Brian Lane (born Harvey Freed) is a British music manager.
Lane has managed a variety of acts including Katherine Jenkins,[1] Donovan, Alan O'Day,[2] Asia, Yes, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, A-ha,[3] Vangelis, The Buggles, It Bites, A*Teens and Heather Small.
[6] Lane was instrumental in arranging for The Buggles, another group he managed, to join Yes for their 1980 album Drama.
[8] Lane helped form the group Asia, which emerged from the collapse of Yes in early 1981, having introduced vocalist/bassist John Wetton to ex-Yes guitarist Steve Howe.
[10] In the late 1980s, Lane managed a rival group of former Yes members, Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (ABWH).