Ray Waddell
Executive Director, Billboard
 Ray Waddell, Executive Dir. of Content & Programming for Touring and Live Entertainment at Billboard has covered the live entertainment business for more than 20 years. He authors Billboard’s weekly On The Road column, and provides features and news coverage on the global touring industry for Billboard, Billboard.com, Billboard.biz, and Billboard Bulletin. Waddell also works with the Billboard Events team in producing the annual Billboard Touring Conference & Awards each year in New York City.
Waddell is the co-author of the Billboard Books/Random House publication “This Business of Concert Promotion & Touring,” considered the definitive guide to staging, promoting and marketing concerts and tours. He frequently lectures and participates in panels on the concert business at professional and educational conferences and is often quoted as an expert on live entertainment in a wide range of national media. Waddell is a graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and lives in Hendersonville, Tenn.
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