Andrew McManus was the owner and
promoter of the short lived
World Wrestling All-Stars
World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) was a professional wrestling promotion founded by Australian concert promoter Andrew McManus in 2001. The promotion was operated by McManus' International Touring Company. WWA was one of several promotions to come ...
promotion. The WWA toured
Australia,
Europe
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and
New Zealand
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airing their shows on USA
pay-per-view. McManus appeared on air a few times to make some announcements, but mainly ran things from behind the scenes. Andrew has since founded McManus Entertainment, a music promotion company.
McManus' company, McManus Entertainment had been the promoter of
Raggamuffin since its launch in 2008.
In 2014, McManus Entertainment partnered with
Dawn Raid Entertainment
Dawn Raid Entertainment is a record label based in Papatoetoe, South Auckland, in New Zealand. It has signed many New Zealand Hip-hop and R&B artists such as Savage, Adeaze, Aaradhna, The Deceptikonz, Devolo and Ill Semantics.
The founders ...
to move Raggamuffin from Rotorua to
Auckland
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.
Andrew McManus has been a prominent concert promoter in the Australian live music landscape and has been promoting tours across, rock, pop, reggae, opera, classical and indie genres for over twenty years. Notable and high profile tours of Australia
by international acts, promoted by his company include Fleetwood Mac, Motley Crue and Aerosmith.
In August 2022 One World Entertainment in partnership with TEG Live presented the Australian End Of The Road Tour by rock band
KISS
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to sold out shows throughout the country. Founding KISS member and bass player,
Gene Simmons said of promoter Andrew McManus, 'He's family, and the best promoter in the world. We wouldn't be here without him.'
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