Love Police

Love Police, Love Police Touring, Love Police ATM
Tour Promoter, Merchandise & Design, Book Publishing.
Industry Music & Entertainment
Founded 1997
Founder Brian "BT" Taranto
Headquarters Surry Hills, New South Wales & South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Subsidiaries Love Police Touring, Love Police ATM, Love Police Books
Website Love Police.com.au

Love Police is an Australian Merchandise, Design and Touring Company based in Sydney, New South Wales. Created by Brian "BT" Taranto in the late 90's, the company produces merchandise, graphic design, concert and tour promoting and publishes books. Love Police, created in 1997, found a home amongst the indie rock band of the day You Am I and began a partnership with the Big Day Out to handle all their merchandise operations and event artwork. Both relationships continue to this day. Over the years, Love Police has become the leading supplier of merchandise for the local industry (The Living End, Jimmy Barnes, Grinspoon), noted festival merchandisers (Big Day Out, Splendour in the Grass, Groovin the Moo) and a designer of merchandise, event management and album cover design. In 2011 the Love Police band merchandise company merged with Australian Tour Merchandise (owned by Michael Gudinski's Mushroom Group) becoming Love Police ATM Pty Ltd,[1] the biggest merchandise company in Australia. They now have offices in both Melbourne and Sydney.

Love Police Touring

Love Police Touring is a part of the Love Police brand, touring and promoting bands throughout Australia and New Zealand. Love Police started promoting tours in 1997 the initial tour being Tony Joe White "The Swamp Fox", plucking him from obscurity to do the biggest ever tour of his career, and have promoted him 8 times since making Australia and New Zealand his biggest territory on the planet. In 2003 BT saw this duo called The Black Keys at SXSW, fell in love, and have toured them 6 times since and have taken them from small bars to arenas.[2][3] Bassist from Australian band You Am I, Andy Kent, joined the team in early 2005. Love Police Touring past tours include Justin Townes Earle, Wilco,[4] Dr Dog, Dan Auerbach, Jamie T, Warpaint, Yuck, John Cale, Camille, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Decemberists, Those Darlins, My Morning Jacket, JEFF The Brotherhood, Deer Tick, Two Gallants, Lil' Band O' Gold, The Greenhornes, Gary Clark Jr, The Felice Brothers, Cosmo Jarvis, Hanni El Khatib, M. Ward and Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.

Love Police Books

Love Police Books is a publishing company producing Rockin' Alphabet Series written and illustrated by Paul McNeil and Barry Divola. The series of books is made up of the illustrated children's alphabet books M Is For Metal!, Never Mind Your P's & Q's, Heres The Punk Alphabet, and A,B.C &W, The Country Alphabet. In December 2013, master punk chef and bass player of the legendary Sunnyboys, Peter Oxley released the Teenage Kitchen Rampage. A learn to cook book for the good, the great and the obvious recipes for anyone who aspires to survive requires.

Love Police Records

See Love Police Records

References

  1. ↑ hooper, Kendall (March 13, 2011). "Love Police & Australian Tour Merchandising Merge Merchandise And Operations Interests". The Au Review.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Brian "BT" Taranto On Introducing The Black Keys To The Stage". Feb 22, 2012.
  3. ↑ "The Black Keys announce Australian Tour". April 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Wico @ The Enmore Theatre, Sydney (18/3/08)". March 20, 2008.
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