Goldenvoice 
Melissa Ormond has been appointed chief operating officer of Goldenvoice, the promoter and live-events company behind the Coachella festival and many other concerts in the U.S. and Europe, it was announced by parent company AEG Presents. Ormond will also retain her current title as COO of festivals for AEG Presents, a position she’s held since October 2017.According to the announcement, as COO of Goldenvoice, Ormond will oversee the day-to-day operations of the company’s concert promotions, venue portfolio, and festivals, as...
Goldenvoice
Paul
Tollett
CEO
The fellow who booked his first show with his brother while still in high school in Pomona, California, now presides over the biggest music festival in the world, Coachella. After COVID knocked down both the 2020 and 2021 editions, bringing the event back was no small feat, with headliner Kanye West canceling late and the Weeknd subsequently paired with already booked Swedish House Mafia. A reported 750,000 attendees showed up over the festival’s two April weekends, with its country cousin Stagecoach — featuring Carrie Underwood, Luke Combs and Maren Morris, among many others — occupying that same space a weekend later. Although hip-hop fest Day N Vegas was a no-go in July, Goldenvoice’s other festivals — including Palomino, Head in the Clouds and This Ain’t No Picnic — went on as planned, five of them staged at Brookside at the Rose Bowl.
