Reside occasions firm AEG Presents has signed an unique settlement with legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli to create and handle Bocelli’s public performances for the subsequent 5 years.
The partnership, introduced on Tuesday (Might 6), begins on January 1, 2026, and covers all reside performances by Bocelli on 5 continents. It was shaped in collaboration with Bocelli’s administration crew and expertise company WME.
AEG referred to as it “an important reside efficiency contract within the historical past of Italian music.”
The deal “additionally strengthens the collaboration with Common Music Group, Bocelli’s long-standing document label,” AEG stated in a press release.
“I personally flew to Italy to fulfill Andrea at his house as a result of I needed to grasp the person and the artist earlier than embarking on this journey,” AEG Presents Chairman and CEO Jay Marciano stated.
“I’m actually thrilled to welcome him into our household and assist take his artistry to even higher heights.”
“When [Bocelli co-manager] Francesco [Pasquero] referred to as us to debate this imaginative and prescient, we instantly acknowledged the magnitude of the chance,” WME International Co-Head of Music Kirk Sommer and Senior Companion David Levy stated in a joint assertion.
“We’re extremely proud to have labored carefully with all events to make this partnership a actuality. M. Andrea Bocelli shouldn’t be solely a singular extraordinary expertise but in addition a cultural ambassador whose legacy continues to develop.”
“M. Andrea Bocelli shouldn’t be solely a singular extraordinary expertise but in addition a cultural ambassador whose legacy continues to develop.”
Kirk Sommer & David Levy, WME
With 90 million data bought, Bocelli is the world’s biggest-selling classical artist. He’s maybe greatest recognized for his 1995 recording Con Te Partirò, which grew to become a singular high 40 hit all over the world, hitting No. 1 on charts in France and Belgium.
A second model of the track – a duet with Sarah Brightman sung partly in English and titled Time to Say Goodbye – was launched in late 1996 and have become a high 10 hit in quite a few nations, together with Germany and the UK.
Since rising to prominence within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, Bocelli has launched 15 albums in each the pop and classical genres, together with hit albums Romanza and Sacred Arias. His 2009 My Christmas was the biggest-selling Christmas album that yr within the US.
“This extraordinary partnership marks a elementary new chapter for Andrea’s world profession,” stated Bocelli’s managers, Veronica Berti and Francesco Pasquero.
“We’re extraordinarily happy to signal with such distinctive companions who’ve confirmed not solely to be as much as the problem of this formidable undertaking, however who’ve additionally proven a deep dedication to the inventive imaginative and prescient. The following 10 years can be essential in consolidating Maestro Bocelli’s position as a world music icon, and we’re honored to grow to be a part of such a outstanding household.”
“The following 10 years can be essential in consolidating Maestro Bocelli’s position as a world music icon, and we’re honored to grow to be a part of such a outstanding household.”
Veronica Berti and Francesco Pasquero, co-managers, Andrea Bocelli
For AEG, the cope with Bocelli follows its acquisition of a stake final yr in MCT Agentur, a Germany-headquartered live performance promotion firm, and its formation of a partnership with Cárdenas Advertising Community (CMN), a Chicago-based worldwide Latin music powerhouse, as a way to create what the businesses describe as “the world chief in reside Latin music.”
A division of Germany’s Anchutz Leisure Group, AEG Presents is likely one of the world’s largest reside occasions firms, and is thought for working outstanding festivals like Coachella, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Pageant, British Summer season Time at Hyde Park, Stagecoach, Hangout Pageant, Electrical Forest, Rock En Seine, and All Factors East.
The corporate promotes world excursions for artists equivalent to Justin Bieber, Zach Bryan, Sabrina Carpenter, Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Celine Dion, Elton John, Carin León, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and Tyler, The Creator.Music Enterprise Worldwide
