SMG's John Sharkey: 'We've still got a lot of cracking young artists coming through the door'
As soon as John Sharkey took the reins as SMG’s vice-president of European operations last autumn, he faced a potential baptism of fire. Phones 4u - sponsor of the company’s flagship Manchester Arena - had just gone bust, leaving the venue in search of a new naming rights partner, little more than 12 months into a lucrative five-year deal.
Yet fast-forward eight months and things seem to have worked out rather well for the “jewel” in SMG’s UK crown. First ...
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