{"id":2294685,"date":"2026-02-23T02:26:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2294685"},"modified":"2026-02-23T02:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:26:05","slug":"gary-borman-keith-urbans-longtime-manager-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/gary-borman-keith-urbans-longtime-manager-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Borman, Keith Urban&#8217;s Longtime Manager, Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tLongtime Nashville artist manager <strong>Gary Borman<\/strong> is retiring and closing down his namesake management company, Borman Entertainment, after a 50-year run, he announced Sunday (Feb. 22).<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-align-items-center u-align-items-flex-start@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max u-width-710@desktop lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-u-margin-tb-1 u-margin-b-250@mobile-max u-margin-t-275@mobile-max u-margin-t-250@desktop u-margin-b-250@desktop u-margin-lr-n1@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-brand-secondary-dark lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-padding-tb-1  lrv-u-padding-tb-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-l-00@mobile-max u-grid-gap-18@desktop u-grid-gap-0@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary a-font-accent-xl u-font-weight-800 u-letter-spacing-0179 u-line-height-normal lrv-u-color-grey-dark bb-pro-related-stories-label lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between  a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card  lrv-u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-191 u-width-150@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image   lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/brad-turcotte-svp-country-teg-live-ticketek\/\" class=\"c-lazy-image__link lrv-a-unstyle-link\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBorman, who\u2019s appeared on<em> Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Country Power Players list as the founder and president\/CEO of Borman Entertainment, is 73.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/keith-urban\/\">Keith Urban<\/a> is currently Borman\u2019s only remaining client, and is expected to announce new management shortly. The pair have worked together for 25 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cTo say I\u2019ve been lucky to have spent my time doing what I\u2019ve loved would be an understatement,\u201d Borman said in a statement obtained by <em>Billboard<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve worked side by side with some of the most gifted artists.\u00a0I\u2019m grateful beyond words to all the teachers, artists, colleagues, collaborators, supporters, Lady Luck, as well as the adversaries and turbulent moments that sharpened my resolve and taught me how to manage emotion and life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUrban noted, \u201cI\u2019m so grateful to Gary (and my entire Borman Nashville family) for the most incredible and successful time together. It was extraordinary \u2014 what we were able to accomplish together \u2014 and I\u2019ll forever be grateful for the creative and collaborative spirit we were all a part of for so long.\u00a0\u00a0I wish Gary and everyone at Borman Entertainment the very best journey ahead and look forward to what the future holds for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cKeith and I shared a journey not unlike brothers. The place that I have in my heart will remain warm and my mind filled with wonderful memories. I have been and will remain a fan,\u201d Borman added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMickey Guyton and Lady A are among the acts Borman previously managed. A Pittsburgh native, he maintained offices in Nashville and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOver the years, Borman Entertainment has also represented a wide range of acts that included The Yellowjackets, The Bee Gees, James Taylor, The Violent Femmes, Dwight Yoakam, Faith Hill, Steve Moir, The Rolling Stones and Natalie Cole.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.billboard.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime Nashville artist manager Gary Borman is retiring and closing down his namesake management company, Borman Entertainment, after a 50-year run, he announced Sunday (Feb. 22). Related Borman, who\u2019s appeared on Billboard\u2019s Country Power Players list as the founder and president\/CEO of Borman Entertainment, is 73.\u00a0 Keith Urban is currently Borman\u2019s only remaining client, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2294686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[21796,309228,21932,21738],"class_list":["post-2294685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-business","tag-genre-country","tag-music-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Gary-Borman-Keith-Urbans-Longtime-Manager-Announces-Retirement.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2294687,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294685\/revisions\/2294687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}