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McGowan’s
Musings
Well, here we are again – how was your July
Olympics, it’s been a somewhat monochrome
wave commented, “The weather is awful .
without us? I hope the sun shone on you
few weeks…and did I tell you that a seagull -
It is tough to have an event in a lake or a
more than it has in the once proud fishing
not Shitty I hasten to add, much as I hate him
pond. But my guess is some events have used
port of Brighton! It’s been mainly damp and
he had at least been introduced sort of, no, a
the rain as an excuse to cancel because they
on the days when it looked as though a trip
complete stranger of a seagull, swooped and
were not sold out.” The secondary market
to the rocky beach might have been possible
stole a sandwich right out of my hand!
for ticketsfor outdoor concerts has not been performing well. Certainlythe festival market
a sea fret has rolled in – what is that? – you may well ask – it’s a grey mist which rises off
However I did get my ration of sun, and
is over saturated – both by rain and an exces
the sea and floats inexorably onto the shore
celebratedmy birthday with a bottle of
of events, and on top of this competition
obscuring all as it blankets the whole town –
localbubbly (you’re not supposed to call it
from free events set up alongside The
sorry, City. What with our Television deciding
champagnebut it tasted fine to me!) to a live
Olympicsplus The Games themselveshave
it had had enough of all that colour business
soundtrack provided by New Order, courtesy
not helped the situation. Even the usually
- going black and white just in time for the
of the organisers of EXIT Festival in Novi Sad,
upbeat DJ Rob Da Bank, organiserof Bestival
Serbia. EXIT were also hosts to two days of
and Camp Bestival on the Isle of Wight, al-
meetings to discuss the future of the Central
though reasonably confident of his own
and Eastern European Talent Exchange
events told The Guardian, “Festivals are my
Programme(CEETEP) and how it can benefit
lifeblood. I’m an optimistic person but this
the development of the music business in the
year is getting close to defeatingeven me.”
region.
But it’s not just festivals; Madonna tickets are
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But, other people have had worse problems the dominant feature of many of the earlier
However in the end most things went ahead
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festivals in the UK. The damage to the grass
– unlike The Boss and Macca’s extended
and soil of the Royal Parks after a couple of
jam in the Park, which came to an abrupt
events was so bad that it looked for a while
end as the plug was pulled. But in the end,
as if Hyde Park would not go ahead with
silencingthe cynics, of which I have to admit
some of the shows planned to tie in with The
I was one, The Olympics, Opening Ceremony
Olympics for fear of irreparabledamage. The
and all was a triumph – and even a certain
Hit Factory Live – due to feature Australian
patchinessto the Closing Ceremony couldn’t
pop idols Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan’s
extinguish (apart from the Olympic Flame)
long-awaited reunion as performers – was
the general good feeling that had been
cancelled mainly due to the mud – although
generated– we did, land up being proud to
some there might have been some relief in
be British - for how long we’ll see!
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face value.
with the weather, as rain and mud was again
this as it is thought that ticket sales were not what they might have been. Joe Cohen, chief
So, after our short summer break – Ladies
executive of online ticket resale site Seat
and Gentlemen – The News…
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Brent Grulke of SXSW Dies Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com All at VIP were saddened to hear of the
Festival . His background in live music as
suddenand unexpected death of Brent
a sound engineer and tour manager meant
Grulke on the morning of August 13th. The
he understood all the things that musicians
Creative Director of SXSW passed away as a
need to develop their careers and he created
result of a heart attack after undergoing oral
a unique environment at SXSW that was very
surgery. He was 52.
artist friendly. He also appreciateddiversityand expanded the programme for international
Previously a writer and Records Review Editor
showcases. We are all heartbrokento have
for the Austin Chronicle, he also worked
lost him, he was a wonderful colleague, a
as a record producer, sound engineer, tour
loyal friend and a champion of good music,
managerand record companyexecutive ,
no matter where it originated.”
working
in
the
marketing
division
of
SpindletopRecords in the early 1990s.
Brent was an extremely well known figure
Grulkeworked for the Austin, Texas based
at many of the European Festival and
event from its beginnings in 1987. He
Conferenceevents – I have personally shared
becamecreative director in 1994 initially
a beer or several with him in several countries
building the event’s reputation for booking
on many an occasion and I, like many others,
local and undergroundand then going on to
will miss his company.
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help createthe international reputation that it now commands.
He is survived by his wife, Kristen, and 6-yearoldson, Graham, as well as brothers Brad
SXSW director and co-founder Roland and Brian. Swenson , commented, “A lot of Brent’s
Heartfelt commiserations go out from all of
personalitywas
the VIP staff to Brent’s family and his very
in
SXSW.
He
was
adventurousand knowledgeable and excited
many o friends.
about creativepeople and endeavours. He didn’t like the usual and mundane. He was
The family has established the Graham
open-minded enough to know that his taste
GrulkeEducation Fund. Contributions can be
wasn’t always the most important thing, so
directed to:
he was open to new things.”
EMG, Inc., 6101 West Courtyard Drive Suite 2-120, Austin, Texas 78730
Una Johnston, the European representative Attn: Brad Grulke for SXSW said, “Brent played a really central
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Academy Music Group Links with Oxford Brookes Students’ Union Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
O2 Academy Oxford
The Academy Music Group (AMG) owners
Festival is planned to welcome students in
will proactively address any issuesin the
and operators of a network of award-winning
the first week of the new academic year.
localarea and reinforce a positivemessage
live music and club venues across the UK also
to encourage good conductat all Oxford
has on-going partnerships and management
The
agreements with Students’ Unionvenues in
developmentof a newly branded night,
Hertfordshire, Bournemouth, Liverpool and
‘Brookes Big Night Out’, a weekly club event,
Carl Bathgate, Commercial Development
at an O2 Academy venue in Leicester has
every Wednesday at O2 Academy Oxford
Manager, Academy Music Group said, “This
announcesa fifth joint venture, this time
from Wednesday 19th September 2012 as
joint initiative will offer Brookes students
with Oxford Brookes University.
well as bespoke events under the banner at
opportunitiesto attend O2 Academy Oxford’s
alternative locations in the City.
club and live events, plus we’ll be adding in
partnership
also
includes
the
The agreement sees the formation of a
Glee Club comedy shows, as well access
three-yearpartnership to deliver a diverse David programmeof
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entertainment
for
Brookes Students’ Union events.”
Whittingham,
General
Manager , to our weekly Propaganda events. Artists
the
OxfordBrookes
Students’
Union
so far booked include Stooshe, Misha B,
studentsof the University. Content will
commented,“We
primarilybe delivered collaboratively with
that
with specialistand mainstream events from
AcademyMusic Group will meet our
Bedlamfeaturing DJ sets from Rudimental,
the Students’ Union (SU), at AMG’s 1,350
expectationsin terms of service provision
Modestep, Zane Lowe.
capacityO2 Academy Oxford. A ‘Freshers’
and event experience for our students. We
are
confident
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UK Music Magazine Sales Down in 2012 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
Records, concerts and festivals are not the only sectors of the UK
Other Bauer titles Kerrang! and Mojo fared considerably better, with
music industry having a torrid time of it in 2012. According to UK
sales also decreasing but by a much smaller margin, Kerrang! fell
broadsheet The Guardian leading UK Music magazines NME and
4.5% period on period and 6.6% year on year to 40,203; Mojo, the
Q have suffered substantial decreases in sales in a difficult first six
best-selling paid for title in the sector, dropped 2.7% period on period
months of 2012
and 2.4% year on year to 85,149.
Amongst monthlies the Bauer-owned Q is the worst performer in the
The second biggest faller in the category was IPC Media-owned NME,
sector with sales down 16.7% compared to the six months to the end
down 13.5% period on period and 17.6% year on year to 23,924.
of December and 19.7% year on year, according to the latest足Audit足 Bureau of Circulations figures released on Thursday, and recently足 appointed足editor Andrew Harrison faces an uphill struggle to revive the figures.
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Conferences Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
With the Festival Season gradually winding down we find ourselves looking towardsthe Conference Season.
The Reeperbahn Festival and Reeperbahn Campus will kick off with a Grand Opening on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Gruenspan, Große Freiheit56, 22769 Hamburg, when The Reeperbahn Festivalwill be officially opened by Olaf Scholz, Mayor of the Free and HanseaticCity of Hamburg, and Rüdiger Kruse, Spokespersonfor Cultural Affairs in the Budget Committee
Berlin Music Week
of the German Bundestag, before Kellerkommando play live.
The event will then run from Sept 20-22
this year minus Popkomm, will run from Sept 5-9:
“mailto: contact@reeperbahncampus.com”
www.berlin-music-week.de
www.reeperbahncampus.com - www.reeperbahnfestival.com
Events will include conference and exchange platform
“mailto: contact@reeperbahncampus.com”
‘Word On Sound, and the Berlin Music Week Stage at the www.berlinfestival.de. Berlin Festival. This intends to
Speakers so far confirmed for this year’s Reeperbahn
providea platform for promisingnational and international
CampusConference Programme will include, , Ben Challis
musicians, acts so far booked include KMPFSPRT , Muso,
(GlastonburyFestival, UK), Philip Ginthör (Sony Music, DE),
Turboweekend , Christine And The Queens, Lay Low, Le
Martin Goldschmidt (Cooking Vinyl, UK), Johnny Häusler
Galaxieand Tomfoolerywill perform at Berlin’s Flughafen
(Spreeblick, DE), Peter Jenner (Sincere Management,
Tempelhof! : Also the Auf Den Dächern Festival (On the
UK), StefanLehmkuhl (Melt! Festival, DE), Petri Lundén
Roofs Festival) organisedby www.tape.tv and www.spiegel.
(HagenburgManagement, SE), Ivan Milivojev (Exit Festival,
de/kultur/musik/auf-den-daechern-festival-spiegel-online-
SER), Thorsten Schliesche (Napster, DE), Carlo Schneider
rockt-berlins- hoechste-buehnen-a-849726.html.
the
(Tailor-Made, LU), Gilad Tiefenbrun (Linn, UK), Claudio Trotta
Osthafen on Stralauer Alleewill feature Two Door Cinema
at
(Barley Arts, I), Rense van Kessel (Friendly Fire, NL), and
Club, Ghostpoet and Max Herre.
AlexanderWolf (GEMA, DE).
Ray Cokes will bring comedy back to the event with Ray’s VIP News will report back from the event in the next issue…
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Reeperbahn Review, and there will be a special focus on that ‘permanent wave’, Heavy Metal.
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Music & Media Finland 2012
Amsterdam Dance Event
This event where ‘East meets West, Music meets the Movies,
will clash with Music and Media, running from the
and Music Business is made.’
17th - 21st of September, but of course this leading event
is the annual focal point for the whole of the Finnish music
in the world of Dance is not aimed at quite the same market.
industry, and an important regional event on the global music industry calendar. This 23rd edition will take place in Tamperefrom October 18-21. with 700 plus Finnish delegatesand 100 international business leaders. “The event is designed from the ground up to bring people
MaMA Event
together,” says Anu Aittoniemi, Music & Media Finland’s
of course the third edition of the MaMA Event will again take
managing director: “We have a great venue at Hotel Ilves
place in Paris on October 25/26:
with the convenience of having the conference facilities and
www.mama-event.com
accommodation all under one roof. And the Lost in Music festival venues are close by so delegates can see and hear new export-ready acts for themselves. We work hard behind the scenes to make the action smooth and always relaxed – that’s when people are most constructive and deals start to get made.” As in previous years, Russia and the Baltic countries will be highlighted in the seminar program ,as will major European markets, the US, Russia and the Baltics, Japan, China and, of course, Scandinavia will all be represented.
VIP News will give more details of the October events in the September issue…
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> INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP
CEETEP
– The Programme Progresses Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com and analysis of common problems, followed
As many of you know ETEP (European TalentExchange Program) was introduced in 2003 to facilitate one of the main goals of EurosonicNoorderslag, the exchange and
CEETEP FESTIVALS:
by general analysis and discussion. Points coveredwere: each country’s local situation; the supply or lack of adequate venues, artist
support of new European music in Europe.
fees – or lack of. The situation regarding
Each year ETEP brings together the leading
Coke Live Music Festival – Poland:
nationalpromoters; physical releases; airplay;
European festivals, radio and other media at
Podoha – Slovakia: Rock For People
labels; Authors Right organizations- etc.
Eurosonic Noorderslag and encourages them
– Czechia, Taksirat – R. Macedonia:
the aim was to provide an overview of the
to ‘exchange’ a selection of artists. Since the
T-Mobile Inmusic Festival – Croatia:
situationwhich over the next four years
start of the ETEP program in 2003 a total of
Woodstock Festival – Poland: B’estfest –
CEETEP may be able to help with.
1359 shows by 459 European artistswere
Romania: Exit Festival – Serbia: Wilsonic
presented at the 60 ETEP festivals (2003 –
Festival– Slovakia: Sziget – Hungary:
After an evening of dinner, drinks and all
2011). The current figures for ETEP in 2012
Heineken Open’er Festival– Poland:
that the Festival had to offer, Day 2 applied
are 259 confirmed shows by 95 European
Positivus Festival – Latvia: Spirit Of Bur-
itself to Solutions and Direction, addressing
artists from 20 different countries, a new
gas – Bulgaria.
just how the various markets could improve
recordin the ETEP history!
their situation, and how working together and involvingothers, such as Author’s Rights
Now a sub-programme of ETEP is in operation , Eurosonic Noorderslag and coorganisers Sziget and Exit Festivals with
CEETEP MEDIA:
Associations, Media, both Governmental and independent Cultural Organisations etc, could aid the development and the growth
EU financialsupport have developed a
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of the industry in the region.
scheme for the circulation of CEE artists and
MR2-Petofi
Radio
–
Hungary:
repertoirein Central and Eastern Europe at
KOMMPOT Communication– Hungary:
Guest speakers over the two days included
the festivals and in the media, together with
Neston – Hungary: Antenna 5 Radio –
the highly experienced Estonian promoter
a total of 13 festivals in the CEE region and
Macedonia: On.net – Macedonia: Radio
Juri Makarov who talked of the days when
selected CEE media partners. This is known
Channel 103 – Macedonia: Antyradio –
his country was part of the Soviet Union and
as CEETEP.
Poland: Polskie Radio Trójka – Poland:
how music and music festivals contributed
Polskie Radio Czwórka – Poland: Gaze-
to independence. Toomas Olljum , manager
Over the summer months there have been
ta Wyborcza– Poland: Radio Wave –
of the Ewert & The Two Dragons, talked
two sets of meetings aimed at progressing
Czech Republic: Full Moon Magazine
of his more recent experience in Estonia,
the aims and intentions of the Programme.
– Czech Republic: Radio 101 – Latvia:
breakinghis act into Western territories with
Metropotam Portal – Romania: Radio
the assistanceof Estonian Music Week and
The first was hosted by EXIT, during this year’s
Belgrade 1 – Serbia: Darik Radio – Bul-
ETEP. The third speaker was Laszlo Hegedus
Festival on July 13/14, with Ruud Berendsof
garia: 24 hours newspaper – Bulgaria:
of MultiMedia in Budapest, Hungary,
Eurosonic and ETEP overseeing, and yours
Nacional – Croatia: Croatian Radio –
operationalagain after a non-competition
truly moderating the discussions, bringing
Croatia: Radio FM – Slovakia: Týzden
periods after selling his Company to Live
together managers, artists and other artist
- Slovakia.
Nation, who enthralled the room detailing
representatives from the various countriesin
his experiences as a promoter, manager,
the region. Day 1 was devoted to introducing
recordcompany, in several countries in the
all those attending and then the presentation
region over nearly forty years.
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> INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP
VIP News asked some of those attending for
I know that once I chose to work with the
their reactions:
band, Suie Paparude www.suiiepaparude. com
Facebook.com/suiepaparude)
as
a
band manager I automatically assumed that I couldn’t fail. Things just cannot go wrong when I am responsible for their careers. Most probably this is the worst nightmare that a band manager can have: fail to promote a talented artist. There are so many good and talented artists with access to people that don’t manage to break the borders, to make their music popular due to bad managers or due to the negligence of some promoters. In Romania, unfortunately, things like this happen quite often and I do not want to be part of it and fail. The CEETEP EXIT meeting Ruth Koleva – artist from Bulgaria:
opened some doors for us. Discussing various
In my opinion, the meeting went reallywell. It
topics one conclusion was coming to every-
was amazing to hear Lazslo and Juri’s stories.
body’s mind: no matter from where you are,
Michal Ocovan – promoter and manager
It was great that we all had the chance to
you need to work a lot and fight for what
of Got Blue Balls in Slovakia said:
meet up and see the commonthings and
you believe in.
It was a pleasure to meet everyone at Exit
the differences in our music industries. To
Festival. It was an unexpected experience
me personally, it was enlighteningto hear
We are famous in Romania, being the first
that opened our eyes more in the field of
in which fields the othercountries in the
electronic music band, but the CEETEP
promotion, networking and booking. I was
regionare better developed than in my
meetingand all the lovely people that I met
very excited by the meetings and talking with
own country. I took notes. I am working on
there show me that is not enough to stay in
everyone involved with CEETEP. It was very
tryingto make some major changes. I work
your own country. We need to spread our mu-
interesting and we hope that we can arrange
as a performer, producerand manager for
sic abroad. What is CEETEP doing? Puttingus
something with other artists. We are still in
my band. I am based in Bulgaria and in the
together with the right people, helpingus to
contact with them and we are looking for
Netherlands.
talk to each other; sharing othersexperience
possibilities to bring them to our countryand
http://facebook.com/music.ruth
and finally helping us not fail our artists and
also to play with our band Got Blue Balls.
http://ruth.bg/en
their hard work. CEETEP can be the best
Firstly the opportunity to play at Waves of
supportthat we might have…… we need to
Vienna festival is very good for us. We have
Dana
played festivals in the Czech and Slovak
Paparude, Romania
republicsand just now it is an opportunity
For me, it was a great opportunity to meet
to take our music across borders. We hope
people in the region to learn about their
that everything will be good and people will
markets and to share my experience. I
like our music. I hope to see everyone again
thank the team for being such beautiful
On August 9, 2012, Eurosonic Noorderslag
at some other festivals, and meetings and if
hosts. Our meeting was a great start for
announced the initial CEETEP results in
CEETEP needs to arrange something in future
what we all hope to achieve in the region.
Groningen, with the following statement:
please we would be happy to help.
Thank you to for beingsuch a great
www.vagaboond.com
moderatorof the discussionand for bring-
Eurosonic Noorderslag and co-organisers
Glavan
–
manager
of
Suie
stay in touch!
CEETEP RESULTS
ing us your experienceand your lovely Brit-
Sziget Festival and Exit Festival are proud
ish accent in a ‘sea’ full of eastern accent
to announce the current results of the first
speakers. (I supposeI should have edited
year of the CEETEP program. CEETEP was
that bit out – but why turn down such a
developed to stimulate the circulation of
nice compliment! – Ed.)
CEE acts and repertoire in Central Eastern Europe at the CEETEP festivals and in the
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> INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP
media. CEETEP is a sub-program of ETEP, the EuropeanTalentExchange Program. By workingtogether the organisers will help CEE acts perform across borders within Central Eastern Europe and, via shows at Eurosonic Noorderslag in the Netherlands, throughout the whole of Europeand beyond. As announced today, August 9th at the specialCEETEP press conference at The Sziget Festival with Fruzsina Szep from Sziget Festival, Ivan Milivojev from Exit festival and Peter Smidt from Eurosonic Noorderslag, the results for year 1 so far are: 24 confirmed shows by 16 European artists from 9 different countries. A great and promising start for the CEETEP program. The 3 CEE acts with the most bookings at the 13 CEETEP festivals will receive an invitation to play at Eurosonic
laid down this year. And we aim to grow
Peter Smidt from Eurosonic Noorderslag:
Noorderslag 2013.
from building bridges to building a ‘cultural
“We are very happy that with 24 festival
highway’ for our artists in the CEE region and
shows from 16 acts at 13 festivals the first
Fruzsina Szep from Sziget festival
between now and 2015, we hope to have all
year of CEETEP made a strong start. Given
“The only thing I can say is that all the energy
roads open for artists to tour freely. I honestly
the media attention we believe all acts made
we invested in building up the CEETEP project
believe in that goal, and this professional and
a good start in new countries and expanded
in the past years together with many Central
artistic cooperation and exchange is the true
their markets. And success is not only to
and Eastern European colleagues and with
sign we are heading towards this already. I’m
be seen in countries within CEETEP. Several
Eurosonic Noordeslag was 100% worth all
happy, honoured and proud to belong to the
CEETEP acts are already booked at Waves
the time and energy. We are building cultural
CEETEP family.”
Vienna in Austria. We are looking forward
bridges and the first real foundations were
to the presence of the most booked CEETEP acts at Eurosonic Noorderslag in January.”
EXIT Festival hosted CEETEP meeting
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> INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP
CEETEP ARTISTS 2012
ARTISTS ON CEETEP FESTIVALS
Band:
Country:
Suggested by:
Astro’n’out
Latvia
Positivus Festival
Band:
Country: Scores:
Taksirat Festival
Grimus
RO 3
Rock For People
Instrumenti LV 3
Exit Festival
Dubioza Kolektiv
BA
3
B’estfest
Kerekes Band
HU
2
PL
2
CZ
2
B-Complex Slovakia
Pohoda
Bernays Propaganda
R. Macedonia
Cocotte Minute
Czech Republic
Concrete Sun
Serbia
Dekadens Romania Dreddup
Serbia
Exit Festival
Monika Brodka
Dubioza Kolektiv
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Taksirat Festival
Pipes and Pints
Enej
Poland
Woodstock Festival Poland
B-Complex SK 1
Gooral
Poland
Coke Live Music Festival
Condrete Sun
RS
Got Blue Balls
Slovakia
Pohoda
Hype!
RS 1
Gravity Co.
Bulgaria
Spirit of Burgas
Intim Torna Illegál
HU
Grimus Romania B’estfest
Kamp!
PL 1
Hype!
Exit Festival
Les Elephants Bizarres RO
1 1
Serbia
1
1
Instrumenti
Latvia
Positivus Festival
Puding Pani Esvisovey SK
Intim Torna Illegál
Hungary
Sziget
Superhiks
MK 1
Jelonek
Poland
Woodstock Festival Poland
Tata Bojs
CZ
Turbo
HU 1
1
Kamp!
Poland
Heineken Open’er Festival
Kerekes Band
Hungary
Sziget
Killo Killo Banda
Serbia
Exit Festival
Number of artists
16 24
Kiril Dzajkovski
R. Macedonia
Taksirat Festival
Number og confirmed shows
Kottarashki
Bulgaria
Spirit of Burgas
Number of Countries
L.Stadt
Poland
Heineken Open’er Festival
Les Elephants Bizarres
Romania
B’estfest
Luka Belani
Croatia
INmusic Festival
Monika Brodka
Poland
Coke Live Music Festival
Petrol
Serbia
Exit Festival
Pipes and Pints
Czech Republic
Rock For People
Popa Sapka
Romania
B’estfest
Puding Pani Elvisovey
Slovakia
Pohoda
Ruth Koleva
Bulgaria
Spirit of Burgas
S.a.r.s.
Serbia
Taksirat Festival
S3ngs
Croatia
INmusic Festival
Smallman
Bulgaria
Spirit of Burgas
Söndörgo Hungary
Sziget
Suie Paparude
Romania
B’estfest
Superhiks
R. Macedonia
Taksirat Festival
Tata Bojs
Czech Republic
Rock For People
The Orange Strips
Croatia
INmusic Festival
The Uniques
Slovakia
Wilsonic Festival
Tichá Dohoda
Czech Republic
Rock For People
Triana Park
Latvia
Positivus Festival
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Turbo Hungary Sziget Vypsana Fixa
Czech Republic
Rock For People
Wickeda
Bulgaria
Spirit of Burgas
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PRS for Music Launches Music Makeover 2012 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com This announcement deals with two things which feature prominently in my life – music and pubs – so I think this initiative deserves attention
The Market Inn, Faversham, Music Makeover winner 2011
and support! – It’s your round! (Ed) In advance of the important Live Music Act 2012, which comes into affect this October, PRS for Music launches the second edition of the competition to find the UK’s best music pubs, The Music Makeover. The £5,000 award is intended to help pubs create the right space for music so they can remain competitive and crucially, a key destination for locals to enjoy. The passing of the Live Music Act means small venuesin England and Wales (under a 200-person capacity) will no longer need local authority permission to host performances
from town to town. We pretty much mastered our live sound and
of live music. PRS for Music will be contacting 41,000 pubs with a
style in those old pubs.”
comprehensiveguide to making live music work including tips on genre choice, stage lighting, jukeboxes, gig promotion and ticketing.
Horace Trubridge of the Musicians’ Union stated: “Pubs play such a vital role in many musicians’ careers and provide an essential platform
Research conducted by PRS for Music with pub-data specialists
from which talent can grow. Demonstrating how music can really
CGA Strategy Ltd. identified a significant positive impact of live and
benefit pubs underlines how intertwined the two industries are. We
recordedmusic on sales in pubs – an increase of £667 on Fridays and
need to protect and support the pub sector and the live music circuit
Saturdays and 36 more units each day during the week. In deeply
as they are both such an integral part of the UK cultural scene.”
challenging economic times for the great British pub, the research confirms that live music is a vital life-line to many venues.
Last year’s Music Makeover winner David Pott of The Market Inn, Faversham, said: “We were extremely pleased to win – pleased for
Francis Rossi of Status Quo remarked: “Don’t even start me on the
us and for the pub. The prize money will be a great boost for the
importanceof the pub circuit. In the early days we were always gigging
pub and the community. This will put The Market Inn on the map for
in local pubs, throwing our kit in the back of the van and motoring
music. We’re already receiving demos from local bands who want to play here.” http://www.facebook.com/dotTICKETS.
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> AWARDS
AWARDS Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
If things in many areas of the music business are looking a little down, don’t let it get to you, there’s nothing like the occasional Awards Ceremony to make industry players feel recognized, making it all worthwhile, and cheeringeveryone up - here are the plans for three of these events…
Festival Awards & Conference 2012 The UK Festival Awards ceremony and UK
about taking things to even greater heights
Festival Conference will both take place at
in 2012. Upgrading the Conference venue to
London’s historic Roundhouse this year for its
the Roundhouse was one such step. Over the
ninth edition to gather the nation’s festival
coming weeks we will be announcing further
industry under one roof in the wake of an
exciting developments, underlining the fact
eventful and challenging year for the sector.
that 2012 is set to be another landmark year
for Festival Awards.”
The winners, decided by a combination of
Tickets for both events are being handled
public and industry vote, will be revealed
by Eventbrite, and are available to order
and presented with their awards at the
now from: festivalawards.eventbrite.com.
gala ceremony on the evening of Monday
3rd December, featuring a big-name host,
Chris McCormick, Festival Awards co-
gourmetdinner, live entertainment and a
founderand
notoriously lively after - show party.
comments: “We are delighted to welcome
Eventbrite on-board as a major sponsor this
Festival Awards Ltd, the company that
Festivals wishing to take part in this year’s
year. As one of the most progressive forces
producesthe UK and European Festival
awards can register online now at www.
in the reformatted ticketing landscape, we
Awards
festivalawards.com.
believe they have a lot to offer to the festival
Conference, has confirmed that UK-based
market in the UK and beyond, and it’s a
Mondiale Publishinghas recently purchased
Festival Awards Ltd announces Eventbrite
pleasure to be working with them.”
a majority stake of the organisation. Original
partnership
Marion
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sponsorship
Steve Jenner
director
as
well
as
the
UK
Festival
founders Steve Jenner and Chris McCormick Gamel,
VP
Marketing
EMEA,
“Eventbrite
is
will retainprominent operational positions
During the day of the awards show, the UK
Eventbritecomments:
Festival Conference will be held in the main
delightedto be sponsoring the UK Festival
going forward, with existing shareholders James Drury and Justin Madgwick also
auditorium of the venue, featuring a key-
Awards 2012. We are also very happy to
remainingon the restructured board.
notespeaker and a programme of senior-
be handling the ticketing of this event, that
levelpanelists discussing the key challenges
will be a celebration of the outstanding
For more information on the Festival
and opportunities facing the industry at this
creativityand variety of festivals in the UK.”
Awards & Conference contact:
time.
As previously announced, overseas sister Steve Jenner – Co-founder & Director
Steve Jenner, Festival Awards co-founder says:
event The European Festival Awards will
“After achieving a long-held dream of stag-
returnto Groningen, Holland, on the opening
ing the Festival Awards at The Roundhouse
night of the Eurosonic Noorderslagshowcase
Ben Chadwick – Event Manager
last year, we had to take stock and seriously
festival and conference on Wednesday 9th
Mondiale Publishing Ltd
reassess where we could go from there. We
January, 2013. Tickets are available now,
T: 0161 476 5580 - b.chadwick@mondiale.co.uk
concluded that the only way is up and set
with early-bird discounts available.
Festival Awards Ltd T: 07968 214560 - steve@festivalawards.com
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> AWARDS
Artist Manager Awards Firstand Conference Details Launched - Spotify Headline Sponsor
for Reeperbahn Festival Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, co-chair of The Featured Artist’s Coalition
are joining the move to east London by holding this year’s event at
(FAC) and Jon Webster, CEO of the Music Managers Forum (MMF)
the Troxy (www.troxy.co.uk) on November 27th.
Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
announced the launch of the 2012 Artist and Managers Awards on August 7th at Adidas Underground in London. Last year’s successful
Last year’s winners were Ed Sheeran, Giant Men Management,
inaugural event was held at the Roundhouse but the FAC and MMF
Adele, Jho Oakley, Martin Mills, John Glover, Massive Attack and the artists and managers from Everybody’s.
The following awards will be the subjectof nomination over the next 2 months Breakthough Artist: First Rung Manager · Artist of the Year: · Manager of the Year These following are in the gift of the FAC and MMF Boards and will be announced in the next few weeks Industry Champion: The Pioneer Award · The Peter Grant Award for Management · Artist’s Artists
Artist and Manager Awards 2011
FAC Co-Chair Sandie Shaw said “Last year’s event was a great
MMF Chairman Brian Message commented “We are constantly
celebrationof the artist and manager community and we look
exploringways for artists and fans to be closer together and to
forwardto an even bigger and better bash this year”
accessmusic in more legitimate ways.”
The Awards will be sponsored by fast growing music service
More information can be obtained from www.amawards.org or
Spotify(www.spotify.com) whose Chief Content Officer Ken Parks
from the FAC and MMF offices (info@thefac.org – info@themmf.
announcedthat the service had reached the 4 million subscriber
net).
landmark at a conference in London last week.
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Another Episode In The Viagogo-Saga Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
Earlier this year the UK Channel 4 DispatchesTV-Report “The Great
The Danish Broadcasting Company has a Concert Hall; we allied
Ticket Swindle” investigatedthe business practices of Viagogo and
with its music managerwho went on to Viagogo to find tickets to
Seatwave in some detail.
a concert. He found out that Viagogohad tickets for a concert that will take place in April and that they had tickets available for a section
It was revealed that it was the case that staffmembersof Viagogo,
(I think it was Section E). But when he checked their internal ticket
which had previouslyportrayed itself as a ticket exchangewhere
system he could see, that they hadn’t sold any tickets for this section
fans could sell tickets to fans, were actually buying and selling tickets
of the Hall.
via the company website. Now anotherTV-reporthas revealedhow a Viagogo- staff member is buying and selling tickets applyinga
Then he bought one of these section Etickets on Viagogo’s website
surchargeto consumerstypical for ticket exchanges.
- a couple of hours later someone went into the website of the concert hall and bought a section E-ticket. An hour later the music
The Danish journalist Jens Vithner workingfor the consumer magazine
manager received his Eticket from Viagogo. But the ticket had been
“Kontant” presentedby the public station DR1, has unearthed even
manipulatedin Photoshop. One of the tickets was sold by the concert
more details about how Viagogo goes about its business. The report
hall to the buyer. The other one was received by the music manager
entitled “Snedige billethajer” (cunningticket tout – Ed.) revealed
from Viagogo. It was the same ticket (Same ID and same row and
that, “…the territorialmanger of Viagogo in The Netherlandsis a
seat) but the name had been changed. The ticket the music manager
major seller on Viagogo.” In the announcementfor the show Vithner
received has the name Sjors on it and the price was missing - The
declared that the manager “puts tickets for sale on Viagogo before he
original had the name Hugo Schaper and the price on it.
has bought the real ticket and that he disguises that he is a Viagogo employee selling on the site, by removing his name and the price from
THEN, if you google Hugo Schaper, it shows, that he is listed on
the ticket using Photoshop.”
Facebookand Linked In, as the national manager of Viagogo in The Netherlands. That’s how we found him.
The report was aired on August 14. VIP News spoke with Vithner about his discoveriesand findings about the business methods that
You interviewed Danish concert promotersand ticketing
accompanyso called secondary ticketing, previously considered a
providersfor the report, did they give any estimates of the
black market.
numbersor the share of tickets sold via Viagogo for popular events?
Isn’t the unauthorized resale of tickets in Denmark forbidden
– We spoke with the two large ticket providersin Denmark, and
by law?
one of them tracked down that Hugo Schaper bought more than
– Yes - According to Danish law it is illegal to “offer a ticket for sale at
700 ticketsfor Danish events from their website. They don’t now
a higher price then the original”
how many of their tickets are sold on Viagogo, but they think its thousands.
What have been the main results and findings of your report? After our research we could prove, that some of the tickets on
The French promoter association Prodiss lobbied successfully
Viagogoare put up for sale on Viagogo as a secondary ticket, even
for a law against the unauthorized resale of tickets. The law
beforethe primary ticket is bought. Then we found out, that the
foresees penalties of about 15.000 Euros in the first case,
ticket we bought was being manipulated, before it was sent to the
30.000 Euro in case of repetition. Would you say, it needs a
buyer. The customer’s name and the price were removed. When we
similar degree of penalty in Denmark too, in order to prevent
made a search on the buyer’s name, Hugo Schaper, we found out,
secondary ticket platforms continuing their business?
that he wasn’t just an unlucky fan, who couldn’t get to the concert,
– I’m not actually sure what the penalty for reselling is in Denmark -
but the national manager of Viagogo.
but not as much as in France. The problem is, that when the sale is through Viagogo, who has their main officein London (Possibly not
How did you become aware of the involvementof this Viagogo
any longer – Ed.) and the server in Switzerland, the DanishPolice and
Executive buying and selling tickets for concerts and events in
authority can’t do anything about it.
Denmark?
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The Danish TV-Report “Kontant” reveals more details about Viagogo
Kåre Quist, Kontant and Hugo Schaper
KET TOUT
CUNNING TIC
You mentioned that Google Denmarkstopped Viagogo
Did you obtain any other reactions from consumer protection
advertisementsafteryour report has been screened. Did
or governmental organisations or even media after the
Googleprovide you with a statement on the case?
broadcastof the report?
We had a statement from Peter Friis CEO of Google Norden in our
– We had a comment from the Danish consumercouncil, who wants
late news at 21.00, which declared, ‘We are now suspending the
the access to Viagogo to be shut down, as we in Denmark have done
advertisements, to look at their methods. But at the same time we
with Pirate Bay and some bettingcompanies. Some of the political
will give them the possibility to document, that what they do is legal
parties supportthat view.
in Denmark. Our lawyers will now look into it, and then we have to see, what will happen next’. The report includes statements in English by the national manager of Viagogo- and a spokesperson for Viagogo. For further Anzeige_VIPMag_ProSky_X4.pdf
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Intellitix
– In touch with Olympia!
Greg Parmley, Chief Information Officer at Intellitix Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com The RIFD-solution provider Intellitix provided the sport company Adidas
when the event was running, in order to ensure that only authorized
with its service for their marketing events during the Olympic Games in
guests gained access. A visual wristband check by security was not
London. These new technologies enable promoters to run their events
possible because the bands were the same every night, despite there
with cashless payments but also offer the opportunity to benefit from
being a different event, so all access was dictated by our system.
many other related technical and new media features that could lead
The access control system also gave regular reports as to how many
to significant changes for the structure of production facilities for live
peoplewere in the venue, unique enters and exits etc.
events. VIP News spoke with Greg Parmley, Chief Information Officer at Intellitix about its engagement for Adidas and about the applications
All guests had drinks tokens preloaded onto their bands. All bar staff
and possibilities provided by this new service technology.
were issued with handheld scanners so that guests were able to redeemthem. This proved very popular, as I’m sure you can imagine!
Which events has Intellitix provided RFID-service for this year?
It was extremely fast as well. Again, it all ran with 100% uptime.
– Loads! In North America, events include Coachella, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Electric Zoo, Bonaroo, Bamboozle, River’s Edge etc.
And Facebook registered wristbands could post in several ways:
There’s a lot. In one weekend we had six running at once – please see
1. A post was triggered on entry as they arrived. 2. An Adidas branded
here: www.intellitix.com/resources/newsarticle/20
Live Click Station was wall mounted – guests could Live Click their RFID wristbands to post a text update. 3. Using an Adidas branded
In Europe this year we’ve done Eurosonic Noorderslag, the Red Hot
Live Click Photo Station guests were able to instantly upload photos
Chili Peppers at Knebworth, Wakestock, Tomorrowlands (Europe’s
to their Facebook profile using just their RFID wristbands. If someone
largest EDM festival), Adidas at the Olympics, and there’s more to
hadn’t registered in advance, we had staff able to sign them up on
come before the season finishes – we’re looking to announce at least
the spot, using an iPad and a small portable RFID reader.
one more European festival shortly. Please elaborate on the settings and results for the ‘pre and Intellitix provided its RIFD-System for Adidas during the
post social network communication’ services you provided for
OlympicGames for their marketing events. Can you please
Adidas?
explainwhat kind of services these were?
– Pre – getting people to pre register on Facebook, putting the system
– All of the services we provided were based around the venue,
in place. Posts – being able to evaluate how many posts were made,
VillageUnderground, for the duration of the Games. The ‘Adidas
and so calculate how effective the activation was.
underground’ shows took place over 12 nights at the venue. Intellitix
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provided a pre-registration system that allowed guests to register for
Looking into the sector for sport events, did you discover that
tickets and powered the box office, enabling RFID bands to be quickly
the needs and demands of sport events for RIFD-solutions are
linked to individual profiles when that guest arrived. We provided
different than the ones for music events?
a secure RFID access control system that was used during the day
– This was a mixture of music, fashion and sport-inspired events,
by security to limit access to authorized staff, and then at night
and held in a venue, so it felt more rock ‘n’ roll than anything else!
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Adidaswanted to stage something very special that would connect with variousdifferent scenes in London, and we helped facilitate that. Intellitix offers their services in North America and in Europe. Which markets are more progressive or better said which promotersare more progressive in using RFID solutions for their events? – North America is currently busier than Europe, but then our operationthere is a year older, or twice as old depending how you look at it because the company is only two years old! I would argue that anyone adopting RFID is progressive though, and not just our own technology. Most of the major festival promoters are trialling or considering RFID or cashless payment systems in some way – it’s a topic that everyone is aware of I think. Have you also experienced any differences between the acceptanceand the usage of social media tools between event visitors in North America and Europe? – It’s too early to say for definite, but there will always be a large proportion of event goers that are keen to experience new ways of connecting, or are happy to experiment with new technology. And there is always a small number that prefer not to engage, which is fine – everything we do with social media is ‘opt in’. What makes more of a difference, rather than nationality, is engaging with fans in the right way, and giving them real value, or exciting them in new, well communicated ways. In general, what type of RIFD-services are more of interest for promoters, cashless payment options or new media opportunities? – In Europe, cashless payment is certainly a big watchword. But social media amplification can be enormous if done right – look at Bonaroo as an example - www.intellitix.com/media/videos - so it certainly should not be undervalued. How big are the logistical and infrastructure efforts Intellitix have to undertake to supply promoters with its service, and how does a typical collaboration between a promoter and Intellitixshape up? – Everything we do requires a decent amount of hardware – most of which is custom-built – and staff to run it. The software side of things is also all developed in house, and requires monitoring by our team of developers. So I would describe a typical collaboration with a promoter as ‘detailed’! A huge amount of effort goes into ensuring that every single event we’ve ever deployed at has run 100% successfully. When you’re talking about the access control of an event, or the F&B spend, they’re hugely important elements of festivals – any sort of system or service failure in this area is simply not an option. For further information please check www.intellitix.com
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VIP NEWS > BUSINESS > AUGUST 2012
MUSIC IN SHARES
Music in Shares Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
Lanxess Arena
Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer
CTS Eventim Take Over Management of Lanxess Arena Cologne
Live Nation Q2-Results Reported And New Offer For a Bond
The deal is already signed but needs final approval by Cartel
“Overall, we remain confident in our ability to deliver growth in
authorities. On August 10 CTS Eventim formally took over Arena
our core business while we continue to invest in the technology
Management GmbH (AMG), previously owned by the Arena Holding
platform, unlocking future growth opportunities with our 200 million
GmbH. Not as previously reported in local newspapers, that that CTS
transactionbase and maintaining our strong leadership position in
Eventim bid together with the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)
the marketplace” explains Michael Rapino, President and CEO of Live
to run the management for the arena, CTS Eventim reported that it is
NationEntertainmentaccording to the company’s business report for
now going ahead with this deal without AEG.
the second quarter (Q2) in 2012.
Previously CTS Eventim and AEG received t approval for the purchase
The company’s $1,550 billion turnover in Q2 2012 is a bit less than in
of Hammersmith Apollo, which both companies will run in a joint
Q2-2011 where it was $1.558 bn. Nevertheless, the half-year figures in
venture. Currently no further news is available regarding the previ-
fact indicate a growth of $10 million, from $2.408 in 2011 to $2.418
ously reported investigation by the Prosecution Department Munich
billion this year.
of CTS Eventim CEO Klaus Peter Schulenberg on suspicion of the unauthorized resale of tickets for the World Cup 2006 in Germany.
But also the net loss is growing; from $35.2 in the same period last year up to $61.4 million this year. Also the long-term debts are growing:
However, for CTS Eventim the purchase of AMG indicates a strategy
from $1.662 on December 31 up to $1.682 billion by June 30.
change. In the past CTS Eventim never undertook serious efforts to enter the market for venue management. With the joint venture with
Shortly after Live Nation put out its business report, the company
AEG in the UK and management of the open air arena Waldbühne
announcedan offer of “$225 million in aggregate principal amount of
and the concert location Tempodrom in Berlin, the take over of the
7.00% senior unsecured notes due 2020 (the “Notes”)”. In the same
managementcompany for the Lanxess Arena can be seen as another
announcement Live Nation reported that it will take on a further $100
step for CTS Eventim in expanding its portfolio of business activities
million loan and intends together with the new notes “to redeem all of
into new areas. The current share price for CTS Eventim stands at 24.56
its outstanding 10.75% senior notes due 2016, to pay related fees and
Euro.
expenses in connection therewith and for general corporate purposes.” Shares of Live Nation on August 20 stand at $8.83.
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VIP NEWS > BUSINESS > AUGUST 2012
MUSIC IN SHARES
Music Festivals PLC announced Win Warning On August 3 Music Festivals PLC announced a profit warning due to lower ticket sales for its two main festivals Hop Farm Music Festival and the Benicassim Festival. In an investors news it says: As a result, the Group currently expects to report a material loss for the year ending 31 December 2012 and is exploring ways of raising additional working capital.” Earlier in July, the company reported that Vince Power, Director of the company provided a £750,000 unsecured loan with an interest rate of 8 percent. The share price of Music Festivals PLC is now at 3.5 Pence, on June 30 it still was at 39.5 Pence. The one-year share price review reports a loss of 94.6 percent…
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