Lionel Richie in Mexico. Currently, she’s overseeing
Zach Top’s sold-out 2025 headlining tour and participating in the
CMA’s
Women’s Leadership Academy. Raised on an Ohio farm, Hamilton swapped baling hay for booking shows. Some say we traffic in horseshit.

Kobi Danan
Founder, Framework, Sound Nightclub, The Spotlight
Danan reveled in seeing his friends
FISHER and
Chris Lake during their performance at
Coachella’s
Outdoor stage in 2023 which drew a record-breaking 50k+. He was equally proud to host
Fatboy Slim at the
Yuma stage, paying tribute to underground music roots that inspire the work Danan and team do. Now, he’s focused on launching venues in 2025, with backing from city officials—a dream turned reality. Danan can quote almost any movie after a single viewing. We tend to lose the plot.

Lea Swanson
Vice President, Talent, Goldenvoice
For Swanson, nothing tops working on a covert
Metallica concert for
ComicCon 2013 at San Diego’s historic 1,300-cap
Spreckels Theater. She was also thrilled by two nights of
Rod Stewart at Saratoga’s
Mountain Winery this year, not to mention promoting an
Eric Clapton show. Now, she’s enlivening the Winery with acts like
OneRepublic and booking other storied San Diego venues, like
Humphreys and
The Rady Shell. Offstage, she’s an
OrangeTheory Fitness coach. We get our steps in between the couch and the fridge.