Brief History of Blue Tongue Management

The Lizard came from my childhood when I saved one of the creatures from a grass fire in suburban Adelaide. The Blue Tongue Lizard became embedded into my psyche and concept Blue Tongue was born.  I traveled Australia in its entirety from 1985 to 1995 gaining invaluable experience from this countries multitude of cultures, it's infinite events and festivals.

I had absorbed a passion for the arts frequenting Australia's many events but none effected the desire to work in the industry more than The Byron Bay Music, Art and Film Festivals series that ran in the early '90'S.

An opportunity presented itself in Lightning Ridge, the black opal capital of the world, to help create and co ordinate a three day multi cultural music and arts festival that portrayed the regions indigenous and ethnic transcultural values. I mixed ideals from my patronage at various events I participated over the years with that which the people of Lightning Ridge had brought to the table, a

'A Vivid Splash Of Colour' was created and 8 months later the circus came to town. Featuring bands and performers from the local region and across the country from many backgrounds, cultures and genre we broadcast the event via Com Rad Sat to the world of Community Radio.

And so in 1996 Blue Tongue Management was officially established in events management.

Business moved to Brisbane and continued with events including The Brisbane Bicycle Grand Prix on South Bank, the Marburgh October Fest and an expansion into band management and tour logistics.

Late '99 a relocation to Sydney and a short contract with Carlton United Brewery during the 2000 Olympiad brought corporate experience and Blue Tongue Management evolved into a national events, music management and tour logistics operation for the famous and the not so famous entertainers. This included some very exciting youth artists and a five year contract managing the business of The Angels Band (The Angels without Doc Neeson).  Blue Tongue Management oversaw all aspects of the bands re birth that included national tour booking, budgets, logistics, business relationships, marketing, promotion, digital marketing and national tour management .

Proudly, Blue Tongue Management, together with the band built a team that succeeded in doing what the music industry said would never happen. We turned The Angels Band into a national success and paved the way for The Angels to reform in 2008.

Moving in a different direction to the iconic Angels band upon the reformation with Doc and after a trip to Berlin to attend Popkomm, one of Europes biggest music industry conference, a 12 month hiatus from touring and management followed. This time was utilised in the study of the digital platforms available and their integration with real world music business.

Blue Tongue Management Clients Past and Present

Shadow Thieves . Ian Moss . Adrian Belew . Don Walker . The Screaming Jets . The Angels Band

The Radiators . Rose Tattoo . Kevin Borich . Lucius Borich .  The Backsliders . Phil Emmanuel . Red Rivers Ghost Road . Phycho Zydeco . The Bondi Cigars . Chris E Thomas . Chris Finnen .  GangAwry . Battle Cat

Lil Fi & The Delta Rhythm Kings . Borne . Enacio . The Brewster Brothers . Sam Joole . The Butterfly Effect

Darren Jack . Moonshine Jug & String Band . Mitch Grainger . Kara Grainger . Tom Ferris . The Lowdown

Bon Scott Celebration Concert  . Walgett Shire Council . Brisbane Bicycle Grand Prix . The Snowy Ride

Thredbo Alpine Hotel . Marburg Oktober Fest . Carlton United Brewery . Harbour View Hotel (The Rocks)

SydRock . Catalyst Public Relations

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