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Andrew McManus
Andrew McManus is an Australian live music promoter, and founder of several music promotion companies. In 1998 he established his first music promotion company, International Touring Company (ITC), in Brisbane. His companies promoted notable and high-profile tours of Australia by international acts include Fleetwood Mac, Mötley Crüe and Aerosmith.
McManus has also promoted comedians at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with acts including Pauly Shore and Joan Rivers.
McManus is the former owner and promoter of the short lived World Wrestling All-Stars promotion, formed in October 2001 with its final tour in May 2003. The WWA toured Australia, Europe and New Zealand airing their shows on USA pay-per-view. McManus appeared on air a few times to make some announcements, but mainly ran things from behind the scenes.
In 2009, McManus organised the Impact Fighting Championships tournament, featuring Ken Shamrock, Big John and others.
McManus' career arguably started with his managing a band room in Coogee Bay Hotel in Sydney.
McManus was the manager of the Australian rock band Divinyls from 1987 to 1994.
McManus Entertainment was the promoter of reggae festival Raggamuffin since its launch in 2008. In 2014, McManus Entertainment partnered with Dawn Raid Entertainment to move Raggamuffin from Rotorua to Auckland.
In 2019, American rock band Live were to headline a music festival Under the Southern Stars run by McManus' enterprise, One World Entertainment. The festival was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Live pulled out. Customers were only offered a rescheduled ticket to an entirely different concert set for March 2022. One World Entertainment denied refunds and told those who did not attend in 2022 that they must attend a concert in 2023 as compensation instead, resulting in dozens of ticket holders lodging complaints with consumer affairs. McManus had assumed nearly a quarter million dollars in debt, and blamed state governments and cited the Live Performance Code of Practice as reason to refuse refunds. NSW Fair Trading suggested this refusal to provide refunds and instead offer a "like for like" replacement breached the Australian Consumer Law.
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Andrew McManus
Andrew McManus is an Australian live music promoter, and founder of several music promotion companies. In 1998 he established his first music promotion company, International Touring Company (ITC), in Brisbane. His companies promoted notable and high-profile tours of Australia by international acts include Fleetwood Mac, Mötley Crüe and Aerosmith.
McManus has also promoted comedians at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival with acts including Pauly Shore and Joan Rivers.
McManus is the former owner and promoter of the short lived World Wrestling All-Stars promotion, formed in October 2001 with its final tour in May 2003. The WWA toured Australia, Europe and New Zealand airing their shows on USA pay-per-view. McManus appeared on air a few times to make some announcements, but mainly ran things from behind the scenes.
In 2009, McManus organised the Impact Fighting Championships tournament, featuring Ken Shamrock, Big John and others.
McManus' career arguably started with his managing a band room in Coogee Bay Hotel in Sydney.
McManus was the manager of the Australian rock band Divinyls from 1987 to 1994.
McManus Entertainment was the promoter of reggae festival Raggamuffin since its launch in 2008. In 2014, McManus Entertainment partnered with Dawn Raid Entertainment to move Raggamuffin from Rotorua to Auckland.
In 2019, American rock band Live were to headline a music festival Under the Southern Stars run by McManus' enterprise, One World Entertainment. The festival was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Live pulled out. Customers were only offered a rescheduled ticket to an entirely different concert set for March 2022. One World Entertainment denied refunds and told those who did not attend in 2022 that they must attend a concert in 2023 as compensation instead, resulting in dozens of ticket holders lodging complaints with consumer affairs. McManus had assumed nearly a quarter million dollars in debt, and blamed state governments and cited the Live Performance Code of Practice as reason to refuse refunds. NSW Fair Trading suggested this refusal to provide refunds and instead offer a "like for like" replacement breached the Australian Consumer Law.