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Ibiza’s Best & Worst 10th International Music Summit opens Resident assaulted after complaining of excess late night noise at bar. Ibiza has always been an island of many faces. In this week’s edition we lead with reports highlighting the very best and very worst of the global success story that is ‘brand Ibiza’.
IMS Opens The International Music Summit is an example of brand
Ibiza being developed in the most positive way. Having continually developed from its origins in 2008, it attracts the biggest artists and industry talent for a series of workshops and presentations covering topics at the forefront of the electronic music industry. In doing so it helps ensure Ibiza maintains the islands dominant position in the music industry. This year sees a notable prominence of IMS events designed to ‘give something back’ and also encourage new and upcoming talent.
The organisers must be congratulated, and as ever the summit concludes with a party in the Charmer: Braiss Ahmed took exception Dalt Vila to a resident’s complaints that many local people look forward to regardless of any connection to the music industry.
‘Chinawhite’s’ Assault As far away from the positivity of IMS as is possible to imagine, we report on the experience of a resident member of our community who was verbally abused and assaulted by the staff of a bar when she objected to their blatantly flouting noise abatement regulations. Louise Donaghy has lived and worked in Ibiza for sometime. She is manager of a restaurant in San Antonio and lives in the West End. In frustration at a bar close to her accommodation constantly failing to close their doors at midnight, she took the step of going to the bar at 3am to take video evidence of their continuance to play loud music with the doors open. An individual member of staff is seen in the video touting for business on the street outside the bar. He did not take kindly to Louise’s self help and can be seen on the (Continued on page 2)