Independent Artist Group

IAG’s Jarred Arfa was quoted, alongside many of the top touring execs in the business, in #Pollstar’s Mid-Year Touring report: “We are actually having a better year this year with a lot of big headline tours like Billy Joel, Metallica, Def Leppard (out with Journey), Neil Young as well as the emergence of newer headline arena artists likeSleep Token, Cage The Elephant and Falling in Reverse,” says Jarred Arfa, EVP and Head of Global touring at IAG. “Although the concert business may not reach the enormous heights of last year, we are still bullish on the business moving forward as a lot of artists are still doing very well.”    Arfa stresses IAG’s non-territorial full-services structure. “A lot of our model has stayed the same despite the merger such as not going to a territorial system as many other agencies implement. We continue to believe that the responsible agent for an artist should handle multiple responsibilities that other agencies farm out. Although we are a bigger entity now we still are keeping our quality before quantity mantra.”

Congratulations to IAG clients Ghost, whose film #RiteHereRiteNow has become the highest-grossing hard rock cinema event ever in North America!

Please join IAG in welcoming our newest talent agent Ryan Bartlett to the team! “Bartlett started his Hollywood career at 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 2000. He switched over to agenting at Paradigm where he rose through the ranks before joining UTA in 2015.” He joins IAG from Hyperion, a boutique agency which he helped launch.

Congratulations to IAG’s Music Chairman Dennis Arfa, who joins an illustrious list of Elite executives on this year’s Pollstar Impact 50 list!

Marsha Vlasic, Vice Chair of IAG’s Music Division, was the recipient of the second annual ‘International Agent of the Year,’ and the Inaugural ‘Most Powerful Women in Live Music’ Awards from Women in Music Canada.

Congratulations to Independent Artist Group’s VP/Talent Agent Sasha Passero who was listed by Variety as one of New York’s most Impactful Women in Entertainment!

Congratulations to IAG’s Keith Naisbitt and Peter Pappalardo on being named two of #BillBoard’s #InternationalPowerPlayers!

Congratulations to our newest physical production agents Natalia González and Allison Irvin!

Congratulations to IAG’s Physical Production department on hosting a successful event— Shaping The Screen, celebrating women in production!

So proud to be partnering with Covenant House California— whose 2024 #SleepOut has raised over $120k so far for homeless youth! Fundraising is still open until May 31st, so please check them out and consider donating if you haven’t already.