Jim Beach MA LLB is the long-time manager of the English

United Kingdom

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 rock band

Rock Band

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 Queen

Queen (band)

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 and its individual members. He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer

Lawyer

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. He is also a film and TV producer. His son Ol Beach is the keyboard player for the rock band Wire Daisies

Wire Daisies

The Wire Daisies are a four piece British band from Cornwall, who are signed to EMI 'Angel' offshoot. The idea for the band was mooted in 1999 by three members of the group who had met at a party to mark the solar eclipse, however it was not until 2002 that the band finally took shape.After...

, discovered by Queen's Roger Taylor. Jim Beach is co-founder of Transistor Project, a digital pump put together with Blur's Dave Rowntree. Jim Beach lives in Montreux

Montreux

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, Switzerland.

Titles

• Director of 46664 Concerts
• Trustee of the Mercury Phoenix Trust
  The Mercury Phoenix Trust
  The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a charity organisation that fights AIDS worldwide.After the death of Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related causes in London in 1991, the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach, their manager, organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, the proceeds...
  
  , the EMI
  EMI
  The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
  
   Music Sound Foundation and START
  Start
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