Top Music PR Agencies Merge

Paul Piticco's Secret Service Public Relations and Stacey Piggott's Two Fish Out Of Water have announced a merger that will see Piggott lead the new-look Secret Service company.

Following the deal, Secret Service's senior publicist Kathleen Hore has decided to leave the organisation.

One of the industry's most powerful individuals, Piticco is a co-promoter of Splendour In The Grass, the Falls Festival and the head of Dew Process, Create/Control and Secret Sounds Touring. With those ties Secret Service has completed campaigns for Mumford & Sons, London Grammar, Sarah Blasko and Bernard Fanning.

Piggot has been running Two Fish for 15 years and has had clients including Henry Rollins, The Jezabels, Falls Festival, and Dig It Up! during that time.

“Kathleen Hore will be sorely missed from the Secret Service PR team,” Piticco said, “her work on Dew Process artist campaigns like Mumford & Sons and London Grammar of late has been masterful and I wish her all the best in new pursuits outside the music business.

“As one chapter ends another begins and the idea of working with someone as highly regarded and skilled as Stacey is an opportunity Secret Service PR couldn't miss. Having her lead our merged team of five publicists will make dealing with our growing client's needs so much easier and more rewarding for all.”

Piggot added, “Paul is an entrepreneur of the purest nature, and a pioneer at the forefront of so many areas of the industry. I have always admired and respected his creative and passionate approach, and the opportunity to join forces with Secret Service is something I am excited to embrace.”