POWER 50 2025: Christo Van Egmond (TEG Van Egmond)

BACKGROUND CHECK:

Effectively born into the music industry as the son of touring tycoon Garry Van Egmond, Christo Van Egmond was always set to make a big splash as a powerful figure behind some of the country’s biggest musical tours. While his father oversaw tours from the likes of Dire Straits on their Brothers In Arms trek and AC/DC, Christo has continued that same legacy, responsible for some of the largest events in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia, thanks to his work with names such as AC/DC, Prince, Dolly Parton, Matchbox 20, Andrea Bocelli, and more.

With more than three decades in the game, Christo serves as the Managing Director for TEG Van Egmond, overseeing all of the company's activities with clients and partners, ranging from venues and ticketing companies to the marketing and sponsorship side as well.

THE YEAR IN AUSTRALIAN MUSIC:

While it’s hard to think of a year in which TEG Van Egmond aren’t delivering some of the world’s biggest names to Aussie audiences, the biggest headline for 2025 can undeniably be summed up with just four letters: AC/DC. Bringing the Aussie icons back to home ground for the first time in a decade, the stadium trek not only boasts an all-local line-up (including Amyl And The Sniffers as main support, and rising stars for each tour stop), but has resulted in unprecedented demand. 

When tickets went on sale back in June, the response was so great that Ticketek reported a record-breaking 370,000 tickets sold on June 26th. A daily sales record for the company, 320,000 of those tickets were for AC/DC’s tour alone, resulting in the biggest on-sale day in Ticketek’s history. 

THE MUSIC SPEAKS:

Quite simply, the AC/DC tour is the model for how an international tour should run. Having Amyl And The Sniffers on the shows ticked an “Australian music” box, so to then get local openers on top of that shows a promoter that understands the importance of an overall ecosystem beyond what might just be expected. 

We noticed on social media Oscar The Wild taking pictures of themselves next to the posters with their name on it because that matters. The confidence boost that playing a show like that gives to an artist at that level is immeasurable and the experience of playing on the big stage is something acts of that level are rarely given, unfortunately. It takes a band like AC/DC to do it, and it takes a promoter like Christo Van Egmond to make it happen. We have the blueprint, now which promoter will be the next to use it?