Celebrity Name: Daily J
New Company: ROAM
Primary Agent: Marlon Burton
Department: Booking / Live (Touring)
Territory: EU
- New Zealand indie-psych band Daily J (brothers Jayden, Jonny, and Jesse Paul plus Rick Everard) have officially joined ROAM’s global roster for representation.
- ROAM is the world’s largest independent booking agency, formed in 2025 from the merger of North America’s Arrival Artists and the UK’s ATC Live, with 800+ artists and six global offices.
- Daily J, hailing from Marlborough, NZ, bring a rising international profile to ROAM, including sold-out tours across NZ, Australia, and the UK, plus appearances at SXSW and All Points East.
- The deal covers the EU territory, positioning the band for deeper penetration into European markets.
New Zealand indie-psych band Daily J has officially signed with global booking agency ROAM for representation, a move that signals the band’s next big push into international markets.
Born and bred in the idyllic wine country of Marlborough on New Zealand’s South Island, Daily J is made up of three brothers (Jayden, Jonny, and Jesse Paul) alongside musical soulmate Rick Everard. Together, they craft a sound that blends dreamy swirling melodies, warm basslines, and hazy pop-electronica that feels tailor-made for golden hour.
The band first emerged late in 2017 and has steadily grown a passionate fanbase at home and abroad. After three sold-out tours in New Zealand and Australia and a successful debut UK tour, Daily J has proven they can hold their own on the world stage.
Their efforts earned them a nomination for Best Song at the Rolling Stone awards, slots at SXSW and All Points East, and a prestigious support slot on girl in red’s stadium tour.
Their 2025 album Scatterbrains continued that momentum. The record successfully built on the promise of their 2020 debut album Venus Ate Mars, with lyrics probing deeper, more introspective material.
On the agency side, ROAM was formed from the merger of North America-based Arrival Artists and UK-based ATC Live, and now represents more than 800 artists, making it the largest independent booking agency worldwide. Launched in 2025, ROAM operates across six global offices with 80+ professionals, from debut performances to festival headliners.
Daily J joins a roster that includes the likes of Khruangbin, Japanese Breakfast, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and Mac DeMarco. The signing covers the EU territory, making it a calculated step toward cracking European touring in a big way.
This news arrives alongside other recent ROAM signings making waves in the indie space, including ITTL MORT signing with ROAM, Precious Pepala joining the agency, and Momo Boyd inking a deal with ROAM Artists, suggesting the agency is aggressively building its roster of emerging global talent.
Takeaways
ROAM isn’t just signing artists, it’s building a movement. By adding Daily J to their EU territory roster, the agency is betting on the band’s organic rise and polished live show to translate into real European touring power.
For Daily J, this is the infrastructure moment every rising band dreams of: a global agency with local agents on the ground in every major market, from London to Paris to Glasgow.
After years of grinding through sold-out venues in the Southern Hemisphere and earning international co-signs the hard way, this deal feels less like a lucky break and more like a long-overdue reward.
Could ROAM’s EU footprint finally unlock a full-scale European festival circuit for Daily J? Is ROAM quietly building the definitive indie/alt-pop roster of this era?
