Alex Hodges
Chief Executive Officer, Nederlander Concerts

Alex Hodges brings decades of local, regional and national experience to Nederlander Concerts. Alex oversees the day-to-day management of the Company including its booking and promotion of live concerts and special events at all Nederlander exclusively booked and operated concert venues and third party facilities nationwide. He also focuses on the growth of the Company and its expansion into new markets, the creation of new events and ensuring that the Company is an active participant in the development of new promotion, marketing and performance opportunities for artists.

In a career spanning over 40 years in the industry, Hodges has had the rare distinction of serving the live entertainment world as not only a concert promoter and agent, but as a personal manager and corporate executive as well. Before Nederlander, he served as President and CEO of House of Blues Concerts after the company was sold to Live Nation making the transition run seamlessly.  Previously, Hodges was the Executive Vice President for House of Blues Concerts overseeing their Talent and Marketing departments, and its predecessors Universal Concerts and MCA Concerts since 1994. From 1988-1994, Hodges was Vice President of Nederlander Concerts, at which time he was named Talent Buyer of the Year by Pollstar Magazine for promoting the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles as well as a wide range of headline talent at cache venues throughout California. As an agent, Hodges represented many world famous recording and touring artists including Otis Redding, Sam and Dave and Percy Sledge, among others.  He founded the Paragon and Empire Agencies, and represented several legendary artists including, The Allman Brothers Band, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Police and The Charlie Daniels Band. In 1984 after moving from Georgia, he became Senior Vice President in charge of the West Coast music and live performance departments of the ICM Agency and added more artists to his already long and prestigious client list. In the 1980s, Alex was the personal manager for Gregg Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughan, who he represented until the guitar legend’s untimely death in 1990. 

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