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Artist and Manager Awards 2014: Manager of the Year and Breakthrough Nominees Announced

12 March 2014

The MMF is pleased to announce that Scott Rodger is this years’ Manager of the Year and will be presented with the award at the show at the Troxy on April 3rd 2014 which will again be sponsored by Spotify.

 

MMF CEO Jon Webster said “Scott Rodger had a stellar year working with legend Sir Paul McCartney on his projects, masterminding the Arcade Fire campaign, which produced a Number 1 album in 40 countries, and overseeing a diverse range of managers and artists under the Quest Management brand. We are delighted to honour him in this way”.

 

Nominees for two other awards – Breakthrough Artist and Breakthrough Manager – are as follows:

 

Breakthrough Artist

 

Bastille

Disclosure

John Newman

London Grammar

Naughty Boy

Passenger

Rudimental

The 1975

 

Breakthrough Manager

 

Carina Berthet and Dave Wallace – You Me At Six

Henry Village – Rudimental

Matt Brown – Daughter

Polly Comber and Josh Smith – Bastille

Sam Evitt and Jack Street – Disclosure

 

The winners will be announced on the night.

 

Tickets for the Artist and Manager Awards will be handled by Crowdsurge and are available from www.amawards.org

 

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