Stennett’s car pulls up to a building in the Meatpacking District, and she goes to the penthouse, where she shares office space with Blavatnik’s Access Industries. Stennett is on the brink of having her own empire, if she can guide her VIP acts - namely Australian pop-rapper Iggy Azalea, British singer Ellie Goulding and One Direction refugee Zayn Malik - through the controversies, pitfalls and other tremors that could knock them from the top of an increasingly unstable pyramid of pop stardom. Stennett has the support of industry power brokers including Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge, Columbia Records CEO Rob Stringer (who calls Turn First “the alpha female music company”) and Warner Music Group (WMG) owner Len Blavatnik, who has formed a joint venture with Stennett, a development she won’t yet discuss in detail because it hasn’t been officially announced. It’s well-rounded, diverse and -comprehensive - OK, fine, “vertically integrated” - as well as thriving and expanding. act Sugababes, has grown to comprise two labels, a branding business and a publishing company, in addition to artist management. Turn First, the company she launched in 2004 after managing U.K. Stennett exemplifies the 21st-century approach to music moguldom. ![]() In a moment, from the back seat of a town car, she’ll get on the phone to Sydney, where’s it’s already tomorrow. Today the British lawyer and manager is in New York, a convenient pivot point to an extended workday: Before breakfast she can talk to the London office, and after dinner her Los Angeles staff is still available. ![]() Time zones are important to Sarah Stennett, who has 38 employees in three cities. When we got to the actual fans, it was very, very intense.” “We got off the plane in Manila, and there were like 500 people there waiting,” says Sheeran. Sheeran finally realized the need for security after a tour stop in the Philippines. One smallish man, alone onstage in venues normally occupied by such franchises as the New England Patriots, generating Beatlemania-esque pandemonium along the way.Ģ4 Hours With Ed Sheeran: His New York City Whirlwind (PHOTOS) leg of his blockbuster X Tour: a sold-out show at the 80,000-seat Gillette Stadium, outside Boston. (His older brother Matthew is also a musician he composes classical music.) Now Sheeran is in town for a few days following the last stop on the U.S. His parents, art dealer dad John and jewelry designer mom Imogen, still live in Suffolk, and Sheeran recently bought a house nearby. In the age of easyfit solutions, you cannot fake the breakneck stamina and heartfelt integrity ofAustralia’s standard setting Dance floor warrior.It has been an almost unbelievable rise, from busking in his English hometown of Suffolk to getting gifts from Jay and Bey. In line with his successive industry triumphs,the road ahead looks set to comfortably accommodate the intense energy andunique characteristics that Tommy continues to bring to Electronic Dance music.With forthcoming collaborations alongside the likes of Tiësto, SebastianIngrosso and A-Trak promise to unravel before 2012 is out. From the most prestigious nightspots around theglobe to the ever-expanding global festivals that he so seamlessly conquers,there is no stage too grand or miniscule for him to tailor his adrenaline fueled turntable dexterity to. With global club culture spiraling to suchunfathomable heights, Tommy has had little trouble fitting the bigger bills nowassociated with his craft. With signings on labels ranging from Axtone and Refune rightthrough to Mau5trap and Tiësto ’s Musical Freedom imprint, every newinstallment of his poignant floor filling productions lay testament to thepride the Aussie takes in his blazing musical legacy. ![]() As high-profile remix duties for the SwedishHouse Mafia and Deadmau5 would indicate, demand for his delinquent House cutsis sky high. Outside of his party-hard stage presence,the ARIA Award-nominated producer’s approach to mind-blowing musicremains as heartfelt as they come. Without a hint of compromise where qualityis concerned, 2012 is proving a landmark year for the thunder from down under. With an armory of his owncarefully created anthems, this Australian club grinder has thrown to one sidethe clean-shaven image of EDM idols. Fist in the air and unmistakable locks at large,Tommy Trash is not your stereotypical Dance icon.
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