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McGowan’s

Musings

A few days ago I was drinking caffe con leche

go wrong! Still, mustn’t complain­, (that’s a

to follow up stories elsewhere, is apparently

and eating churros (they just can’t be good

very English thing to say, mostly uttered by

untrue. But, we’ve heard all that to- ing and

for you!) in Malaga in 34 degrees – now I’m

those who complain most…) it’s been a great

fro- ing before haven’t we, so who knows,

sat at the computer staring out at grey driving­

summer in most of Europe to the genera­l

and there is Mr. Bowie being nominated for

rain in Brighton – and it’s cold – where did I

advantage of the Festival­market. However­

the Mercury Award (see this issue).

some events are still having problems, for

instance have Festivals fallen out of favour

However please don’t get the impression

(a bit of alliteration for you…) with the

that I do not attempt to keep an eye on new

Swedes? However in the UK, the venerable

and up and coming talent, of which there

but still mighty Glastonbury, no sooner says

is much! Look at that Montreal band of

goodbye to this summer’s sun soaked (I’m at

brothers Half Moon Run, I caught them by

it again!) Worthy Farm visitors than the news

chance at Canadian Music Week in 2012,

is out about next year’s tickets. These will go

and started singing their praises, and now

on sale on 6 Oct at 9am sharp (see story in

they seem to be everywhere. Also I had the

this issue).

pleasure and privilege to present one of the

four nights of ‘Wunderkinder – German

As we said last month, with the majority of the

Musical­Talent’ in Hamburg, and there’s no

Festivals tidied away till next year, it’s time for

denying that it’s obvious that there are some

the Conferences to hog the limelight – Berlin

great new bands coming out of Germany,

Music Week has been and gone, but most of

or in many cases ‘staying in’, singing in

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German­and able to maintain their careers

or by the time you read this, will have been,

by touring in that huge territory. As Stephan

in Hamburg for Reeperbahn­Campus­and the

Thandscheit of FKP Scorpio (see article in

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Reeperbahn Festival. Others­will follow hot

this issue), commented during the gathering

foot, and by the next issue­we’ll be talking

to introduce the Wunderkinder programme

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about events in Paris, Tampere­, Amsterdam

festival that festival promoters in Germany

and others – this business­never sleeps!

are now able to respond to demand by

adding more local acts to their bills, often

As a man of advancing years, I take

as headliners, than in recent years. We

encouragement­from the fact that the longest­

returned­from the Reeperbahn event a little

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established acts and events – like Glastonbury

too late to include reports in this issue, but

– are still able to attract the main headlines –

we will follow up on another very successful

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look at that well-preserved old codger David­

edition in our October issue.

Bowie, there was recently a huge frisson of

excitement when one of the UK tabloids

So, again, Ladies and Gentlemen – The

released­a story saying that he was intending

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FKP Managing Directors Stephan Thanscheidt & Folkert Koopmans

Stephan Thanscheidt Promoted­to FKP Scorpio Board as Managing Director Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

It has been something of a standing joke in

and shape the future growth strategy in the

the last year or so, when international live

festival and concert business.

industry professionals at ILMC, Eurosonic, Reeperbahn or other events, catch sight of

The

Folkert Koopmans on the phone to ask him

supported­by a newly formed management

two

Managing

Directors

will

be

if he’s buying another festival to add to his

team, consisting of the heads of departments

ever growing portfolio of events and in

tours, finance and festival production.

many cases this assumption may have been correct­. FKP Scorpio now operate 18 festivals;

Folkert Koopmans commented: “FKP Scorpio­

what with these and the Company’s touring

has developed very well over the past decade­,

commitment­s, Folkert is an extremely busy

and particularly in the last two or three years

man, so it’s a good thing that he has taken

there has been an additional positive boost.

steps to spread the work load within his very

With our offices in Amsterdam, Stockholm

successful Company.

and Vienna, the number of employees­in

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Europe­now exceeds 100 people­. We organize­ On September 6th it was announced from it’s

18 festivals in five countries, serving­more

base in Hamburg, that concert and festival

than 300 tours and as many local concerts­

organizer FKP Scorpio Konzertproduktionen

per year. The FKP Group expect to reach a

GmbH, would expand it’s management

record revenue of more than 100 million

board by appointing Stephan Thanscheidt

Euros in 2013. With this success, the scope

to work together with FKP Scorpio founder

and complexity of our activities has increased­

Folkert­ Koopmans.

enormously - as well as the requirements­of the management. With Stephan Thanscheidt

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Stephan Thanscheidt joined FKP Scorpio in

I have an experienced promoter at my side,

2009 as Head of Festival booking and the

who was already involved in the previous

Local Department. He is responsible for the

work leading to the positive development

national and international line-ups of the

of FKP Scorpio. Through his assignment to

entire­FKP Scorpio festival portfolio, as well

Managing Director I will have the necessary

as concerts and shows in the Hamburg area.

freedom to concentrate intensively on new

In his new position as Managing Director of

projects and especially on expansion in the

FKP Scorpio it is intended that he will drive

European festival market.

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MaMA takes place in October 2013

MaMA Event Networking Sessions and New Conferences Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Next month’s MaMA Event in Paris has

french-meet-africa. “French Meet Africa” -

www.yourope.org. Yourope, the European

announced­a programme of International­ Thursday, October 17th, at 14:30.

Festivals Organisation, which has established­

speed-meeting and networking opportunities­

it’s power to lobby for all legal and industry­

organized on the occasion of the www.

Coming from the whole African continent­,

mama-event.com/en/convention/zoom.

these professionals – identified jointly by

industry­on behalf of its members and to-

Focus on Popular Music set up by www.

Institut­Français and OIF as part of the

gether with other associations in the live

institutfrancais­ .com/en.

Equation­Musique

music business, presents two conferences

Institut

Français,

Programme,

and

in

issues­relating to the European festival

www.french-music.org/home.

partnership­with Saison Sud-Africaine.

during MaMA convention, focused on www.

Bureau Export and MaMA. www.mama-

www.mama-event.com/en/convention/

mama-event.com/en/convention/festivals-

event­.com/en/convention/the-french-meet-

the-french-meet-americas-and-southern-

comment-attirer-un-public-international.

eastern-countries. “French Meet Eastern

europe.“French Meet Americas & Southern

Internationalization­of Festivals and on www.

countries” - Wednesday, October 16th, at

Europe” - Friday, October 18th, at 14:30

mama-event.com/fr/convention/cashless-les-

14:30.

French meet professionals from southern

nouveaux­-systemes-de-paiement-pour-les-

Europe­and Americas.

festivaliers. Cashless Payment.

Asia and Eastern Europe.

CANADA-FRANCE MATCHMAKIN EVENT

More information:

/www.mama-event.com/en/convention/the-

The Trade Commissioner Service from the

www.mama-event.com

french-meet-northern-europe. “French Meet

www.canadainternational.gc.ca/france/in-

Northern Europe” - Thursday, October 17th,

dex. Embassy of Canada in France is pleased

at 10:30. French professionals meet their

to invite Canadian and French pros from the

peers from Northern Europe.

music sector to a business matchmaking

www.mama-event.com/en/convention/the-

event.

French professionals meet their peers from

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Glastonbury 2014 Tickets on Sale on October 6 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

With the 2013 dust (as opposed to the usual

ticket bundles will be sold in advance of

Eavis told the Western Daily Press “Around

mud!) hardly settled, tickets for Glastonbury­

festival­tickets going on general sale.

one

2014 are to go on sale at 9.00 am on October­ 6th.

million

people

have

already

pre-

registered­­ . That’s a crazy number. I think It’s not likely to be any easier to get 2014

people­know the chances of getting a ticket

tickets­than this year when all 135,000

are only around six to one but we have to

As is now usual, ticket buyers will pay a £50

tickets­sold out within two hours, with

make sure the tickets are apportioned fairly.”

per person deposit - with a maximum of six

hundreds­of thousands of people being left

tickets per buyer- with the balance of £160

disappointed­ , as organiser Michael Eavis

Eavis has already said that he knew who

(plus £5 booking fee and £7 postage) due at

(no talk about retirement­this year!) says

the three Pyramid Stage headliners would

the start of AprilThis year however, so-called

more than one million­people, a substantial

be next year, but he and other organisers

‘bus wanker’ packages will be available from

increase­on those who had registered at the

are of course sworn to secrecy. Bookmaker’s

6pm on 3 Oct. In an attempt to further the

same point before the October 2012 online

William­Hill are laying odds on Fleetwood

event’s green credentials, and to cut back

sale, have already registered for the web-site

Mac, but rumours include David Bowie, Led

on the problems of traffic movement and

in hopes of being successful in getting tickets

Zeppelin, Prince, Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters…

parking­by convincing more people to travel

which will go up by £5 this year.

and of course many others

by bus, these coach (or bus) -and-festival

Glastonbury tickets on sale

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2014 European Festival Awards Announced Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

Following its successful fourth edition in January, the EUROPEAN

Festival Awards Managing Director, James Drury, said: “It’s been a

FESTIVAL­AWARDS, presented in association with YOUROPE and

really­exciting year for festivals across Europe and I’m expecting further­

Eurosonic­Noorderslag, will return in the New Year, with the gala

growth in the number of festivals participating, on the back of last

award show on the first night of Eurosonic Noorderslag on Wednesday

year’s fantastic growth. European promoters have a great healthy

15th January 2014 at De Oosterpoort in Groningen, The Netherlands.

sense of competition and it’s going to be exciting to find out which events the fans loved the most.”

Nominations are now open and will run until September 27, 2013, during­which time festivals can put themselves forward using the simple­

Last year’s European Festival Awards featured over 300 festivals from

online form at: bumacultuur.mailotron.com/lt. eu.festivalawards.com/

32 different countries, with over 500,000 votes. Public voting in this

apply.

year’s Awards will commence on October 1 and close on November 1.

For the fifth edition of the awards there will be the addition of a jury

Decided by a combination of public vote and industry juries, the

vote alongside the fan votes. The following are decided by public vote

European­Festival Awards are the only pan-European body solely

(75% of the total vote) and jury vote (25%):

dedicated­to recognising the contributions and achievements of the

• Best Small Festival

event organisers and performing artists that generate billions of Euros

• Best Medium-Sized Festival

for local economies and brighten up the summer for tens of millions

• Best Major Festival

of festival-goers each year.

• Best New Festival • Best Indoor Festival

Tomorrowland won Best Major festival 2012

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2012 Winners: • Best Major Festival: Tomorrowland (Belgium)

• Festival Anthem Of The Year:

• Best Medium-Sized Festival:

• Best New Festival: Electro Magnetic (Germany)

Heineken Balaton Sound (Hungary)

Lykke Li – ‘I Follow Rivers’ (Sweden)

• Best Small Festival: Tauron New Music Festival (Poland)

• The Lifetime Achievement Award:

• Headliner Of The Year: Foo Fighters (Usa)

• Newcomer Of The Year: Of Monsters And Men (Iceland)

• Promoter Of The Year: Pukkelpop (Belgium)

• Best European Festival Line-Up:

• Artists’ Favourite Festival: Roskilde (Denmark)

• Green Operations Award: We Love Green (France)

Rock Am Ring/ Rock Im Park (Germany)

Herman Schueremans (Live Nation Belgium)

• Best Indoor Festival: Sensation (Netherlands)

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German Elections Results Destroyed Hopes Of The Pirate Party Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com It is just two years ago since the German

Angela Merkel

leg of the Pirate Party successfully entered provincial­governments in Berlin and half a year later in March 2012 in the Saarland. At the recent general election for the Bundestag­ on September 22 the Pirate Party failed by just 2.2 percent to meet the five percent that is required in Germany to obtain seats in the provinces or the parliament of the Bundestag­.

In general not every part of the music industry­can happy with the results of the previous German government headed by Angela Merkel as Chancellor by the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Liberal Party (FDP).

needs to find a coalition partner in order to

international media due, however, unlike

After the current election the CDU became

form a government.

the Thatcher era, there were no protests

the overall winner with the biggest share of

from German artists at any stage during the

the votes with 41.5 percent, but due to the

Merkel is, due to her European policy often

the FDP gaining only 4.8 percent the CDU

compared with Margaret Thatcher in various­

campaign­.

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> INDEPTH STORY > THE CONCERT MARKET IN SWEDEN

The Concert Market in Sweden Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com No, the expression ‘Business as Usual’ is not the right term to describe­

2011 over the royalty rate for the event. According to media reports

the current market situation for the Swedish concert business. The

Sweden Rock agreed to pay around 600.000 SEK. This year’s edition

concert market appears to be gradually proceeding to conversion and

of the metal festival, which started in 1992, held in Norje in South

consolidation. Even when market participants report a healthy ‘general

Sweden at the beginning of June attracted a record 33.000 visitors for

interest’ for live music events, the settings of the business infrastructur­

a bill including Kiss, Europe, Saxon and Status Quo.

seem be altering, in some cases drastically, and in others­slowly, as for instance with the changing landscape for Swedish festivals­.

Despite the success of this festival, the festival market in general in Sweden has changed significantly within recent years. In 2011 the

With the absence of a recognised promoter association in Sweden the

Arvika Festival, also launched in 1992, had to file for insolvency two

most accurate indicator for the economic performance of the concert­

weeks before the festival went ahead. Purchased tickets have not

industry in this country is delivered by the copyright collection society­

been reimbursed. One year before, the long lasting Hultsfred Festival

Stim. In 2012 the contribution to the society’s income generated­from

also collapsed financially shortly before its 25th edition. These two

the live music sector contributed 8.2 percent of the overall revenue.

incidents led to uncertainty among festivalgoers for other events.

1.1 percent better than one year before. Stim declares in its annual report that it gained from the two main divisions, ‘Other Live Music­

In 2013 the Peace & Love Festival held since 1999 in Börlange, became­

Logged’ and ‘Unlogged’ a combined sum of 102.5 million SEK. Othe­r

the most prominent victim of collapsed music festivals in Sweden

live music segments are Classical Concerts (7.1 million SEK) and

until­now, having officially become the biggest festival in Sweden

Church Concerts (2.1).

with 40.000 visitors in 2009. But for this year’s edition with Depeche­ Mode headlining, the organizers only sold 9.000 tickets in advance,

At the beginning of the year Stim reached an agreement with the

this together­with previously assembled debts caused financial­

metal festival Sweden Rock., following a legal battle fought since

collapse­The festival management declared insolvency at the end of

Peace and Love festival collapsed

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> INDEPTH STORY > THE CONCERT MARKET IN SWEDEN KB Malmø

Thomas Johansson Live Nation

May, shortly before the event was supposed to take place at the end

end of June the open air event pulled more than 51.000 visitors with

of June, with the newspaper Dalarna reporting that the organisation

headlining acts such as Rammstein, Green Day, Avicii, Macklemore &

suffered a loss of 75 million SEK. According to the administrator­ticket

Ryan Lewis, Volbeat, In Flames, and Mando Diao.

holders might be able to claim back between two to ten percent of the original ticket price at the beginning of 2014.

The company furthermore promoted the metal festival Getaway Rock at the second weekend of August in Gävle, 100 km north of Uppsala.

A Swedish concert agent explained that historically many festivals

This festival was launched in 2010 and shifted 13.500 tickets to set a

in Sweden had been promoted by non-profit organisations. Other

new visitor record featuring artists like System Of A Down, In Flames

festivals­in Sweden that went bankrupt this year include the Sundsvall

and Deep Purple.

Gatufest, and Siesta Festivalen in Hässleholm , which like Peace & Love was cancelled at short notice. Its website informs ticket holders­how

For seven years The Live Nation subsidy Luger promoted the Way Out

and when will be able to claim compensation. Both festivals actually­

West-Festival in Gothenburg, which also set a new visitor record with

work closely together with the Swedish branch of Live Nation.

more than 27.000 tickets sold for a line up including among others Alicia Keys, Hakan Hellström, James Blake and Public Enemy.

The Sundvall Gatufest actually went ahead as scheduled in Mid July but was forced to file insolvency at the end of August. The city festiva­l

In 1999 Live Nation bought the company EMA Telstar, whose founder­

sold 33.000 tickets but apparently needed to sell 10.000 more to

Thomas Johansson is still the managing director of Live Nation­

break even. The loss amounted to 10 million SEK.

Sweden­. The company also owns the promoter Luger and is the biggest­promoter­in Sweden. Besides the three festivals previously

Nevertheless, several other Swedish festivals went ahead. The

mentioned FKP Scorpio founded and headed by Folkert Koopmans

newes­t market participant in Sweden is the aggressively expanding

also operates a concert promotion office in Sweden. Just recently

German­concert promoter FKP Scorpio. Until 2010 CTS Eventim held

at the end of August, (see above) FKP Scorpio announced a newly

the majority­stake in the Company,, but lowered its stake below 50

appointed­management team in order to expand its business activities­.

percent to avoid difficulties with cartel authorities when it acquired Ticket Online, the German branch of See Tickets. This enabled CTS

On the arena level the newly build Friends Arena in Stockholm

Eventim to de-consolidate FKP Scorpio within its business report.

opened in October 2012 and is able to host sport and concert events for 65.000 persons. Until the end of the year concerts with Elton

Regardless of this, in the meantime, the Company became the bigges­t

John and Black Sabbath are scheduled. Other arenas relevant for the

European festival promoter, now running now 18 open air events in

concert industry are the 14.000 Scandinavium in Gothenburg and the

Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland­. In

15.500 Malmo Arena.

2011 FKP Scorpio started to promote the Hultsfred Festival having

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purchased the brand from the administrator, relocating the festival

The club circuit in Sweden is also well developed. In particular the

near to Stockholm with headliners Portishead, Artic Monkey and My

Malmo based concert promoter KB (Kulturbolaget) managed by

Bloody Valentine. According to media reports 10.000 tickets were

Todde Lundgreen has expanded since 2011 and opened two new

sold, 4.000 short of the break even.

offices in Gothenburg and Stockholm.

But while the revamped Hultsfred fell short of expectations, out of the

Notable venues among others are the 850 capacity KB Club in Malmo­,

blue, with the premier edition of the Bravalla festival in Norrköping,

Debaser Medis in Stockholm (1.850) and Pusterwick in Gothenburg

FKP Scorpio managed to stage the biggest festival in Sweden. At the

(750).

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AEG Cleared to Manage North London’s Wembley Arena Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com As

music­shows, the Hammersmith Apollo (See

“AEG’s opportunity­to increase venue hire

Competition­Commission formally gave the

expected,

early

this

month

the

below). Also through AEG Live the company­

prices would be limited because factors such

all-clear for AEG to manage North London’s

is also a significant concert promoter itself.

as capacity, availability, brand, reputation and

Wembley Arena. The venue’s owner Quintain­

These competition concerns resulted in

personal preference are more important to

Estates And Development PLC appointed

the deal being­passed to the Competition

acts booking the venue. Negotiation on the

AEG’s Facilities UK business to manage

Commission­last March.

venue hire price takes place after the venue

the arena late last year, Live Nation having previousl­y overseen the running of the space.

booking has been confirmed”.

In July a preliminary report said that the regulator­didn’t believe that an AEG business­

He added: “We also considered whether

That appointment was criticised by some,

operating the Wembley Arena would result

AEG would have an incentive to reduce the

who pointed out that AEG already operated­

in “substantial lessening of competition­ ”

quality of the venue after [taking over the

London’s other major arena venue, The O2

in the live entertainment space. That

running of Wembley Arena] and found that

Arena in the old Millennium Dome complex­,

conclusion­has now been confirmed as the

doing so could damage AEG both in financial

and also was co-owner of one of the city’s

Commission’­s final ruling. Martin Cave, who

terms and also in relation to its reputation at

biggest theatre venues for comedy and

chaired the inquiry, told reporters yesterday:

its other venues”.

AEG now manage Wembley Arena

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Hammersmith Apollo Becomes Eventim Apollo Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

I always take particular notice of the changes­

The name change is no doubt intended to

Whatever,

to what used to be called the Hammersmith­

further awareness of the Eventim name in

cooperating­to refurbish The Apollo, restoring­

Odeon – after all I was born in the West

the UK, and possibly elsewhere. The German

many of its 1930s art deco features under

London­borough of Hammersmith­ , not of

ticketing firm’s CEO Klaus-Peter Schulenberg

the guidance of Foster Wilson Architects­ .

course in the one time cinema, become

announced: “With this name sponsorship,

Work began in July and will continue until

concert­hall, but in the nearby Queen

we are making a commitment to the quality­

early next year, although events are due to

Charlotte’s­Hospital – I just thought I should

of the experience that music and comedy

resume in the venue imminently.

declare an interest before reporting on

fans will enjoy at the Eventim Apollo, and

the most recent change of name of this

also to the quality of the ticketing services

AEG Live’s COO Colin Chapple said: “When

illustriou­s venue, made even more famous by

Eventim is offering to the British fans. We

AEG Live and CTS Eventim purchased the

the title of the Motorhead album, ‘No Sleep

are here to stay. And while Eventim may not

business twelve months ago we knew the

till Hammersmith­.

be a household name in the UK yet, we are

venue needed some serious TLC. Both of our

determined­to make it one!”

companies are synonymous with delivering a

The current co-owners of the Hammersmith­

the

companies

have

been

high level of customer comfort and quality

Apollo - AEG Live and CTS Eventim -

Not to be outdone, partner AEG also has

in our venues and at AEG, it’s in our DNA to

announced­last week that the renovated

its own ticketing service, AXS.com, which

ensure we continually innovate and invest in

venue­would forthwith be known as the

having­till recently been mainly centred in

our properties - keeping our venues current

Eventim Apollo. Last year AEG Live and CTS

the US launched last year in the UK, initially

and up to date, and ensuring our fans needs

Eventim’s joint venture, Stage C, bought

to handle ticket sales for the live giant’s O2

are being met”.

the Apollo as part of HMV’s sale of its live

Dome complex. However it has gradually

division­, the MAMA Group.

been expanding since, and now competes directly with Eventim.

Hammersmith Apollo is now named Eventim Apollo

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Export Scheme Launched to Promote British Music Overseas Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

A new scheme to help independent music companies grow their

The Music Export Growth Scheme has been created by UKTI and BPI

overseas­export markets has been launched on 12 September,

to help address this issue, offering small and medium-sized music­

following­a meeting at Downing Street with the music industry

companies with the potential to achieve increased international

chaired by the Prime Minister.

success the opportunity to apply for grants ranging from £5,000 to £50,000. The grants will support their marketing overseas and the

The Music Export Growth Scheme will allocate millions of pounds of

promotion of specific artist releases.

grants to independent music companies and will be run by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the Government organisation that supports UK

BPI Chief Executive Geoff Taylor commented:

business overseas, and BPI, the trade body that represents British

“Independent labels are an important part of what makes British­

recorded­music businesses.

music­so special. With global interest in UK artists at such high levels­, we want to ensure that indie artists and labels have the best

Business Secretary Vince Cable said:

possible­chance to achieve success overseas.“We are delighted that

“The British music industry is a real success story. We are world

government­has listened to calls from BPI and AIM for export support

leaders­in creative talent and our music has been exported all over the

that will help British music do even better around the world.”

world.“It’s not just about enjoying the music. This worldwide success means jobs and economic growth back in the UK, so the Government

The scheme, which will be funded by UKTI, will make up to £3m

must do all we can to back our winning sectors and ensure their

of grants available over the next three-year period – with the

future­success. Today’s money will do just that by helping hundreds of

potential­for further funding following the scheme’s first annual

small and medium sized businesses to export more.

review. Applications­will be open to all UK independent record labels­and music­management companies meeting the application

Many smaller to medium-sized music labels, distributors and

criteria. Decisions­on individual awards will be made by a panel of

management­companies, which are often independently owned,

music industry­experts­with marketing expertise from organisations

achieve remarkable success when launching their artists in the UK.

including­the Music Managers Forum (MMF), representatives of

However, their limited resources and the sheer cost of marketing­

independent­record labels and BPI. The scheme will be administered

overseas­means it can be a real challenge for them to replicate this

by BPI.

success internationally. This, in turn, creates the risk that significant­ commercial opportunities may be missed, not just for these companies­

Chief Executive for UKTI Nick Baird said:

and their artists, but ultimately for the wider UK economy through

“Mumford and Sons, Ed Sheeran, One Direction and, of course, Adele

lost exports.

are just some of the British artists who dominate music charts around the world, contributing over £100m to the UK annually through

Alison Wenham

Geoff Taylor

Vince Cable

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sales of their music overseas as well as promoting our arts and culture.

“I’m delighted by this announcement, as, I imagine, many other

The Music Export Growth Scheme will help smaller to medium-sized

independent­music companies will be. British labels have a fantastic

music labels establish more UK artists internationally and help us meet

track record when it comes to bringing through great new music, but

our target of getting another 100,000 British businesses exporting –

it can be so frustrating when you know you’ve got a really special

an increase which could add £36 billion to the economy.”

band on your hands but don’t always have the means to raise their profile internationally as quickly as you would like.

As well as encouraging labels to promote their artists in emerging and established international markets, the scheme also aims to increase

“There’s clearly is a huge appetite for British music overseas, so if this

the number of music labels and music managers with successful

new scheme helps to feed this, it can only be good news for anyone

international­experience, while further raising the visibility of British

that loves British music and wants it to do well.

music in overseas markets.

Preference within the scheme will be given to companies seeking to Alison Wenham, Chairman of AIM commented:

promote new artists who are in their first three years of recording.

“As the UK’s only trade organization dedicated exclusively to the UK’s independent music sector, AIM is delighted that the British

London-based duo Public Service Broadcasting, who are signed to

Government­has acknowledged our organization’s repeated calls over

their own label, Test Card Recordings, commented:

many years to support the valuable commercial contribution made to the UK economy by British music’s success overseas. We look forward

“This seems a really practical way of helping artists at a time they most

to working with the BPI in furthering the opportunities this initiative

need it. British music gets lots of headlines around the world, but if

will bring to the UK’s vibrant music industry.”

you’re a newly-signed artist with a smaller label on tight budgets­, it can be hard to connect with the audiences that are potentially

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Korda Marshall, who has a played a key role in developing the early

out there for you. This scheme will hopefully help – a few thousand

career of many artists, including the likes of Muse and more recently

pounds or more may not transform your prospects overnight, but it

Mercury Prize winners Alt-J, is the Founding Chairman of leading

could help pay for a tour slot or a media showcase that could make a

indie­label, Infectious Music said:

real difference when you are trying to break through.”

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Loveparade Duisburg

Basigo – Safety Science for Major-Events without Promoters Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

Basigo is an abbreviation and stand for “Bricks for Security of Major

The majority of these organisations are public funded, with just a

Events”. It is the first survey of its kind on a national level after the

few commercial service providers officially participating on a minor

fatal tragedy of the Loveparade in Duisburg. The costs of the survey

level. Until now only one company that could be considered as a

amount to 5.5 million Euro - a reasonable sum, both on paper and

venture­linked to the live music industry has taken part. That is I.B.I.T.

practically for all those actively involved.

(International­Education and Training Centre for Event Security) and its managing director Sabine Funk. She is deputy chairman of the

In fact besides Loveparade the initiators of the study refer also to

International­Safety Training Association (ISTA) and Manager of the

the incident of the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium in 2011. Both

Association for security and crowd management planning (VSCM)

are obviously­music events. However, with all due respect to

and furthermore a board member of the YOUROPE Event Safety

scientific­methodology, it seems somewhat surprising that no live

Group (YES Group).

music­promoter­or promoter association is officially involved in the consortium­responsible for this research project.

Taking the public background of the majority of active partners for this study into consideration, I.B.I.T apparently has the role of

Included in the consortium are, among others, the Federal Office

gatekeeper­for the German live music industry, but also I.B.I.T. can

for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, the fire departments of

not be considered as a company that regularly promotes music events

Munich­and Berlin, the German Police University, the Institute for Media­

on a larger scale.

Research at the University of Siegen, the Supercomputing­Centre­of

In March 2012 when the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

the Research Centre Jülich, the Association for the Promotion­of the

agreed to finance the budget for Basigo, the former coordinator of

German­Fire Protection and the University of Wuppertal­.

the project Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Fiedrich emphasized the need and

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relevance for such a survey. He was quoted in a press release with

“Despite the declaration and explanation of the interests of

the statement: “Only by closely linking the different expertise from

the promoter­ , the consortium was not prepared to cover the

practice, science and industry, can these objectives can be realized.”

corresponding­expenses.’ says Schlatter. The Basigo consortium requested­that the festival promoter supply extensive data and staff

Well, a first attempt to fulfil this self declared approach failed shortly

efforts for its research­work, but apparently forgot that someone has

afterwards. Daniel Schlatter, MD of IVVM Schlatter, a company who

to cover these costs...

handles for administrative works for promoters such as FKP Scorpio or the biggest German festival Wacken Open Air, reported what

However, at least this year, Schlatter finally reported that the

happened­when the Basigo consortium wanted to take the Chiemsee

consortium­approached him again. It seems that in the meantime the

Reggae Festival under scrutiny.

scientists may have realised that it might be helpful for the study to also include a proper music festival within their research.

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MUSIC IN SHARES

Music in Shares Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

DEAG Growth in Results, Staff and Subsidies At the end of August the corporate concert company DEAG released

to strengthen the digital strategy of DEAG. She has worked previously

its half year business results. For the first six months of the ongoing

as MD for Viva TV and is currently the CEO of FriendScout24 GmbH.

business year (H1-2013) the company reported a revenue increase of

Additionally Hendrik Schisler joined DEAG as a marketing manager.

45,3 percent. The revenue went up from 65.8 to 95.6 million Euro.

Schisler previously worked for PayPal, eBay and Walt Disney GSA.

In the second quarter only, (Q2-2013) the declared revenue reached

In mid September DEAG then announced that it had founded a

the level of 67.1 million Euro. The Earnings before Interests and Taxes

joint venture with Katrin Edtmeier named Blue Moon Entertainment;

reached 5.2 million Euros.

Edtmeier­holds 15 percent and DEAG 85 percent. Edtmeier has been the managing director of Wiener LS Konzertagentur from 2002 until

At the beginning of September, DEAG announced that Martina

2013.

Bruder had been appointed to become a member of its supervisory board. Bruder replaces Christine Novakovic and bring in her expertise

On September 23 the DEAG share stood at 3.90 Euro.

in order

ADE Teams Up For Greening Dance Music Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

Environmental friendly raving is the main theme of another topic

With this in mind, the first panel, entitled ‘Learn from the trailblazers’,

on the agenda of the upcoming Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) on

deals with topics such as ‘food, electricity, waste, water, pee and poo,

October­16. ADE Green is chaired by Jacob Bilabel, founder of the

hospitality and mobility’.

Green Music Initiative and includes prominent partners such as ID&T, ADE itself of course, the Go Group and involves the expertise of

ADE goers get access to the event but this informative session is also

representative­s of Burning Man, Julie’s Bicycle, Mysteryland, Boom

open for non-registered ADE delegates. Nevertheless a registration

Festival, Shambala Festival and A Greener Festival among others.

for non-ADE-visitors is required, interested persons need to apply upfront at adegreen@amsterdam-dance-event.nl with a short text,

As with every other part of the music industry, green related issues

explaining why they consider themselves eligible to join ADE Green.

can make a difference. In particular the set up and production of live events touches on various areas where sometimes even small amendments­can help to improve the ecological break even.

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millenium and further. The Shaking Sensations remain faithful to the genre itself and their universe evolve through elaborate build-ups and mesmerizing cresendos – somewhat simple melodies, which gradually turn into epic duels between life and death and finally culminate in a beautiful, often deafening, chaos.

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The album is expected to be out by April 2011.

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