{"id":46641,"date":"2026-07-16T18:02:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/?p=46641"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:03:10","slug":"tops-signs-with-ground-control-touring-for-worldwide-representation-excluding-africa-europe-uk-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/tops-signs-with-ground-control-touring-for-worldwide-representation-excluding-africa-europe-uk-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"TOPS Signs With Ground Control Touring For Worldwide Representation Excluding Africa, Europe\/UK, Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOPS, the Montreal indie-pop band led by Jane Penny and David Carriere, has signed with Ground Control Touring for worldwide live music and touring representation, excluding Africa, Europe\/UK, and the Middle East. Agent Alisa Preisler will handle the band&#8217;s bookings across those territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The band&#8217;s European\/UK touring stays in place with Toutpartout. On the business side, TOPS continues to be managed by <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/managers\/sebastian-cowan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sebastian Cowan<\/a>, founder of Arbutus Records, the Montreal label and management company that first signed the band in 2012. Publicity duties remain with Orienteer. TOPS&#8217;s booking history includes past stints with MB Touring and United Talent Agency (UTA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formed in 2011 by Penny and Carriere, later joined by drummer Riley Fleck and keyboardist Marta Cikojevic, TOPS built its catalogue on Arbutus before moving to Ghostly International for 2025&#8217;s <em>Bury the Key<\/em>, its first full-length since 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The self-produced record leaned into a darker, disco-tinged sound, and the band supported it with sets at Coachella and Austin City Limits, plus a run of North American headline dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ground Control Touring has been active lately: the agency recently <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/navy-blue-signs-with-ground-control-touring-for-worldwide-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signed Navy Blue for worldwide representation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/adult-dvd-signs-with-ground-control-touring-for-representation-in-north-and-south-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brought on Adult DVD for North and South America<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/news\/mage-tears-signs-with-ground-control-touring-gct-for-worldwide-representation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">added Mage Tears for a worldwide deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This deal keeps most of TOPS&#8217;s business intact while sharpening the band&#8217;s live-music engine outside Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preisler already reps acts like Wet and Chastity Belt, so pairing her with a band coming off a genre-shifting album and big 2025 festival slots suggests GCT sees room to build TOPS&#8217;s footprint in markets like Asia, Australia, and Latin America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keeping Arbutus, Toutpartout, and Orienteer in place also shows this is a targeted expansion, not an overhaul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could this deal push TOPS toward bigger North American festival slots in 2026-27? Could GCT&#8217;s growing indie-pop roster open co-bill opportunities between TOPS and agency mates like <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/celebrity\/wet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wet<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bookingagentinfo.com\/celebrity\/chastity-belt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chastity Belt<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPS, the Montreal indie-pop band led by Jane Penny and David Carriere, has signed with Ground Control Touring for worldwide live music and touring representation, excluding Africa, Europe\/UK, and the Middle East. Agent Alisa Preisler will handle the band&#8217;s bookings across those territories. The band&#8217;s European\/UK touring stays in place with Toutpartout. 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