A 40+ year veteran of the live event industry, starting his career as a guitar technician and moving on to large scale tour management, Michael has worked across all genres including acts like Amy Winehouse, Queens of The Stoneage and Slayer to name a few.. also as production manager of the touring Lollapalooza festival and as General Manager of the world acclaimed Riverdance. Having also run MJM, the touring production and management company for over 20 of those years. Michael has spent the last 5 years as Executive Director of Events at MDLBEAST operating out of Jeddah Saudi Arabia and is the Festival Director at Soundstorm the companies flagship event held in Riyadh every December.