He brought the stars

Graz cult promoter Vojo Radkovic passes away

As a concert promoter, Vojo Radkovic brought stars such as AC/DC, Tina Turner and Johnny Cash to Styria. On Monday night, he passed away unexpectedly and far too young.

New York, London or Berlin - these are the centers of the international pop circus. That's where the world's stars come together. The fact that Graz and Styria were also on the tour schedules of real world stars from the 1970s onwards is thanks to one man in particular: Vojo Radkovic. The journalist set his mind to bringing music greats to Graz - and he simply did it. "At that time, there were only two organizers in Vienna in Austria and stars gave Graz a wide berth," he recalled in a recent interview with the "Krone" newspaper.

"A lot of lessons learned"
However, he didn't get rich: "I usually operated at the lowest financial limit because I was only interested in bringing special bands to Graz. Only then did I take care of the financing and paid a lot of money in the process," Radkovic confessed.

In recent years, Radkovic had withdrawn from the concert business, working mainly as a journalist. He died unexpectedly in Graz on Monday night, just a few days before his 78th birthday.