Thursday, May 21, 2026

Rolling Stones: AEGLive Grabs Tour Away from Branson and Australian, Already Had Hyde Park

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I broke the story that AEG Live would promote two huge  Rolling Stones concerts in July in Hyde Park. The rest of the tour — 18 dates in the US– were going to be handled by Paul Dainty of Australia working for Richard Branson’s Virgin Live. Dainty and Branson handled the dates in Brooklyn, New Jersey and London last winter. But now AEGLive, under Randy Phillips, has taken over the new tour completely. Very interesting since AEG Live was for sale until recently. But they’ve risen like a phoenix. More details to come shortly. But I’ve confirmed this part with my sources, adding to the original scoop. This is likely the Stones’ last tour so it will be a big deal and a big payday. Ticket prices will be astronomical. More to come…

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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