Stephen Pavlovic (born 1966) is an Australian music entrepreneur. Pavlovic began promoting music tours, events and concerts in 1990. Since then he has toured influential artist including Nirvana, Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Beck, Foo Fighters, Daft Punk, The Cure, Grace Jones, LCD Soundsystem, and more. In 1998 he founded and ran the successful international record label Modular Recordings home to The Avalanches, Tame Impala, Cut Copy, Presets, Wolfmother, Ladyhawke and others. Pavlovic is widely regarded as a tastemaker with reputation for consistently picking trends; spotting and developing talent; his strong marketing instincts and understanding of international markets. Career Early career Pavlovic was born in Canberra in 1966. He began working in the music industry in the mid 1980s in Sydney managing local power pop trio The Plunderers. He also started booking live music venues (including The Palace and Landsdowne Hotel) with bands like The Celibate Rifles, Ratcat, Hummingbirds, The Clean, Straitjacket Fits and The Cruel Sea. Widely known as "Pav", Stephen Pavlovic built a successful career as a promoter for local bands in the city of Sydney before he started touring International bands Mudhoney, Fugazi, My Bloody Valentine, The Lemonheads and Nirvana in the early 1990s. Nirvana were on tour in Australia when Nevermind went #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart in 1992 and helped to make a name for Pavlovic. Pavlovic was 25 at the time. Tour promoter Pavlovic followed this with a string of tours for Hole, Pavement, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day and The Offspring. In 1995 Pavlovic launched his own festival, Summersault, headlined by The Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Beck and Rancid. He later followed this with tours from Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fatboy Slim, LCD Sound System and Hot Chip. In 2007 Pavlovic toured French electro duo Daft Punk as part of Modular's Nevereverland festival. In 2011, Stephen was appointed curator of Vivid Live, the live music portion of the prestigious Vivid Festival in Sydney, Australia, where The Cure, Bat For Lashes, Spiritualized and Odd Future headlined. In 2014 and 2015 he brought the Pet Shop Boys and Grace Jones respectively to Carriageworks for Modulations at Vivid Sydney. The 2014 program also included the Liars and collaboration with Sydney restaurant, Porteno and US Rockabilly label, Wild Records. Record labels In 1993, Pavlovic set up the Fellaheen label with business partner Steve Stavrakis.