The New Bosses 2025: Kara Harris, Live Nation
Continuing a series of interviews with this year's New Bosses, IQ speaks to the promoter
News By Hanna Ellington | 18 August 2025
The 18th edition of IQ Magazine’s New Bosses in association with Futures Forum was revealed in IQ 137, recognising 20 of the most promising 30-and-unders in the international live music business.
To get to know this year’s class a little better, IQ conducted interviews with each one of 2025’s New Bosses, discovering their greatest inspirations and pinpointing the reasons for their success.
Kara Harris is a promoter at Live Nation, where she’s spent the past three and a half years curating a roster that reflects the richness, versatility, and innovation of today’s music landscape. Before joining Live Nation, she started as a promoter at AEG, gaining foundational experience in the live music industry.
Her current roster includes artists such as Leon Thomas, FLO,…