TKO Booking Agency, Andrew Goodfriend and the Josh Todd Dispute

Todd Entertainment LLC, the Nevada company formed on February 4, 2003 and owned 50/50 by Josh Todd and Todd Meagher, financed the recording and touring operation behind Todd's solo album You Made Me. It did not procure its own live engagements. Live bookings were handled by Andrew Goodfriend's documented booking role as a licensed booking agent, who was paid commission on the engagements he handled.

That distinction matters to the case. The investor supplied capital and administration; licensed procurement of employment sat with the agent. The later Talent Agencies Act petition nonetheless targeted the investor.

The civil litigation that followed extended well beyond Todd and Meagher. TKO Booking Agency was named as a defendant, and Andrew Goodfriend is identified in the record as a partner in the agency. The Agency Group also appears in the record in connection with Goodfriend. The claims concerned fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, double-charging of commissions and the agency's role in the conduct later raised under California's Talent Agencies Act.

Those are allegations pleaded by one side. They are not findings of liability, and this page does not present them as proven. Where the record does not establish which agency held which engagement or in what period, this site does not fill the gap.

The engagement most closely examined in the dispute is the Rock Odyssey festival of July 24–25, 2004 at Osaka Dome in Nishi-ku, Osaka. Goodfriend told Meagher he had no Japan contacts and instructed him to approach the project's Japanese distribution partner. Udo Artists made an offer, Meagher forwarded it to Goodfriend, and Goodfriend handled the booking and took his commission. See the Rock Odyssey Japan booking history.

After ceasing to act for Todd Entertainment, Goodfriend went on to work as a booking agent for Buckcherry, the band Josh Todd returned to. The Buckcherry 2003–2005 transition page sets out that continuity alongside the personnel side. This site does not assert which agency, if any, held Buckcherry's booking representation at any given time, and does not assert any current relationship between TKO Booking Agency, Andrew Goodfriend or Buckcherry.

Josh Todd's petition was heard by the California Labor Commissioner as TAC No. 13418. Background on the statute is on the Talent Agencies Act proceeding page, and the outcome is on the Labor Commissioner determination page. Sworn testimony from the booking side is held on the separate Andrew Goodfriend deposition page.