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In a career that has spanned over 30 years, Harvey Goldsmith has found himself in some unusual situations.
Like the time he was handcuffed to an amplifier and left dangling 70ft above a rock stadium by the band The Who.
But, as Goldsmith explained, being arrested by honorary sheriff Keith Moon is "all in a day's work for a music promoter".
Goldsmith knows a lot about musicians - all of it from first-hand experience.
"Some of the acts really go and enjoy themselves on the road, others take it very seriously," he said.
Dropping TV sets into hotel swimming pools and trashing foyers is all "part of the excitement", but it's a hard job being a rock star.
"You're going from town to town every day. You're setting up, you're rehearsing, you're going on stage - eventually it just kind of boils over," he said.
But for all their outward egos, Goldsmith said many big artists were petrified of performing.
He remembered John Lennon, in one of his last performances, actually threw up before going on stage.
"A lot of artists actually find it very difficult going on stage, but once they're on stage they're different people."
It's this changing personality type that Goldsmith has dealt with throughout his career.
Crowning moment
He stands to lose millions if stars don't perform. "It's like taking your life in your hands everyday.
"You've got to be able to deal with 20 or 30 things at once and not be phased by it."
"You can have 1,000 people in a show and you've got to knit the whole thing together for one day."
"If something's wrong I just literally roll my sleeves up and get on with it."
One of Goldsmith's crowning moments was when he discovered Bruce Springsteen in the Bottom Line club in New York.
He was tipped off by a journalist from Melody Maker, but as soon as he heard Springsteen he was "gobsmacked".
At that stage Springsteen was barely known in America and it was his first time playing in New York.
"It took me two years to get him to England and I was very persistent.
"Timing and luck are very prominent in these situations, but when you see raw talent like that, you know it's going to work.
"If I enjoy it, I think there's a public out there that will enjoy it too."
Live Aid was another success story for Goldsmith, who was brought on board by Bob Geldof.
With just 10 and a half weeks to produce the show, there was no time to think about the huge project they were undertaking.
When the list of artists involved was announced at a press conference, Goldsmith remembered in fact only one star had confirmed.
"It took a lot of front, but at the end of the day the cause took over.
"It was the first time a wide television audience had focused on such a terrible issue and it gripped people."
Error
But not everything he touches turns to gold. Last year's Eclipse Festival nearly caused financial meltdown.
Goldsmith said the festival was originally set up to respond to local councils in Devon and Cornwall who wanted to keep people off the road on the day of the eclipse.
He admitted it was an error of judgement and should have been called off earlier, but ultimately blames "the grey people" for scaremongering.
"Authorities don't know how to deal with people," he said, adding that it was a rare lesson that taught him "never to trust government".
But Goldsmith has bounced back. "I haven't lost my touch, I still enjoy it and I think I still have a lot to offer," he added.
Hardtalk with Harvey Goldsmith and Tim Sebastian is on BBC World at 1630, 1930 GMT Friday and 0030 and 0430 GMT Saturday.