Phil Warren (promoter)

Philip Reece Warren QSO JP (12 March 1938 – 23 January 2002) was a New Zealand music promoter, manager, agent and later a politician.

At the time, the Fuller's roster included Sandy Edmonds, The Keil Isles, The Chicks, The Rumour, and Shane.

[5] Warren promoted and funded Redwood 70, the first modern New Zealand multi-day music festival.

[6][7] In early 1972, a syndicate headed by Lew Pryme and Glen Tabuteau purchased Fuller's Entertainment Bureau from Warren.

[8] In late 1972, Warren spotted singer Andy Waretini on the New faces contest, and later booked him for the summer period to appear at selected holiday centres with David Whitfield, an entertainer from the UK.

Following mayor Catherine Tizard's resignation in 1990, Warren contested the subsequent by-election for the mayoralty.

He was initially the favourite and lead in opinion polls, but surprisingly finished a distant sixth.