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Live Nation Canada is opening an office in Ottawa, the latest step in the international concert promotion company’s ongoing global expansion.

The company has announced that it has appointed veteran Ottawa concert promoter Ken Craig as vice president of the region. His responsibilities include developing new concert and festival sites in Eastern Canada and acting as a liaison between the corporate concert industry and federal government agencies that support live music.

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“There’s so much going on now in the music industry in Canada that we feel that having an office here is important,” Craig said in an interview. “Live Nation is getting very serious around the world.”

Ottawa is the fourth Live Nation office in Canada, joining a network that already includes Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. The company also owns Ticketmaster.

Craig said the new arrangement is good news for concert fans in the nation’s capital, and is sure to mean more shows coming to town. Live Nation produces about 70 shows a year in various Ottawa venues, most of them organized by Craig as an independent producer on retainer with the company.