Team Mumford & Sons, Peter Rudge To Speak At ILMC 2020

Team Mumford & Sons and legendary artist manager Peter Rudge will be the two keynote interviews at this year’s International Live Music Conference (ILMC), March 3-6 in London, U.K. 

Rudge, whose roster has included The Who, The Rolling Stones, Roger Waters, Duran Duran, Madness, Ray Davies, Anastacia, James, Imelda May and Ball & Boe, will be interviewed during ILMC’s Breakfast Meeting, March 4, which is traditionally hosted by another icon of the game, Ed Bicknell.

Team Mumford & Sons consists of founding band member and venue owner Ben Lovett, Adam Tudhope (Everybody’s Mgmt), and booking agent Lucy Dickins (WME).

Interviewed by Radio X DJ John Kennedy, the team will reflect on Mumfords & Sons’ journey from starting out in the grassroots venue circuit of London and the U.K. to headlining the world’s biggest arenas and festivals. 

Other ILMC 2020 speakers include CAA co-head Emma Banks, UTA’s head of global music David Zedeck, Live Nation’s executive president of international touring Phil Bowdery and SVP Marketing Jackie Wilgar, Book My Show CEO Ashish Hemrajani, AEG President & CEO Alex Hill, Oak View Group co-chair Jessica Koravos, O2’s head of sponsorship Gareth Griffiths, Promoter 101 founder Dan Steinberg, and CAA’s Summer Marshall.

ILMC 2020 takes place at the Royal Garden Hotel and, for the first time in it’s 32-year history, at a second venue, The Baglioni Hotel in Kensington, March 3-6. 

The invitation-only event sells out annually, with 1,200 delegates from 60+ markets attending the main conference, and a total of around 2,000 professionals expected at ILMC events across the week.

Conference head Greg Parmley expects some 1,200 delegates from 60-plus markets at the main conference, and a total of around 2,000 professionals expected at ILMC events – which includes the ILMC Production Meeting and Futures Forum – across the week.