Garry Van Egmond’s death was announced today by touring giant TEG, who revealed that he had died on Saturday morning at the age of 82.Van Egmond “one of the world’s great promoters… and a beautiful, elegant, classy guy.”
Van Egmond was responsible for four of the biggest concert tours in Australian history: Dire Straits’ 1986tour, the national Jesus Christ Superstar tour in 1992, 1997’s Riverdance and AC/DC’s huge 2010 stadium tour.Van Egmond was behind some of the biggest tours in Australian history. Dire Straits’ tour was particularly massive, with 250,000 tickets sold in Sydney alone, and approximately one in 15 Australians seeing the tour.
“Today the entire TEG family expresses our sadness and mourns the loss of Garry Van Egmond,” TEG Group CEO Geoff Jones said in a statement today. “Garry was not only a highly valued colleague but a thoroughly decent person, and a resounding talent with the highest integrity. His legacy will stand the test of time.Garry at right, with son Christo Van Egmond.Garry is survived by his daughter Katie, son Christo and grandchildren Hugo and Saskia.