Beck set-up BIGBOY Management in 2002 bringing with him a clients including Shania Twain, Bruce Springsteen, Midge Ure and Mark Shaw (Then Jerico). BIGBOY’s first new artist signing, Russian pop superstar Ani Lorak, sold 4 million copies of her debut album and is currently selling out 70,000 capacity venues in Europe. In May 2008, Ani came second in the Eurovision Song Contest, representing her native Ukraine. In 2002/2003 Beck was invited by the BBC to be a judge on their 'Just up Your Street' TV talent show, a role for which he received critical acclaim. Late 2004 saw Beck move to Australia for a one-year project, teaming-up with music impresario Ralph Carr to create one of the leading independent music organisations in Australia. Richard was the General Manager of all Entertainment and Music divisions, namely: RCM Artist Management, Standard Records, Standard Music Publishing and the newly created punk label illicit records. In 2006, Beck returned to the UK to concentrate again on his core business, artist management. More recently, he has been interviewed on BBC Radio Five Live for his music industry opinions and also featured on a celebrity episode of Channel 4's long running property search show, 'A Place in the Sun'. He also featured extensively in the MTV documentary, '5ive Revived'. In September 2009, Bigboy Management was merged into a new full-service entertainment company, Supernova Entertainment Ltd, of which Beck takes charge. He has programmed and managed live music in venues (London's Clapham Grand & The Coronet) and is the promoter for Wheels & Fins festival (https://wheelsandfins.co.uk/). References External links Supernova Entertainment Living people 1970s births British music managers