Pierce the Veil Pay Tribute to Agent + Manager Dave Shapiro

Pierce the Veil have paid tribute to their agent and supervisor, Dave Shapiro, who tragically died in a aircraft crash on Thursday morning (Could 22).

Shapiro was onboard his personal Cessna 550 jet that crashed within the Murphy Canyon space of San Diego, California, whereas making an attempt to land on the close by Montgomery-Gibbs Govt Airport. He and former The Satan Wears Prada drummer Daniel Williams are the one two confirmed casualties from the tragedy up to now.

Throughout his time within the music trade, Shapiro labored for Equal Imaginative and prescient, began a report label known as Velocity Information and co-founded Sound Expertise Group in 2018. He labored with numerous artists over time, and thus a plethora of musicians and trade professionals have shared posts in tribute to him, noting the affect he had on them and their careers.

READ MORE: Music Business Veteran Dave Shapiro Killed in California Aircraft Crash

Pierce the Veil are a gaggle Shapiro labored particularly shut with as their agent, supervisor and good friend. He attended the band’s sold-out present this previous Tuesday at New York Metropolis’s Madison Sq. Backyard, and flew out of New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport the next night time to go again house.

The group shared an emotional tribute for Shapiro on their social media right now (Could 23). Learn it beneath.

We misplaced our longtime agent, supervisor, and expensive good friend Dave Shapiro in a tragic aircraft accident on Thursday morning, together with different shut colleagues and mates. It’s arduous to place into phrases how a lot this man meant to so many people. He made a profound affect in such a short while and touched numerous lives around the globe.

We began working collectively almost twenty years in the past, after we had been all in our early twenties — I feel Jaime might need even been 19. Dave had simply left his band, Depend the Stars, and began reserving for Equal Imaginative and prescient Information. We had been the primary band he ever booked, and we haven’t left one another’s aspect since. We even lived at Dave’s home between excursions after we wanted a spot to remain, not simply because we had been broke, however as a result of we simply liked being round one another. He all the time appeared out for us, it doesn’t matter what.

Friendship meant all the things to Dave. He liked being round individuals and by no means needed the joy to finish. He fought arduous for the individuals he liked and needed everybody round him to succeed. He taught us the significance of rising roots on this trade and confirmed us that longevity is the important thing to constructing an actual profession in music. We owe him all the things. We’re pleased with what we constructed collectively — however we’d give all of it again in a heartbeat simply to listen to him inform a joke or one in all his humorous tales proper now.

Dave, we’re actually gonna miss you. You had been taken from us too quickly. Thanks for giving us all the things you had whilst you had been right here. Each time we take the stage, it will likely be in your reminiscence. Our hearts exit to your spouse, household, and the buddies you really liked so dearly. We’re additionally holding shut the households of the colleagues and expensive mates we misplaced within the crash as effectively. Relaxation in peace.

Loudwire sends our condolences to Pierce the Veil and all of Shapiro’s family members throughout this time.