3 days Ago By Shirley Halperin
The buzzing Interscope act Role Model has parted ways with Best Friends Music Management, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The 27-year-old artist, who released his latest album, Kansas Anymore , in July 2024 to wide critical acclaim, had been represented by manager Danny Rukasin. Best Friends, the company headed by Rukasin and Brandon Goodman, is management home to artists Bishop Briggs, Mimi Webb, Benee, Blake Rose, Mehro, Kid Sistr and Maris.
Until recently, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas were also on the roster, though the duo left at the end of March for Jason Owen’s Sandbox Entertainment. The co-managers played a key role in steering Eilish’s ascent from viral sensation to award-winning artist over a decade of working together. Role Model, who has about 6.
5 million monthly listeners on Spotify, released his debut album Rx back in 2022 through Interscope, after releasing the EPs Arizona in the Summer, Oh, How Perfect and Our Little Angel . He announced the second leg of his No Place Like Tour last week, with European tour dates set to kick off at London’s Eventim Apollo on November 4, 2025. He’ll also play dates in Manchester, the Netherlands, Berlin, and Paris.
He just wrapped his North America leg of the tour on April 10th in Seattle, though he’s also got festival dates at Governor’s Ball and Bonnaroo, and he’s opening for Abrams for her Secret of Us Deluxe Tour dates in North America this summer with dates in Boston, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Morrison, Colorado and Mexico City..
