Toby Leighton-Pope spent 15 years with Live Nation before switching sides to join AEG Presents in 2016. Here, with tours by The Rolling Stones, Arcade Fire and Katy Perry, and the BST Hyde Park and All Points East festivals all on the promoter’s horizon, Leighton-Pope reflects on growing up in the music biz…

I remember being at Reading Festival at the age of four and…

“It was a bit scary to be honest! I watched a guitarist pour a pint ...