Moments That Rock

With an irrefutable reputation achieved over fifty-plus years working with a stellar cast of clients which included U2, The Stone Roses, David Bowie, New Order, The Police, Depeche Mode, Simply Red, Bob Marley, Massive Attack, REM, Matchbox Twenty, The Pixies, Elvis Costello, Genesis, Johnny Cash, Whitney Houston, Annie Lennox, Tom Petty, Peter Gabriel.....and many more, it is not for nothing that U2's manager, Paul McGuinness, has said, "Tony Michaelides has long been one of the UK's foremost record promoters and undoubtedly one of the best that U2 have had the pleasure of working with."

Tony set up his own promotions company, TMP. His first two clients naturally, were Island and A and M Records. Over the next 25 years TMP became one of the most highly respected and successful promotion companies in the UK. During that time, in 1984 Tony was invited to replace Mark Radcliffe on one of the UK's most popular radio stations, Piccadilly/Key 103 and for the next 12 years presented his own music program, 'The Last Radio Program, ' which was a Sony nomination for 'Best local radio show.'

With a wealth of stories accrued from working with some of the world's leading artists it became abundantly clear that these stories should be shared with a larger audience. A new day had dawned, and as Tony says, "I learned from some of the greatest people to have ever graced the music industry, the likes of whom will never exist again. And to be now given the opportunity to inspire others with the stories has become both a pleasure and a passion." It's what he likes to call 'Moments That Rock', and which coincidentally became the title of his podcast together with his new book.