Concert biz veteran Jay Belin is joining a host of longtime friends at AEG Presents, where he will serve as VP of international touring.

Belin got his start in the mid-2000s as the talent booker for New York's beloved Mercury Lounge, which was at the time run by Bowery Presents. He spent the last decade as an agent at William Morris Endeavor, including six years in its London office.

At AEG, which acquired Bowery Presents in 2017, he will focus on European touring operations and projects for the company's global touring roster. He will report to Michael Harrison and Simon Jones, AEG's SVPs of global touring, and transition to the company's London office after an initial stint in New York.

"Jay has been a close friend for many years and I’m so excited for him to join our team as our focus on global growth continues," said AEG President of Global Touring Rich Schaefer of Belin, who has worked with Vampire Weekend, Pulp, LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and FKA twigs, among many others. "His background in live music touches almost every single part of the ecosystem, which gives him invaluable insight into artist relations and where our business is headed. I expect Jay will quickly become an important asset to our touring artists and promoters around the globe."

"AEG Presents is an artist-first organization and that is something you can't fake,” Belin said. "In a world where authenticity still counts for something, Rich's vision and the team executing it embody that spirit. We all arrived at AEG through a shared love of live music, and being a conduit to help artists bring that experience to their fans is an irreplaceable feeling."

That first bottle of Smirnoff Ice and/or can of PBR shotgunned in the back of a moving party bus are on us, brah!