Since September 2013, he’s been chairman and CEO of Azoff MSG Amusement, a fresh enterprise using The Madison Square Garden Business. He’s also on the board of Clear Channel Communications, Starz Inc. In the year 2012, he topped Billboard’s Power 100 and was named the strongest man in the music business.
Azoff started marketing and booking groups while a pupil at Danville High school and after that in college in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He moved to La in 1970 with his first customer, Dan Fogelberg. He worked for Geffen Roberts direction and there started working together with the Eagles, a relationship that’s since survived for over 40 years. During his career he’s worked as an agent, personal manager, concert promoter, movie producer, independent record label proprietor merchandiser, music publisher, and CEO of a record company. Based on Thomas R. King’s novel, The Operator, Geffen controlled Azoff into leaving MCA and going to Warner Music Group where Azoff began Giant Records. King writes that Geffen needed Azoff out at MCA to clear the way for MCA to purchase Geffen Records. So Geffen convinced Mo Ostin at Warner Music to offer Irving Azoff a “fantasy” label deal. Giant Records ran for much of the 1990s until Azoff chose to return to concentrating on artist management. In the year 2012, Azoff seemed in Artifact, a documentary film concerning the current music business centered on the legal fight between Thirty Seconds to Mars and record label EMI.
Film Producer, Talent manager, Businessperson, Music executive, Music publisher, Record producer
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Shelli Azoff
Nicknames
Poison Dwarf,
Awards
Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year
Record Labels
Giant Records
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
Movies
Jack Frost (1998), "New Jack City" (1991),"Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Urban Cowboy", "Jack Frost" (1998 film), "Above The Rim", "The Inkwell", "The Hurricane"
TV Shows
Chelsea Does
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Fact
1
Has split with his long-time client, Jennifer Lopez [January 15, 2008].
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Rage Beyond the Stage: Sammy Hagar vs. David Lee Roth
2002
TV Movie producer
Don Henley: Live Inside Job
2000
TV Movie documentary executive producer: Don Henley
The Hurricane
1999
executive producer
Jack Frost
1998
producer
Eagles: Hell Freezes Over
1994
TV Special documentary executive producer
The Inkwell
1994
producer
Fantasy Park
1991
TV Movie executive producer
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982
producer
Stevie Nicks in Concert
1982
TV Movie executive producer
Urban Cowboy
1980
producer
FM
1978
executive producer - uncredited
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Documentary Now!
2015
TV Series
Alvin Izoff
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Smashing Pumpkins: Live from Tower Theater in Philadelphia
2007
Video music producer: Azoff Music
Heavy Metal
1981
executive producer: soundtrack album
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC
2009
TV Movie documentary artist manager: Azoff Music Management
Neil Diamond: The 'Thank You Australia' Concert
1976
TV Movie personal manager: Neil Diamond
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
History of the Eagles
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary special thanks - 2 episodes
$100 Million
