News about Irving Azoff

Staff in tears, wires everywhere and VIP rooms 'full of cardboard boxes': Inside disastrous 24 hours at Manchester's £365m 'Co-Flop' Live arena before bosses axed string of gigs at the last-minute

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 5, 2024
Speaking on the condition of anonymity to the BBC, the workers revealed how construction staff at the venue warned back in February that works were 35 weeks behind schedule. In the leadup to the grand opening, the arena had been billed as the greatest indoor arena for music, comedy and sport ever built outside the United States. Costing £365million, it is the most expensive and largest purpose-built concert venue in Britain and the jewel in the crown for an American-based firm that owns 300 venues around the world. But promises soon began to unravel, with the venue forced to cancel the debut performance by A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie just over an hour before he was due to begin on Wednesday. Many fans had already arrived at the venue and were left puzzled at what had gone wrong.

After years of negotiations, Sir Rod Stewart's entire music catalogue is up for auction for £80 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 15, 2024
After years of negotiations, Sir Rod Stewart's entire music catalog has sold for a whopping £80 million ($100 million). According to Wall Street Journal, the legendary singer, 79, has signed an agreement with Irving Azoff's entertainment rights management firm, Iconic Artists, this week. After two years of talks, Rod decided against selling his music back catalogue to Hipgnosis Songs Fund.

OG friends!Kim Kardashian, 43, models low-cut catsuit alongside BFFs from childhood to celebrate Allison Statter's birthday: 'Best conversations'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 15, 2024
On Sunday evening, reality TV queen Kim Kardashian was seen with her OG close friends. Allison Statter, Allison Statter, the daughter of music manager Irving Azoff, was the protagonist of her bestie's birthday. In a group photo next to a massive door with windows, the women were seen side by side. The 43-year-old SKIMS founder posted the pictures on Instagram for her followers. With over-the-knee boots and a big jacket, the reality TV star had a slicked back.

A woman who conned her family in a £35,000 bogus Hollywood actress scam told her she should return the money

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 20, 2023
A woman who conned her family in a $35,000 bogus Hollywood actress scam has been told to pay the money back. Ann Dunlop said a woman she knew was being lined up for million pound contracts. David Bunton, 51, told her to give the woman money to help her make the breakthrough. She said the woman was mingling with A-listers such as Leonardo Di Caprio and Beyonce, as well as being handled by US entertainment executive Irving Azoff. Jean and her partner Steve Allan of Beauly, Inverness-shire, also suffered from a web of lies.

Irving Azoff's alleged sexual harassment case pushed a female housekeeper to a'sadistic' sexual harassment lawsuit

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 17, 2023
Rochelle Azoff, the wife of music producer Irving Azoff, has been charged with a bombshell lawsuit alleging that her former housekeeper Rosa Martinez, who has been left, has been charged with'sadistic' sexual punishments. Rochelle Azoff is accused of launching spanking Martinez, squeezing her breasts, and inflaming her with cigarettes. Martinez was also compelled to wash Azoff's sex toys and smell her employer's soiled underwear, according to the lawsuit. Martinez, who is a size 14, has been accused of converting Martinez, who is also a size 14, into a size 10 outfit in order to mock her figure.

From Oasis to Guns n Roses, and the Smiths, here are five of the best Rock and Roll feuds

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 12, 2023
Nothing says Rock and Roll like sex, drugs and decade long feuds and backstabbing's over music royalties and Twitter account access does it? Audiences have been treated to a smorgasbord of musical excellence from companies like Oasis and Fleetwood Mac over the years, but it has not always been the story behind the scenes drama that has captured our interest. We're naturally attracted to the chaos that surrounds some of music's most gifted performers, whether it's meltdowns online, pithy open letters to former bandmates, or just good old fashioned heavy rocking violence. With that in mind, MailOnline has taken a deep dive into five popular feuds from Rock and Roll history.

Ex-maid Susannah, a musician who claims she was underpaid, was fired for poor health, suing the music executive worth $400 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 9, 2022
Gloria Martinez filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Tuesday alleging that her former boss, Irving Azoff, and his wife, Shelli Azoff, harrassed her on her salary and fired her in March after the onset of a health condition caused her to miss work for doctor's visits. His former housekeeper is suing the woman for her overtime work and then dismissing her due to health problems. Martinez played for the Azoffs for ten years, from 2008 to 2022, and again between August 2021 and March 2022.