John Giddings

John Giddings (born 1 May 1953 in St Albans, Hertfordshire) is a music agent and promotor who has been responsible for tours by the likes of The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Genesis, Celine Dion, Iggy Pop and David Bowie. In 2002 he revived the Isle of Wight Festival and continues to run the festival today.

Giddings graduated from Exeter University with a Philosophy & Sociology degree. He had worked booking bands at the university as social secretary and later entertainments chairman for Exeter College. During his time at university he was responsible for booking acts such as Genesis, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Procol Harum.

After leaving university Giddings, using contacts he had made while working with the bands he booked, got his first job as an agent at the M.A.M. Agency in London and by 1977 he had become the agent for a number of punk acts such as The Adverts and X-Ray Spex before taking on acts such as The Boomtown Rats, The Ramones and Iggy Pop (who he still represents today).

In 1980 he left M.A.M. to form TBA International with fellow M.A.M. agent Ian Wright where he went on to work with Paul Young, Alison Moyet, Big Country, Howard Jones, Tears for Fears and Duran Duran.

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