Steve Homer, President of UK Touring at AEG Presents, is leaving the company after about a decade to pursue a new business venture, Pollstar reported on October 8, 2026. CelebrityAccess followed on October 10 with the same core facts, citing VIP-News and an internal memo from Jim King, CEO of AEG Presents UK and European Festivals. Neither outlet disclosed a departure date or the details of Homer’s next venture.
In the memo obtained by Pollstar, King told staff that “after a decade at AEG Present[s] UK, Steve Homer will be leaving the company to pursue a new business venture.” The memo also said Homer “will continue to work together” with AEG Presents “on selected co-promoted tours,” and thanked him for ten years of contribution. CelebrityAccess quoted King wishing Homer “every success in the future.”
Path through AEG’s UK leadership
Homer joined AEG Presents UK in 2016 as co-CEO alongside Toby Leighton-Pope. Both had spent roughly 15 years at Live Nation before the move. After Leighton-Pope left in 2022, Homer continued leading the UK promotion business. In a July 2025 restructuring that elevated King to CEO of AEG Presents UK and European Festivals, Homer became President of UK Touring, CelebrityAccess and Pollstar both report.
While at AEG, Homer worked with artists including Katy Perry, Kylie Minogue, Billy Joel, Pet Shop Boys, and The Hives. Pollstar credited him with expanding AEG’s UK events division and venue portfolio, including The Halls Wolverhampton (site of his first gig) and British Airways ARC at London’s Olympia, which had recently opened when the departure news broke. He also grew the UK promoter team while keeping his own roster active.
Wider AEG international reshuffle
The departure follows AEG’s broader international realignment in early 2025, when Adam Wilkes became President and CEO of AEG Presents Europe and Asia-Pacific and Alex Hill took the President and CEO, AEG International role for global real estate and venues outside the United States, Pollstar reported. For the UK live market, losing a ten-year touring president while keeping co-promote ties is a soft landing on paper, but it still reshuffles who steers arena and theatre routing against Live Nation and independents.
The Ring has been tracking parallel live-business leadership stories, from Live Nation contract timelines to UK room and venue shifts such as Classic Grand and related UK rooms, and AI-adjacent live discovery hires like Suno hiring Michael Chua to run Songkick. Until Homer names the venture and AEG names a successor for UK Touring, the confirmed story is the exit, the co-promote continuity, and the missing exit date.