Heath Miller is an American concert promoter, talent buyer, and businessman. He is the founder of Excess dB Entertainment, served as Vice President and head talent buyer at Webster Hall in New York City from 2011 to 2017, and has booked artists including Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Green Day, and LCD Soundsystem. Miller also managed bands such as Senses Fail, Boys Night Out, and Halifax in the 2000s, and is currently the owner of Coral View Beach Resort on Utila, Honduras.[1][2][3]
Miller began promoting punk and hardcore shows in New Jersey in the late 1990s as a live sound engineer and booking agent. At 17, he organized a Dropkick Murphys show at the Teaneck American Legion, noted for drawing an overcapacity crowd despite minimal promotion.[4]
In 1999 he founded Excess dB Entertainment, which produced concerts at venues such as Club Krome in South Amboy,[5] School of Rock East in South Hackensack, and the RexPlex sports complex in Elizabeth, as well as Manhattan clubs including Continental and Webster Hall.[6][7] He is credited with booking the first New York shows for My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy,[7] and promoted early appearances by Paramore and Coheed and Cambria (then performing as Shabutie).[6] Additionally, he recorded the first demos of Outline, Jack Antonoff's first band, as well as booking all 4 Antonoff's band's earliest shows - Outline, Steel Train, FUN. & Bleachers[8]
At RexPlex, Miller booked the three-day Hellfest 2004, a major hardcore and metal festival that received local and genre press coverage.[9][10]
Artist management
Alongside promoting, Miller managed several bands in the 2000s. His first management client was the New Jersey band Random Task, whose bassist Evan Winiker later joined Steel Train and became a managing partner at Range Music (Range Media Partners).[7][11]
He then managed Senses Fail,[12] guiding their emergence in the post-hardcore scene. He subsequently managed Boys Night Out and Halifax,[13] as reported by industry updates in 2003.[14] By the late 2000s, Miller left artist management to focus on promotion full time.[7]
Webster Hall (2011-2017)
Miller joined Webster Hall in 2011 to book The Studio and later became Vice President and head talent buyer. In 2014, Webster Hall ended its arrangement with Bowery Presents and brought all concert booking in-house under Miller’s direction.[15]
Miller was also responsible for the charity Ally Coalition's "Talent Show" at Webster Hall[20][20]
Excess dB Entertainment and White Eagle Hall
When Webster Hall closed for renovation in 2017, Miller expanded Excess dB Entertainment, becoming the exclusive talent buyer for White Eagle Hall in Jersey City and booking at venues such as Stage 48, Highline Ballroom, Le Poisson Rouge, American Beauty, and the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center.[2][21] Acts programmed at White Eagle Hall included The Mountain Goats, Drive-By Truckers, New Found Glory, Max Weinberg, and Best Coast.[22]
United Palace (2019-present)
In 2019, Miller was named Director of Booking at United Palace in Manhattan, where he booked concerts and cultural events including shows with Kodak Black, Lauryn Hill, and Sech, as well as Kanye West’s Jesus Is King Sunday Service.[23][24]
Coral View Beach Resort and Fyre pop-up
Miller owns Coral View Beach Resort on Utila, Honduras, a property his family acquired in the 1990s. In 2024–2025, he partnered with Billy McFarland for a Fyre-branded pop-up event held at the resort.[3][25][26]
Nonprofit work and affiliations
Miller is the founding director of Support Utila, a U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting community development and environmental programs on Utila.[27] He has also served as a member of the James Beard Foundation Young Professionals Committee,[28] and Events Chair for Safe Horizon’s Leaders on the Horizon program.[29]
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