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Here we are then with the first Magazine of 2016. Of course the
first shock of the year was the death of David Bowie, and it really
is a shock when artists of Bowie’s stature pass on, they begin to
be considered immortal. My own memory of him concerned the
first ever concert promotion I was involved in, which was in 1969,
it took place at The Brighton Dome and featured headliners The
Edgar Broughton Band, supported by a long haired (of course!)
singer songwriter playing twelve string guitar, strangely I recall
that he was introduced as David Jones, although Space Oddity had
just become a hit, and he was then known as David Bowie.
Having seen the departure of Lemmy to take his place with the
rock gods, or wherever he decided to land up late last year, this
year is not starting well, besides Bowie, Glenn Frey, co-founder
and guitarist of the Eagles has passed on, as has Maurice White,
founder of Earth, Wind and Fire, they all leave a legacy. Also Dale
Griffin, original drummer of Mott the Hoople lost his battle with
illness recently.
The VIP team were all in rainy and reasonably cold Holland earlier
this month for the thirtieth edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag, in
Groningen. This very attractive University City apparently has the
highest average number of young people in the Netherlands, so
I thought I should go and alter the figures a bit by adding a bit
of age! Talking of age, much is said about older musicians still
holding on to the top touring spots; I notice for instance that Sting
and Peter Gabriel are to tour together – mutual support perhaps?
During the Agent’s panel at Eurosonic Jeff Craft of X-Ray Touring
– tongue in cheek of course, inferred that agents may have to turn
to euthanasia to clear their rosters of older musicians and acts that
refuse to go quietly to make room for new talents.
Whether looking back over the development of the business, as
we do in this issue’s report on Eurosonic, or looking to future
development as hopefully we do when considering the development
of new talent through ETEP, the EBBAS (see report in this issue) or
the work of aspiring gents, managers and artists, the main reality
is of course the present. During my keynote interview with leading
German promoter Marek Lieberberg at Eurosonic, I was struck
by his phrase when referring to his method of operation which
concentrated on the now, he said “ We are all moving through
the corridor of today” – A good line I thought, I did ask about the
T-Shirt rights, but we moved on to more important things like his
recent deal with Live Nation. All in all a very interesting interview!
One of the original intentions of Eurosonic’s Peter Smidt with
the ETEP programme was to overthrow the Anglo-American acts
stranglehold on the live circuit in Europe, although this hasn’t
entirely been achieved, great progress has been made. But it’s
interesting to note that Pollstar Pro’s annual year-end report
informs us that of last year’s highest-grossing worldwide concert
tours, just four American artists – Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney,
Foo Fighters and Taylor Swift – place in the top 10 (at ninth, eight,
fifth and first, respectively), with the remaining six spots taken up
by bands hailing at least partially from the United Kingdom…
The Sunday Times released their list of the top 500 most influential
people in the UK at the weekend, and just to show that we move in
the right circles, the list included Phil Bowdery of Live Nation who
took part in the ‘The International Ticket Figures 2015’ panel at
Eurosonic, which I enjoyed moderating, and Emma Banks of CAA
who we shared a table with at The European Festival Awards. Now
I only need to become intimate with the other 498 and there’ll be
no stopping me achieving fame and fortune in the UK!
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CONTENTS:03 Allan McGowan’s Musings
05 Roskilde Festival CEO announces his departure
06 Progress Reports
10 Russia proposes new Live Industry regulations
12 Promoter Thomas Ovesen Joins Al Ahli Group as CEO of 117 Live
16 European Festival Awards
18 “Where’s the Music’ 2nd Edition
20 Warner sells UK headquarter
22 Women in business
24 British band die in car crash in Sweden
26 Neil Warnock keynote speaker at Midem
27 Artist Avails
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After being in charge of Roskilde Festival
for three decades, Henrik Rasmussen
announced that 2016 will be his last year as
CEO of Roskilde Festival Group.
- I have made my decision, because I believe
that the time is right. Today we have a strong
organization and management, we are
well on the way with developing our other
business areas and we have optimized the
festival, so it is well prepared for the future
in a competitive market.
As said many times, I believe that the last two
festivals have been among the very best ever.
So I feel confident in passing the leadership
on, says Henrik Rasmussen, who has been
part of management since 1986 and was the
festival`s first full time employee.
Henrik Rasmussen will continue in his current
role until January 1st 2017, leaving the board
plenty of time to find his replacement.
Chairman of the board at Roskilde Festival
Steen Jørgensen added “Henrik Rasmussen`s
decision to stop is a natural step in the
development process we have worked on. It
is therefore not entirely new for us on the
board and we have great understanding and
respect for his decision, although it is with
some sadness that we have accepted it.
Henrik has been in the top management
of the Festival group for 3 decades, so one
could say that it is the end of an era but it also
reflects an organization that is developing,
and we fully agree that the organization is
well prepared for a change, not least thanks
to Henrik”
ROSKILDE FESTIVAL CEO ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE
Henrik Rasmussen
From VIP-Daily News
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Professor Peter Schwenkow
– CEO, DEAG Germany
What were the highlights of your year, and
what are your conclusions regarding the state
of the business in general?
Highlight of 2015 was surely the start of our
festivals Rock in Vienna, Rockavaria in Munich
and Rock im Revier in Gelsenkirchen.
Please let us know your outlook and
expectations for 2016…
The business seems to stay very healthy, as
Christmas sales have been terrific.
Karsten Jahnke
– Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion GmbH
What were the highlights of your year, and
what are your conclusions regarding the state
of the business in general?
The Stadtpark season was very successful – 12
sold out shows. The amazing long tour with
Johannes Oerding. The tour with Michael
Wollny, Gregory Porter, Cypress Hill, Kamasi
Washington.. Wu-Tang Clan.
Please let us know your outlook and
expectations for 2016…
We are happy that THE CURE will be on tour
with us. Herman van Veen will do another
long tour. Al Jarreau & The NDR BIGBAND
will do another tour with us.
Way Back When will happen again!
Rob Hallett
– Robomagic UK
Highlights 2015:
Duran Duran album and tour. Grace in the top
5 future megastar.
Highlights in 2016:
2016 will be a buoyant touring year with
lots already announced and more breaking
through. Exciting times!
Ben Challis
– Charming Music Limited /
Glastonbury Festival UK
My highlight of the year was enjoying
another marvelous Glastonbury Festival, with
Lionel Richie’s Sunday afternoon show, just
after Patti Smith and the Dalai Lama, being
a fantastic performance from a great artiste.
Overall the live sector remains healthy - and
in some ways the real focus in the music
industry has been on the rapid changes
in the digital sphere - with Spotify, Apple
Music and Pandora all fighting for market
share, and behind that, the music publishers,
songwriters and artistes starting to battle
with the major record labels for a fairer share
of the digital pie. But the ongoing onslaught
in the UK on small music venues, from
rampant development, one-dimensional
planning laws and, in London at least, a lack
of support for clubs and small venues from
local authorities, remains a real worry.
Going forwards, the on going success of the
festival market has created its own problems:
secondary ticketing is an ongoing drain on
revenues, and festivals, often operating on
tiny margins, now face the looming problem
of the avarice the Valuation Office here in the
UK, and a impending review of the UK’s Tariff
LP for live events by PRS for Music, adding
to concerns that these and similar moves
will badly damage a sector that attracts
Manfred Tari [email protected]
tourists, creates jobs, and which clearly
enriches communities above and beyond the
enjoyment live events provide for festival fans.
Detlef Schwarte
– Reeperbahn Festival
What were the highlights of your year, and
what are your conclusions regarding the state
of the business in general?
As promoter of an event that serves all parts
of the music sector, I consider the recent
publication of a research study that covers and
evaluated for the first time ever market figures
for the entire German music market as highly
relevant. I very much hope that this study will
enable better and more qualified analysis when
it comes to comparisons with other segments
within the creative industries in Germany and
perhaps even on a European level.
Please let us know your outlook and
expectations for 2016…
From a general point of view the develop-
ment of better framework conditions for the
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PROGRESS REPORTSAs we all know the international live music industry has had it’s share of difficult and
distressing events in 2015. At the end of the year we asked some of our readers to let us,
and you, know how things have been for them in 2015 and their expectations to 2016:
Ben Challis Detlef Schwarte
various parts of the music business remains
a challenging issue for all of us. In particular
more reliable regulations providing a better
protection of copyright protected repertoire on
a European level, significant improved earnings
for artists for recorded music, a much better
engagement by politicians in favour of keeping
concert clubs and other cultural activities alive.
Last not least I wish that the industry as well as
artists will raise their voices, proactively joining
political debates encouraging the improvement
of overall societal issues, ensuring that music
gains again a meaningful voice within our
society...
Martin Elbourne – Glastonbury Festival,
The Great Escape, UK
Pretty much everything I was involved with sold
out. Particularly good TGE and Glastonbury.
Sat night in Pune (city in India - 5 million
people 2 hours south of Mumbai. Probably
fastest growing in India) buzz for nh7 festival
was amazing !
PROGRESS REPORTS Doing the inaugural Music Cities Conventions
in Brighton and Washington DC also
highlights. We appear to have worldwide
movement now of good people wanting
to create better cities using music as key
component, so that’s an exciting development
for world wide music eco system.
I wouldn’t want to put on festival that was
entirely reliant on its line up. Those days have
gone!
…And Bristol Rovers winning play - offs at
Wembley!
As for next year I don’t really see anything
dramatic happening..Transparency stuff will
slowly edge forward. Music cities related
stuff will progress
- EDM thing has peaked.
- Festival market stabilising but growing
outside Europe.
- Old school festivals that just do bands and
burgers dead.
- More growth in urban multi venue festivals.
- But no more conferences please!
- More consolidation in agency world, and
possibly in management world.
Hilde Spille
– Paperclip Agency, Holland
My highlights in 2015:
The European tours for Jill Barber and
Chloe Charles. As Compass for Creatives
I introduced the online workshop 5
Empowerment Tools for musicians, with
great reactions from participants to an article
about it in IQ Magazine.
State of the business in general:
There is a lot of really great talent, developing
it is more and more difficult. Festivals are
looking for hypes and well known artists,
venues are booking less concerts.
Outlook and expectations for 2016:
I’m developing other workshops for
musicians and will introduce them in 2016.
I’m looking forward to a Dutch tour of Sass
Jordan in January and a European tour for
Matt Epp in January/February.
Karsten Jahnke
Detlef Schwarte
Rob Hallett
Martin Elbourne Hilde Spille
Peter Schwenkow
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Rob Challice – CODA Agency, UK
Highlight of my year?
Seeing Ezra Furman smash it at a sold out
London Shepherds Bush Empire. Life affirming
stuff. Rise of the underdog!
State of business:
Still cannot believe that the industry has not
dealt with leaches like Viagogo and Get Me in.
They really are a stain on the business.
Let’s see more Adele/Songkick type ticket
situations. And if we have to have a discussion
about more dynamic ticketing, fine. No more
ticket “touting” though.
Rob Berends
– Paperclip Agency, Holland
Highlights 2015:
Shows by King Champion Sounds, Buzzcocks,
Musée Mécanique.
State of the Business:
The business in general is making enough
money, but unfortunately only with major
artists and major events. The food chain (that
grows the talent of the future) is even more
under threat. For Bob Sillerman (SFX) 2015 was
his well-deserved ‘payback time’, showing
that all he ever did to the live music business is
fundamentally flawed.
Highlights 2016:
I’ve recently signed three bands for European
agency representation: Bent Knee (USA),
Blind Idiot God (USA), and Leeways (NLD;
winner of the Dutch Rock Contest 2014;
debut album out now). Bent Knee will tour
Europe in the summer; Blind Idiot God will
tour Europe in April (3 weeks including
Roadburn Festival); the multicultural band
Leeways will play all over The Netherlands
again in the festival season (over 150 shows
played even before their debut album was
released) with their irresistible mix of reggae
and ska, hiphop, funk and rock.
As a Dutch promoter, in 2016 I will present
(among others) 10cc (six fully seated shows
in March; ticket sales are very strong),
Buzzcocks, Antilopen Gang.
The festival season will become even longer,
with more festivals, and the venues/clubs-
season will become even shorter, with
dangerous effects for the livelihood of these
clubs and venues.
Gordon Masson
– Editor IQ Magazine, UK
My personal highlight of the year was my
trip to Pohoda Festival in Slovakia, which has
become my favourite festival in the calendar
– there are always a fascinating bunch of
friends, old and new, to hang out with,
while Michal Kascak’s team manage to outdo
themselves year-on-year with a programme
that truly sums up the beauty of music. Where
else would you see an Israeli act (Lola Marsh)
on the main stage, followed immediately by
Syrian singer Omar Souleyman?!
My other highlights, believe it or not,
involve the various conferences and shows
I am privileged to be invited to and speak
at – this year these included Eurosonic, the
International Live Music Conference (ILMC),
Reeperbahn, the International Festival
Forum, Waves Bratislava and Sonic Visions.
When I hear other people complaining about
their jobs, it always reminds me how lucky I
am to be involved in live music – even if it is
just on the peripheries. But meeting friends,
colleagues and all sorts of creative geniuses
from every conceivable corner of the world,
who are united by a common love for music,
is wonderful. There’s nothing I love more
than some random person I have just met
dragging me off to see a new rap act from
Bulgaria in a club I’ve never heard of before.
Karsten Schölermann
LIVE KOMM – Hamburg, Germany
What were the highlights of your year?
For the first time we got a €1,5 million subsidy
for the ‘Digitalisation’ of Music Clubs” from
BKM (Bundeskulturministerium). For the first
time we had a survey letting us know that
the grassroots venues in Germany raised a
total of about €221 million in turnover - 2%
of music industries overall - but only 1%
profit within.
What are your conclusions regarding the
state of the business in general?
No extra expenses possible without losing
money.
Rob Challice Rob Berends Gordon Masson Rense Van Kessel
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Please let us know your outlook and
expectations for 2016…
More Expenses – (After Paris: Extra Security!)
will lead to grassroots-clubs closing.
Rense Van Kessel
– Friendly Fire, Holland
We had a fantastic year actually.Notable
highlight was our domestic pride
Kensington doing two sold out shows at
the Ziggodome (34.000 tickets), we went
on sale with 3 Ziggodomes for them for
2016 just after this year’s shows and have
already sold 90%! It is fantastic that ‘our
own’ music is becoming so strong and
such incredible business.
Ville Leppanen
– The Animal Farm, London
What were the highlights of your year, and
what are your conclusions regarding the
state of the business in general?
My professional highlight was bringing Little
Brother Eli to Reeperbahn Festival and seeing
them blow away a crowd that had never
heard of them. The deals the ensued were a
bonus. My personal highlight was making it
through to the last 16 in the European Squash
Masters Championship, out of a field of 128
players from across Europe... ;-)
Please let us know your outlook and
expectations for 2016…
Guitar solos will make a long awaited return.
Stefan Lohmann – Talent Buyer & Booking
Agent – Hamburg, Germany
Highlights of this year:
My main business is my work as a talent
buyer / artist relationship manager for event
agencies and event organizers, brands and
cultural festivals. I do this for events like
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nachhaltigkeitspreis.de with artists like Art
Garfunkel, Nelly Furtado, Annie Lennox,
Karsten Schölermann Ville Leppanen Stefan Lohmann
Scorpions, Anastacia, Marlon Roudette, Ute
Lemper, Roachford, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Robin
Gibb and many more
I founded a new concert series: Festspiele in
concert – which will take place in 2016 for
the first time as part of the Bad Hersfelder
Festspiele - Artists this year Johannes Oerding
and Jan Josef Liefers – Radio Doria – we sold
out within few hours. - We already started to
look for suitable artists in 2017 and we are
also interested to bring international artists to
Bad Hersfeld.
The location „Stiftsruine“ is amazing and the
media reach out is unbelievable.
And last but not least I founded a new
Orchestra: the Berlin Show Orchestra.
This orchestra is young and fresh and is able
to create a authentic sound from classical
music to David Guetta with the best musicians
from Berlin (played for Udo Lindenberg,
Sido, Munich Symphonic orchestra …) The
premiere show at ‘Tag der Deutschen Einheit’
presented and organized by Hessischer
Rundfunk in front of 10.000 people was a
huge success.
Organizer and the special Guests like Jimmy
Somerville, Howard Jones and Nik Kershaw
were amazed.
Also the show at the German Sustainability
Award was a huge success. Ute Lemper
felt inspired by the orchestra, Marlon loved
especially the strings in the arrangement the
orchestra did for his No1 Hits.
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Russian legislators have proposed new regulations for the live
entertainment industry, under which a self-monitoring organization
of promoters, to be titled Soyuzkontsert, will be formed.
Aimed to improve the sector`s operations generally, the proposed
regulations outline greater responsibility for promoters around
customer care.
Promoters that have already joined the organizations include SAV
Entertainment, PMI and NCA, while other major players in the sector
are expected to join.
Industry insiders say that the organization would make the industry
more professional and efficient. The proposals include:
– Creating an emergency fund to cover expenses for cancelled shows
– Forming a disciplinary commission that will assess professional standards of industry players
– Liaising with local authorities to avoid
cancellations of show at their demand
“The creation of a self-regulating organization is a natural step as the
live entertainment industry moves towards greater professionalism,
Similar professional organizations exist in many countries,” said
Dmitry Bogachev, head of the company Stage Entertainment,. “And,
similarly to them, we shouldn`t restrict ourselves to formal regulation
of relations with consumers.”
According to Bogachev, companies in the live entertainment sector
have many common goals and tasks that the new organization could
address, such as regulating relations between partners, lobbying
the industry`s interests, competing with cinema and television for
customers and tackling contemporary challenges related to security
issues. The organization also plans to deal with such issues as
simplifying the process of obtaining visas for touring foreign artists
and resolving taxation issues related to their fees.
The regulatory push arrives during a difficult period. An overall
economic downturn in the country has hit many promoters,
especially those who specialize in booking in foreign artists. The ruble
hit an all-time low this week against the US dollar and – as foreign
acts` fees are largely negotiated in US dollars and Euros while ticket
prices are in rubles – promoters assume big risks organizing shows
by most foreign artists.
Legislators are expected to adopt the new regulations in early 2016.
RUSSIA PROPOSES NEW LIVE INDUSTRY REGULATIONS
From VIP-Daily News
PROMOTER THOMASOVESEN
JOINS AL AHLI GROUP
AS CEO OF 117 LIVE
On
December 1st, Thomas
Ovesen, one of the leading
live events promoters in the
Middle East was announced as
CEO of the newly created 117
Live.
117 Live is part of the Al Ahil Holding
Group, a Dubai based conglomerate led by
Group CEO Mohammed Khammas that has built a large media and
entertainment portfolio over the past few years. The appointment
of Ovesen to run 117 Live is the next stage of the group’s growing
media and entertainment empire. Based in Dubai, Thomas will take
on this post effective immediately. He will direct all global activity
for the division with a focus on live events, from music through to
comedy. He will also head up plans to expand the new division’s
interests into local and international talent management, venue
management and programming.
AAHG has recently undertaken a huge diversification drive. This has
included the purchase of social marketing agency The Audience, a
company that represents some of the most influential social media
stars in the world. The group controls Singapore-based Universal
Events that hosts the Asia Pop ComiCon events, which recently
launched in the Philippines and will soon be rolled out in Korea,
Singapore, the US and the UAE.
Creating spaces to host events will be a key part of the 117 Live
strategy. This will begin with the immediate launch of a temporary
20,000 capacity greenfield site. 2017 will see the launch of a new
state of the art 25,000 capacity open air Amphitheatre in Dubai,
wholly
owned by
AAHG. The venue, featuring pavilion hosted boxes,
suites and terraces will be the only one of its kind in the
Middle East. Construction will begin in early 2016, dramatically
increasing the number of events able to be staged in the region.
Thomas Ovesen has produced award-winning events across the
Middle East, introducing new festivals like RedFestDXB and Blended
to the UAE market and staging shows with superstars like Beyonce,
Shakira and R Kelly. He has promoted shows with Prince and Take
That and staged sell out Dubai concerts with the likes of J-LO, Justin
Bieber, Usher, One Direction, Katy Perry and many more. He has
helped position Dubai as a regular tour stop for international artists
and bands. VIP News spoke to him about his new position.
As far as I’m aware you have some twenty years of experience
with live events in the Middle East, and you have been very
open at events like ILMC about the problems facing the
markets - why do you think that now is a good time to be
starting up such an ambitious project? You must think that
the demand is there.
– i don’t necessarily think now is a better time than last year or next
year to both set up a large live events focused company and build
a $40-50 million open air venue, but short of an indoor purpose
built arena it is the game changer we need to develop the local live
events busines. So it is a matter of getting our hands on more of the
live events value chain to derive a better profit margin from what in
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many cases is currently a loss making exercise. Through increased
volume and frequency of live events we can save show costs that
can help finance the increase in business volume and hopefully
also help us bring down the very high show ticket prices here
in the Middle East.
Once al ahli group had agreed to under write not only the
venue build but also the set up of a live events division
able to both program the venue and produce live events
in the key Middle East, Asian and Americas markets it was
an obvious choice to move my live team across to what is
117live.
Having access to the right venues always seemed to
be difficult in the area. Will these plans to do something
about this make a big difference?
– ours will be a great addition to a Dubai market with no purpose
built venues bigger than a few thousand capacity and with a
location that is dead centre of the uae hopefully making it the
preferred venue for local annual events and touring artists from
2017 and onward.
As we will also launch a temporary 20,000 greenfield venue from
march 2016 we will be able to slowly ramp up the volume of
events staged here. By doing so we will hopefully not only convince
current event organisers to move their events to our venue, but also
encourage new promoters to stage events as we lower the bar of
entry to an industry currently challenged by absence of venues, top
line taxation and the excessive artist fees being offered by marketing
or government underwritten events and leisure venues.
Do you think that you can assure international touring acts (as
much as anyone can, anywhere these days!) That you can offer
secure shows in these difficult times?
– seems to me that times are perhaps even more difficult for my
colleagues in paris and elsewhere than here with me, and whilst it
would be foolish not to constantly assess security levels i don’t think
Dubai here in the Middle East or my new Asia markets in general are
more exposed to security risks than any major city in the western
world so as Dubai and key cities in Asia represent both perfect stop
over options and gateways to large, young fan communities and new
tour markets i am comfortable that as long as we can manage to
bring down costs per events we can keep attracting touring talents
also in increased numbers.
You are considering working on the development of local
artists. Is there a lot of talent to be developed?
– With sister companies like the audience and rethink, regional
comicon events etc we are exposed to new entertainment trends
and social media based talents as well as the need to provide pop
culture events and entertainment parks with talents across our target
markets. So understanding who are the relevant talents in such
markets and for our target audience members, combined with the
ability to maximise the appearance and the booking fees for talent
plus owning some of the upsides from the exposure our group can
offer all parties i think it is only natural that we get involved with
development, management and representation of talents from
grassroots level and up.
Whether we develop our own set up, partner with local and
international agencies and management companies or a mix of
all will be decided as we have discussions with a range of parties
in the coming months. As we are ready to invest and add value
to the business utilising the varous group outfits i think we could
be a great partner or incubator for existing businesses or serious
competitor to outfits not currently able to offer a multi facetted
service or/and multi market approach.
What are you most looking forward to developing and
hopefully achieving with 117 live - what are your priorities for
2016?
– first we need to get the shows i have been
working on for the past months rolled out
and with my long time live team members
onboard i look forward to some well
organised and successful 2016 Dubai
concerts – we also need to continue
the expansion of the Asia pop comi
con events after the 2015 manila
launch by our group and besides
the small (;-) task of launching the
temp 20,000 cap venue followed
by the 25,000 2017 state of the art
amphitheatre we have to support the
growth of other group verticals and indeed
acquisition of new group partners so 2016 will not
be a quite year but one full of activities and opportunities. Back t o
live events in the Dubai and Asia markets i would like to see a major
comedy commitment resulting n regional tours of Middle East and
Asia as well as some key live music events staged in Asia.
is there anything you’d like to add?
– 117live is a build on, yet a major expansion of what i have created
at arab media group as done events and i will continue also booking
and producing the redfestdxb festival i launched there as well as
provide talent bookings for my old employer. But having assets like
a dubai venue and in-house partners like the audience available will
represent the major change not only for me and my team but for
the live entertainment industry we will hopefully become a great
part of in the Middle East, Asia and the Americas.
Allan McGowan [email protected]
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Agent of the Year Emma Banks (CAA)
The 7th edition of the European Festival
Awards took place on the opening night
of Eurosonic , presented by Glaston bury
lawyer Ben Challis and IQ Magazine Editor
Gordon Masson the winners were:
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Best Major FestivalUntold Festival
Best Medium-Sized FestivalTelekom Volt Festival
Best Small FestivalHappiness Festival
Best New FestivalLollapalooza Berlin
Best Indoor FestivalLes Transardentes
Festival Anthem of the YearMajor Lazer – Lean On
Newcomerof the YearHozier
Best HeadlinerThe Prodigy
Best Line UpSziget
Artists’FavouriteFestivalRock Werchter
Promoter of the YearHorstmann Unternehmensgruppe
Agent of the YearEmma Banks (CAA)
GreenOperations AwardTollwood Festival
Yes Group H&SInnoation AwardDas Fest
Excellence andPassion AwardChris Kemp
LifetimeAchievement AwardJean-Louis Brossardand Beatrice Macé(Trans-MusicaleFestival:France)
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Adrian Lux, Agent Blå, Albin Lee Meldau, Ali Khamis, Ana Diaz, Anti Pony, Apollo 5, Avec Sans (UK), Baby In Vain (DK), Black Temple, Blaue Blume (DK), Billie the Vision & the Dancer, CHANCVN, Charlie Cunningham (UK), Chinah,
Chain Wallet (NO), Cilia, Dajana, Death Team, Den Svenska Björnstammen, Djurparken, Drivvedsfolket, Emil Berg, Emil Jensen, Emilie Ramirez (DK), En Drös Poeter, Erik Lundin, Erik Rapp, Girls Names (UK), Gnu c ci, Grand Theft
Culture, Great Garb, Grimner, Hanna Leess (US), Ida Long, Ikhana, Imperial State Electric, Iron Lamb, Jakob Karlberg, Jordan Klassen (CAN), Julia Adams, Karakou, Katohjärta, Khoe, Kriget, Lindi Ortega, Little Jinder, Livet på faktura,
Lost Society (FIN), Luntgatan Girls, Maasai, Maj Monet, Mares, Markus Hägg, Maria Andersson, Maria Hazell, Martin Rubashov, Mass Murder Agenda, Matriarkatet, Mavrick, Maxida Märak, Mayka, Melina Borglowe,
Michel Dida, Miriam Bryant, Model Aeroplanes (UK), Mwuana, Nadja Evelina, Natali Felicia, Nicole Sabouné, Nightbird (FI), Night Lovell (CAN), Norde, Nüme, Okay Kaya (NO), Oskar Syk, Pale Honey, Panda Da Panda,
Parham, Parker Lewis, Parker Lewis, Postaal (FR/UK), Psykofant, Riwen, Sabina Ddumba, Sa’ra Charismata, Sebjak, Skander, Slaughter Beach (DK), Sigala (UK), S!VAS (DK), Sudakistan, Syster Björk, Teen Daze (CAN),
Tensta Gospel Choir, Tellavision (GER), The Magnettes, Titiyo, The Unguided, This Is Head, Traktor, Tussilago, Unge Ferrari (NO) Venior (FI), Very Addictive, Viagra Boys, Vidar, Vigiland, Viola Beach (UK), Vånna Inget
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2ND EDITION
The VIP team travels took us to the very attractive city of Norrköping in
South-East Sweden for the second edition of “Where’s the Music’ which
took place from February 11-13. The Conference and City Festival event
is organized by the Stockholm office of FKP Scorpio, whose stated aim
and focus for the festival was to, “…create a space for new bands to
showcase themselves for both the public and the music industry.”
This edition attracted 4702 festival visitors to see 120 acts across ten
venues, with all the shows on the Thursday night selling out. The or-
ganisers stated, “We believe firmly in the bands that played at all fes-
tival venues, and it is great to see that the audience has found the
festival’s core. This year, festival audiences really explored the all bands
on ten stages located across the city with no more than a ten minute
walk from each venue..”
471 international delegates attended 17 panels, workshops and
speeches in the Louis De Geer Concert & Congress Hall. Amongst the
featured speakers were, award winning US music supervisor Mary Ra-
mos, Diana Rodriguez of Criteria Entertainment, the first woman to
lead a Latin label in the US, and music industry veteran Carl Leighton-
Pope, agent for acts such as Michael Bouble and Brian Adams. The
well attended panels covered, synchronization, streaming, touring in
the Nordics, ticketing and other topics.
Project Manager Jonas Fläckerud told VIP News, “We took a really big
step of setting up a February, winter conference event and showcase
FESTIVALLINEUP
Adrian Lux, Agent Blå, Albin Lee Meldau, Ali Khamis, Ana Diaz, Anti Pony, Apollo 5, Avec Sans (UK), Baby In Vain (DK), Black Temple, Blaue Blume (DK), Billie the Vision & the Dancer, CHANCVN, Charlie Cunningham (UK), Chinah,
Chain Wallet (NO), Cilia, Dajana, Death Team, Den Svenska Björnstammen, Djurparken, Drivvedsfolket, Emil Berg, Emil Jensen, Emilie Ramirez (DK), En Drös Poeter, Erik Lundin, Erik Rapp, Girls Names (UK), Gnu c ci, Grand Theft
Culture, Great Garb, Grimner, Hanna Leess (US), Ida Long, Ikhana, Imperial State Electric, Iron Lamb, Jakob Karlberg, Jordan Klassen (CAN), Julia Adams, Karakou, Katohjärta, Khoe, Kriget, Lindi Ortega, Little Jinder, Livet på faktura,
Lost Society (FIN), Luntgatan Girls, Maasai, Maj Monet, Mares, Markus Hägg, Maria Andersson, Maria Hazell, Martin Rubashov, Mass Murder Agenda, Matriarkatet, Mavrick, Maxida Märak, Mayka, Melina Borglowe,
Michel Dida, Miriam Bryant, Model Aeroplanes (UK), Mwuana, Nadja Evelina, Natali Felicia, Nicole Sabouné, Nightbird (FI), Night Lovell (CAN), Norde, Nüme, Okay Kaya (NO), Oskar Syk, Pale Honey, Panda Da Panda,
Parham, Parker Lewis, Parker Lewis, Postaal (FR/UK), Psykofant, Riwen, Sabina Ddumba, Sa’ra Charismata, Sebjak, Skander, Slaughter Beach (DK), Sigala (UK), S!VAS (DK), Sudakistan, Syster Björk, Teen Daze (CAN),
Tensta Gospel Choir, Tellavision (GER), The Magnettes, Titiyo, The Unguided, This Is Head, Traktor, Tussilago, Unge Ferrari (NO) Venior (FI), Very Addictive, Viagra Boys, Vidar, Vigiland, Viola Beach (UK), Vånna Inget
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festival in Sweden, and so we are very happy to have delegates from
both Colombia and Mumbai present! All the panels were extremely
professional and we are really on our way towards being an important
platform in the future of the music business both in the region and
internationally.
It has truly been a weekend dedicated to new music, new knowledge
and new friendship. I’d love to do a sequel next weekend. But as we
all know ”time is the new luxury” and we all got family and relatives
that also needs us and even more places to visit. So thanks to everyone
for coming, let’s do this again in 2017!”
Of course one tragic event which many are now
well aware of involving UK band, Viola Beach,
who had played at the Dynamo venue on the
Friday night overshadowed this otherwise suc-
cessful and happy event. The organisers and all
attending ‘Where’s the Music” were of course
thoroughly shocked by the dreadful news, and
all thoughts and commiserations went out to
the devastated families and friends. No doubt
future events will honour their memory.
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Warner/Chappell UK has sold its office in Kensington,
London to John Lyon’s Charity for £22.6m.
The deal, which delivers a 3.6% yield, also sees the
major publisher lease back the property for another 15
years, with a break option after a decade.
According to Property Week, the rent will cost Warner/
Chappell £790,000 a year, which equates to £49
($71)/sq ft.
The premises, 46 Kensington Court, is a former
electricity generating station, which was originally
constructed in the 1880s and the building went
through a major refurbishment in January 2015 that
has enabled the company to consolidate its London
operations from across six buildings to three.
“Off the current rental base, we consider that the
investment offers excellent prospects for growth
over the medium to longer term,” said Ross Owen,
Cluttons’ head of investment and fund management,
which advised John Lyon’s Charity.
Warner/Chappell UK is headed up by MD Richard
Manners.
Warner sells UK headquarter
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WOM
EN IN
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SSThe oft-discussed subject of women in
the music business has stepped up
noticeably in the past couple of years,
in Scandinavia conference organisers,
such as those of Sweden’s Where’s
the Music have been encouraged
and are doing their best to
present panels that feature
50% women to men. Also the
balance of male to female acts
has been challenged. At last
week’s Eurosonic conference in
Groningen, a panel called Male
Agents, Female Assistants drew
a large audience to discuss the
dearth of women at high-level
positions in the live sector.
Julia Gudzent from the Melt
festival in Germany chaired the
session, with panelists Participants
included Norwegian agent Anita
Halmøy Wisløff, Polish booker Anna
Kopaniarz, UK agency partner Isla Angus,
and the head of press for Danish festival
Northside, John Fogde (Maybe too few men
on the panel?).
Wisløff made the point that many believe women
get hired because of experience and men get hired
because of potential, the problem being that you can’t
get experience if you can’t get hired!
Wisløff stated that the attitudes of some festivals are improving, saying
that the Øya festival in Oslo increased female acts on its bill from 10 per cent
to 35 per cent in a year. The shows in Groningen it must be said seemed to have
many female and female-fronted acts.
Possible solutions referred to included quotas and accepting invitations to speak at conferences; I agree with this I have
often asked women to join panels and been turned down, although this is I think changing. The main point agreed by
all was that the continued raising of the issue was vital.
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Featured Artists Coalition appoint more women to the boardThere is some improvement in some organisations
though as shown by the announcement that both
Imogen Heap and Katie Melua have been added to
the board of directors of the artist rights organisation,
Featured Artists Coalition, They join Sandie Shaw, Ed
O’Brien, Nick Mason, Annie Lennox, Fran Healy and
Kate Nash among others on the artist-only board.
Heap said; “It’s fantastic to be invited in to help shape
the bright future of our music industry with the FAC
gang and hopefully add to their great work! It’s the
first time in a long time I’ve been positive about the
future of our industry and I completely and whole
heartedly believe a revolution is upon us.”
Melua said; “It’s great to be joining the FAC board, the
music industry has long been needing an organisation
like this. In my introduction to the FAC I can see that
there is so much experienced knowledge and care
in this community, which is there to be shared. If a
young artist doesn’t know where to find an impartial
support system, the FAC can provide the advice and
education that can greatly benefit them and the long
term creative work also.”
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The four members of British indie band Viola Beach and their
manager have died in a car crash in Sweden after playing at Swedish
music festival Where is the Music?
Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin and manager
Craig Tarry were killed when their car plunged more than 25m from
a highway bridge into a canal. The incident happened in the early
hours of Saturday near Stockholm.
The band were part of the line-up for Swedish music festival Where
is the Music? on Friday and were due to play a gig in Guildford in
Surrey on Saturday. Folkert Koopmans, CEO of FKP Scorpio, which
arranged the festival in Norrköping, said: “It is horrible, a huge
tragedy. I saw them playing on Friday night and it was actually the
first time they played outside of the UK. They were really excited
about it. My thoughts are with their families and friends.”
The band put out their second single, Boys That Sing, on Jan 22 on
Communion Records, and was in Sweden to perform at the Where’s
the Music? festival in Norrköping on Friday night. It was their first
overseas gig.
The bridge, at a junction between the E4 and the E20 motorways, in
the Sodertalje area, 18 miles from Stockholm, has a middle section
that rises directly upwards without tilting, leaving a gap that the
Nissan Qashqai drove into, Swedish police said. A barrier, 50m before
the opening, has flashing lights and signs warning there is a bridge
opening, the officer handling the case said.
Inspector Martin Bergholm said: “For some reason, the car drove
through the barriers and crashed down into the canal.”
British band die in car crash in Sweden
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The Tennessee Whiskey brand Jack Daniel’s has launched an initiative
supporting some of the UK’s independent small venues. Jack Daniel’s
will team up with venues across the country to host regular events
featuring both up and coming talent and established acts.
It is third time Jack Daniel’s up-weighted its music budgets and it now
represents 30% of the whiskey brand’s total spend on marketing .
Jack Daniel’s senior brand manager, Michael Boaler, says:
“Independent venues such as the Southampton Joiners and the
Brighton Joker are essential to every new band’s development,
playing the small venue circuit is how you learn your trade. From
a fan’s point of view it’s about those real memorable moments,
discovering ‘that band’ playing to a handful of people before going
on to headline Glastonbur y years later.”
“That’s why we think it’s important to support and put a spotlightn on
these places by creating an initiative dedicated to smaller, independent
live music venues as part of our music plan – we really hope that our
Jack Rocks nights help the venues to continue the great work they’re
doing whilst discovering some top notch new bands along the way.”
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Midem has announced the first trio of keynote names confirmed
for the 2016 conference programme.
Neil Warnock, head of music worldwide at United Talent Agency;
Gao Xiaosong, chairman of China’s Alibaba Music Group; and
award-winning music supervisor at Saturday Music, Mary Ramos,
will all be participating in keynote Q&A interviews to give Midem
audiences the benefit of their insight into where the industry is
headed.
From his position as head of music worldwide at UTA, Neil Warnock
will speak on the evolving role of the agent. Warnock was formerly
worldwide president and founder of The Agency Group. His
career spans five decades, during which he has represented some
of history’s most influential musical talent including the Rolling
Stones, Pink Floyd, Johnny Cash, Simon & Garfunkel, Michael
Jackson and Dolly Parton. UTA recently acquired The Agency
Group to form UTA Music.
The keynote announcement follows news that the
call for entries is open for the second edition of the
Midem Artist Accelerator (MAA) - the programme
to fast-track budding musical talent into the global
spotlight. The Midem Artist Accelerator aims to
identify and develop emerging talent as well as
support managers, labels, agents and publishers
seeking to grow their artists’ profiles on the
international stage.
The 12 upcoming artists selected by the prestigious
2016 Artistic Committee will get to play live at Midem,
and will benefit from a tailored professional programme
onsite, including entry to selected conferences, coaching
sessions with industry mentors and networking opportunities with
key players from the international Midem community.
This year’s five conference tracks – Midem Keynotes, Copyright
Summit, Legal Summit, Label Summer Camp and Innovation
Factory – will feature all the hot topics impacting the industry,
from copyright reforms in both the US and Europe, to monetisation
strategies for labels and right-holders, digital marketing, innovation
and new trends.
Organised by Reed MIDEM, the Midem tradeshow takes place in
Cannes, France from June 3-6, 2016.
NEIL WARNOCK KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT MIDEM
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ALPHAVILLETerritory: Europe & aroundPeriod: January 2016 onwards rest of the yearAgency: Georg Leitner Productions GmbHAgent: Georg LeitnerPhone: + 431 914 86 15E-mail: [email protected]: www.glp.at
Chris Thompson (Ex-Manfred Mann’s Earth Band)Territory: WorldPeriod: available all year on requestAgency: Live Concept Entertainment GmbHAgent: Michael WidmannPhone: +49-7203-9219180E-mail: [email protected]: www.christhompson-central.com
BLIND CHANNEL (FIN) Territory: EuropePeriod: 2016Agency: The DamagerAgent: Toni TˆrrˆnenPhone: +358 400 592 152E-mail: [email protected]: thedamager.com/?page_id=1720
BANCO DE GAIATerritory: World incl. USAPeriod: May 2015 onwardsAgency: Value Added TalentAgent: Dan SilverPhone: +44 2077049720E-mail: [email protected]
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Lara ConleyTerritory: UK based, worldwidePeriod: 08-01-2016 - 01-11-2016Agency: Ragged MoonAgent: Niks PatelPhone: +44 (0) 1453 569770E-mail: [email protected]: wwwlaraconley.co.uk
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