CAA’s Yungblud strategy: ‘Anything is achievable’
In an interview with IQ, the singer's agents Paul Franklin & David Ball talk Bludfest, Back to the Beginning and long-term goals
News By James Hanley | 7 August 2025
CAA agents Paul Franklin and David Ball tell IQ that Yungblud is destined for even bigger things after the “once-in-a-generation” singer-songwriter won over a new wave of rock fans this summer.
It has been a defining few months for the Gen Z star, real name Dom Harrison, who brought his “affordable” AEG-backed festival Bludfest back to the UK’s Milton Keynes’ National Bowl in June, coinciding with the release of his fourth album Idols.
He went on to deliver a show-stealing performance of Black Sabbath’s Changes at Back to the Beginning in Birmingham in July, before stepping in for Sam Fender as headliner of Belgium’s Rock Werchter later that same day.
In addition, the 28-year-old today opened his own central London venue, Beautifully…
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