Ep. 040: Aoife Ahern - Tour Manager, Production Coordinator
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Aoife Ahern has a huge amount of Project Management experience, having been a Global Producer, Tour Manager, Production Coordinator, Advance Manager|Artist Relations and a Talent Booker. She has advanced many large scale festivals (80,000+ capacity) such as Oxegen Festival to Kaaboo Festival. She has also been a promoter's rep and a production manager for a huge number of shows, as well as promoting weekly shows of 2000+ capacity. Aoife has toured with artists such as Prince, Beyonce, Jay-Z, One Direction, Arcade Fire, Chris Brown, Gavin Friday, The Waterboys, Billy Ocean, Sting, Madonna plus many more. During this time, she has performed roles such as Tour Manager, Production Co-ordinator, and VIP Facilities Manager. Aoife manages and co-ordinates large volumes of information - from budgets, crew, travel, logistics, riders, content, schedules, visas, dressing rooms, ground transport, merchandise & VIP management. She has also worked with a vast array of international talent, promoters, founders, entrepreneurs, agents, TMs, suppliers, venues & crew over the years.
Tour Management
Tame Impala
Jul 2019 – Present
Facilities Manager | One Direction | Chris Brown | Beyonce | Jay-Z | Sting | Madonna
Live Nation | VIP Nation
2015 – Present
Duties Include:Facilities Manager for all VIPs daily.Coordinating all Early Entry Tickets daily.Coordinating all Hot Tickets Entries daily.Liaising and managing security and queuing systems.Managing all signage for Early Entries & Hot Tickets.Managing of all ticket booths, ticketing, wristbands and staff.Daily brief with security, venue and Live NationManaging of all VIP Merchandise.Daily reports for Live/VIP Nation.Setting & Running of office.Troubleshooting, managing all issues that arose.
Tour Manager
Gavin Friday
Jul 2011 – Present
Managing budgets based on fee for each show.Booking and managing logistics, such as travel, accommodation, ground transport. Coordinating with press department and accompanying artist to all press calls. Drawing up of all riders based on requirement of traveling party and foreseeing their implementation at each show. Managing of all crew and touring party.Arranging work permits for non EU band members in relevant country. Coordinating all aspects of production.Dealing with cash and payment. Liaising between management, agent, promoter and band to make sure that everyone has information required to make each show a successful event.Liaising with Event Control to ensure that all health and safety matters are adhered to for safety of band and audience.
Production Coordinator
Prince
May 2014 – Present
Location European / Canadian & American Tour
Booking of hotels, flights & ground transport for all Crew.Arranging Visa for all Crew.Managing and organising of artist catering.Designing daily menu for artist.Managing of Dressing Rooms & Riders on a daily basis.Signage for Backstage Area.Assisting TM/PM with production requirements.Running & assisting in production office.Dealing with crew, suppliers, management, venues and artists needs on a daily basis.
Senior VIP Nation Event Manager | International Tours
VIP Nation Europe | Live Nation
Oct 2018 – Sep 2019
London, United Kingdom
Michelle Obama, Mumford & Sons, Blackpink, BTS, Phil Collins, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel.
Guest links:
https://www.facebook.com/aoife.ahern
https://www.instagram.com/aoifelike/
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Experience
Touring Bass player
Joe Nichols
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Founding member and bass player
Pinmonkey
Jan 1999 – Jan 2006
Doc Jeffers Band
Education
Middle Tennessee State University
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc)
Field Of Study: Music Business
Guest Links:
https://www.instagram.com/michaeljeffers/
https://joenichols.com/
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Tour Management / Production Management / Tour Accounting
Mark Clark Touring LLC Self-employed
Jan 2019 – Present
Location New Orleans, LA
Full 360 tour advance, management, and show execution. Domestic and Worldwide.
Freelance Professional
Tour Manager Sep 2013 – Present
Guest Links:
http://www.markclarktouring.com
https://www.tourmgmt.org/
https://www.instagram.com/markclarktm
https://www.instagram.com/tourmgmt101
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Production Coordinator
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Wardrobe Mistress
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Location US/CA/MX/JP/PH/AU
Staff Transportation Coordinator
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Production Coordinator
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Location US/UK/EU/S America/Australia/New Zealand/Japan
Assistant Tour Manager
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Location North America
Production Coordinator
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Location US/UK/Europe
Production Coordinator
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Location New Zealand/Australia
Wardrobe Mistress
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Location US/UK/Europe/S. America
Additional Artists Toured with
2000 – 2011
Location US/UK/Europe
Cirque du Soleil - Kooza (Dresser 1)
Boy George/Culture Club (Tour Assistant)
Gavin Rossdale/Institute (Merchandise Manager)
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Jewel (Merchandise Manager)Fuel (Merchandise Manager)
Cheetah Girls/Miley Cyrus (Merchandise)
Vanessa Hudgens (Merchandise Manager)
Corbin Bleu (Merchandise Manager)
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