Chugg Music, Select Music & Dan Biddle join forces to create Wheelhouse Agency

Two of Australian music’s driving forces, Chugg Music and Select Music have joined forces with country music manager, Dan Biddle to launch Wheelhouse Agency, a new booking agency focused on the growth of country and Americana music in Australia. Country music has gained significant popularity in recent years, becoming one of the leading genres worldwide. With Country music now dominating the global market in ticket sales, streaming numbers and social followers, Wheelhouse is set to deliver the best this country has to offer to not only Australian music lovers but also promote our artists to the rest of the world.

The Wheelhouse Agency combines the extensive live touring and country music sector knowledge sets of Michael Chugg AM (Chugg Music), Andrew Stone (Chugg Music), Stephen Wade (Select Music), Rob Giovannoni (Select Music) and Dan Biddle (Dan Biddle Management) to provide the ultimate in a premium agency service.

Rob Giovannoni and Dan Biddle will be Co-Heads of the agency while continuing in their existing roles - Rob as Senior Agent at Select Music and Dan as Special Projects Manager for Chugg Music and Dan Biddle Management. Katie Krollig, will round out this A-Team as lead agent while continuing her current role which includes looking after her roster of Select Music artists.

Wheelhouse Agency launching roster includes a collection of award winning and best-selling artists as well as some of the most exciting emerging artists in Australian Country music.

Those artists include;

AMY SHEPPARD

ANDREW FARRISS

BUD ROKESKY

CASEY BARNES

HENRY WAGONS

JAMES BLUNDELL

KINGSWOOD

LANE PITTMAN

LEROY MACQUEEN

LOREN RYAN

MCALISTER KEMP

SARA BERKI

SARA STORER

SHANNON NOLL

SWEET TALK

TAYLOR MOSS

THE PAPER KITES

TRAVIS COLLINS

WAGONS

L-R Dan Biddle, Katie Krollig, Rob Giovannoni, Michael Chugg AM, Stephen Wade, Andrew Stone

Photo by Don Arnold