Bruce Allen (band manager)

For other people named Bruce Allen, see Bruce Allen (disambiguation).

Bruce Allen is a Canadian music band manager who has represented a number of popular Canadian musicians including Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Jann Arden, Anne Murray, Bryan Adams, Prism, Loverboy and Michael Bublé. He also manages music producer Bob Rock and American rock band The Offspring.[1] In 1985, Allen spearheaded the charity supergroup Northern Lights, who recorded the song "Tears Are Not Enough" in support of Ethiopian famine relief.[2]

Allen hosted SoundOff, a popular call-in talk show on 99.3 CFOX-FM in Vancouver for much of the 1990s. He now does a daily commentary for CKNW's talk radio show called Reality Check.[3]

In 2005, Allen was the recipient of the Special Achievement Award at the SOCAN Awards in Toronto.[4]

He is a co-owner of a WHL team, the Vancouver Giants.

  1. ^ Bruce Allen
  2. ^ 'Tears Are Not Enough'
  3. ^ "Reality Check with Bruce Allen".
  4. ^ "2005 Socan Awards | Socan". Archived from the original on 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2016-11-01.