{"id":42977,"date":"2026-05-18T21:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/?p=42977"},"modified":"2026-05-18T21:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:36:10","slug":"adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/","title":{"rendered":"ADEMA Signs With Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) For Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bakersfield, California rock band ADEMA has officially signed with Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) for management. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current lineup: Tim Fluckey (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Ransom (lead guitar), and Dave DeRoo (bass), are best known for early 2000s nu-metal hits &#8220;Giving In&#8221; and &#8220;Immortal&#8221; off their gold-certified debut on Arista Records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band spent much of the last decade navigating lineup changes and label transitions, including stints on Earache Records and Immortal Records, before signing with Cleopatra Records in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/roddy-ricch-signs-with-the-shalizi-group-for-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roddy Ricch&#8217;s move to The Shalizi Group<\/a> signaled a new management chapter for a major artist, ADEMA&#8217;s WEG deal marks a focused new direction for the veteran rock act. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their fifth studio album, <em>Cruel Machine<\/em>, produced at 4th Street Recording and mixed by platinum-certified engineer David Gnozzi, is now slated for a 2026 release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WEG, founded in 2024 by Joshua Simons, Dave Lory, and Dick Wingate, has been quietly building a rock-focused management roster. The firm previously signed Seattle rock act Truly in December 2025, with Lory and Sandy Rizzo co-managing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much like <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/colton-dawson-signs-with-tko-artist-management-for-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colton Dawson&#8217;s recent deal with TKO Artist Management<\/a>, ADEMA&#8217;s signing reflects a trend of established and emerging artists choosing specialized, full-service firms over traditional management structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upcoming U.S. tour dates have ADEMA supporting Powerman 5000 across California in late May, followed by a full UK run in October\u2013November 2026 alongside Soil and Finger Eleven, including stops at Electric Ballroom London and Rock City Nottingham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This signing is about more than management paperwork, it&#8217;s a genuine second act. ADEMA hasn&#8217;t released a studio album since 2007&#8217;s <em>Kill the Headlights<\/em>, and the nu-metal revival wave currently gripping rock culture couldn&#8217;t be better timed for their comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pairing <em>Cruel Machine<\/em> with the full-service infrastructure of WEG, covering talent management, merchandise, live performance, and marketing, gives the band a far more organized launchpad than they&#8217;ve ever had before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandy Rizzo&#8217;s existing 20-year relationship with the band removes a lot of the trust-building guesswork that normally slows new management deals down. And a transatlantic touring schedule alongside Powerman 5000, Soil, and Finger Eleven proves this is a full-throttle comeback, not just nostalgia bait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can <em>Cruel Machine<\/em> actually break through to new rock audiences in 2026, or will it primarily resonate with longtime ADEMA fans? With the nu-metal revival in full swing, is WEG strategically positioning itself as the go-to firm for legacy rock acts making comebacks?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bakersfield, California rock band ADEMA has officially signed with Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) for management. The current lineup: Tim Fluckey (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Ransom (lead guitar), and Dave DeRoo (bass), are best known for early 2000s nu-metal hits &#8220;Giving In&#8221; and &#8220;Immortal&#8221; off their gold-certified debut on Arista Records. The band spent much of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,18,10,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-management-signings","category-music","category-new-signings","category-rock"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ADEMA Signs With Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) For Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ADEMA Signs With Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) For Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bakersfield, California rock band ADEMA has officially signed with Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) for management. The current lineup: Tim Fluckey (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Ransom (lead guitar), and Dave DeRoo (bass), are best known for early 2000s nu-metal hits &#8220;Giving In&#8221; and &#8220;Immortal&#8221; off their gold-certified debut on Arista Records. The band spent much of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Booking Agent Info News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-18T21:35:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-18T21:36:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Timeyin Mammah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EvergreenWrites\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Timeyin Mammah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ADEMA Signs With Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) For Management","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ADEMA Signs With Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) For Management","og_description":"Bakersfield, California rock band ADEMA has officially signed with Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) for management. The current lineup: Tim Fluckey (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Ransom (lead guitar), and Dave DeRoo (bass), are best known for early 2000s nu-metal hits &#8220;Giving In&#8221; and &#8220;Immortal&#8221; off their gold-certified debut on Arista Records. The band spent much of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/","og_site_name":"Booking Agent Info News","article_published_time":"2026-05-18T21:35:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-18T21:36:10+00:00","author":"Timeyin Mammah","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EvergreenWrites","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Timeyin Mammah","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/"},"author":{"name":"Timeyin Mammah","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7f77b56ef3d8294c3f63279ba9ad5ed6"},"headline":"ADEMA Signs With Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) For Management","datePublished":"2026-05-18T21:35:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-18T21:36:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/"},"wordCount":408,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Management Signings","Music","New Signings","Rock"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2026","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/","url":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/","name":"ADEMA Signs With Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) For Management","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-18T21:35:55+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-18T21:36:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adema-signs-with-worldwide-entertainment-group-weg-for-management\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ADEMA Signs With Worldwide Entertainment Group (WEG) For Management"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/","name":"Booking Agent Info News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Booking Agent Info News","url":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/logo-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/logo-2.png","width":396,"height":274,"caption":"Booking Agent Info News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7f77b56ef3d8294c3f63279ba9ad5ed6","name":"Timeyin Mammah","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5248b70a412589f5d9580574f841d56dd3a1f83644275960402105a9f8bfa498?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5248b70a412589f5d9580574f841d56dd3a1f83644275960402105a9f8bfa498?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Timeyin Mammah"},"description":"Timeyin Mammah is a sports and entertainment writer with bylines in The Difference News, The Pointer Newspaper, Business Hallmark, and The Diplomat. Timeyin specializes in celebrity news, entertainment coverage, and sports analysis, delivering engaging stories that capture the pulse of popular culture","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/EvergreenWrites"],"url":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/author\/mammahtimeyingmail-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42977"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42980,"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42977\/revisions\/42980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}