Marcus Russell is the former manager of Oasis and the MD of Ignition Management with Alec McKinlay. Marcus currently manages Catfish and the Bottlemen and Noel Gallagher amongst the Ignition Management managed Primal Scream, Stereophonics, Chapel Club and Young Rebel Set among others. Ignition has previously managed The Bible, Johnny Marr, The The, Mercury Rec, Black Mountain, Crowded House and Electronic.

Marcus was also a panellist at our annual Live & Kicking live music industries conference in 2017. Read more: Live & Kicking 2017: Secondary ticketing