AEG presents Jay Marciano to receive the City of Hope 2024 Spirit of Life Award

AEG Presents President and CEO Jay Marciano will be honored with City of Hope's 2024 Spirit of Life Award, the cancer research and treatment organization announced.

“It's very important to be honored for this recognition,” says Marciano, a regular at the of Billboard Power 100 List. “Our industry's work helps bring the world's brightest minds to make groundbreaking medical discoveries — discoveries that give back the gift of time to people.”

The award is the charity's most prestigious honor and is presented to those industry leaders who have made outstanding contributions to their community and profession.

Past recipients from the music industry include Lyor Cohen, Shelli and Irving Azoff, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Coran Capshaw, Eddy Cue, Clive Davis, Sir Lucian Grainge, Sylvia Rhone and others.

“I am honored to join this admirable group of Spirit of Life recipients,” adds Marciano, “and I look forward to continuing the tradition of relying on music, film and the arts to raise awareness and funding for the important work of the City of Hope against cancer. , diabetes and other life-threatening diseases'.

City of Hope's Music, Film and Entertainment Industry fundraising group will present Marciano with the award during a gala dinner this fall in Los Angeles.

A leader in the live entertainment industry, Marciano began presenting shows in his 20s before holding leadership roles at Universal Concerts, AEG Europe and Madison Square Garden Entertainment, before returning to the AEG team in 2011.

With Marciano at the helm, AEG Presents has promoted tours by many of the music industry's biggest artists, including stadium juggernauts Elton John, the Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, and has overseen a festival portfolio of over 30 brands since Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival to Stagecoach, Electric Forest, British Summertime Hyde Park and more.

Marciano has also overseen the company's global growth with the opening of several international offices and expansion into Australia, Singapore, Japan and France.

In its 50-plus year history, City of Hope's MFEI Group has raised over $150 million for good causes, especially cancer research. Marciano has a reputation “as an industry leader who wants to accelerate City of Hope's mission and focus on making breakthrough discoveries that bring us closer to ending cancer,” said Kristin Bertell, director of philanthropy at City of Hope. “We look forward to working with him and the wider music community to develop new treatments, save patients' lives and ensure that everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve the highest level of health.”

The announcement kicks off City of Hope's annual fundraising initiatives that include Taste of Hope in New York in April, the Future Hope Poker Tournament and Songs of Hope.

To contribute or learn more visit jaymarcianospiritoflife.com and cityofhope.org.