[Excerpt from an Australian news.com article on Andrew McManus, July 5, 2014]
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But a newspaper said McManus had claimed to have $600,000 stashed at his home, and had suggested how to smuggle tour money into Australia. It also hinted that he had withheld funds from Kravitz and
Fleetwood Mac.
McManus now says he talked to police at the height of his binges: “I was on a lot of morphine, I was drinking, and I was not in a good place.”
He denied withholding money from Fleetwood Mac and Lenny Kravitz. “That is a lie,” McManus says. “
Fleetwood Mac know they got paid in full, my accountant knows, and the ATO knows they were paid in full. Exactly the same with Lenny.”
McManus denied smuggling in tour money, saying he was merely suggesting ways a promoter might do that.
“I regret what I said. I was not a lucid man at that stage,” he said.
Things are a little clearer now. He credits “good friends” with bringing him back from the brink. He also has a new relationship.
A phone call from country music superstar Kris Kristofferson, asking for McManus to do his farewell tour, rejuvenated the promoter too.
He is also in talks to tour Kiss, and other projects are emerging
“I’ve found the confidence to return to the business I love, with a new attitude,” McManus says. “I’ve paid my taxes, I’ve paid my bands, and I’ve paid my dues.”
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