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McGowan’s

As the rain pours down – again! – I’m

time and from the looks of it the party

brandishing a gun, and in times like these

preparing to go to Hamburg for this year’s

schedule should help out with that! Work

you can’t be too careful! The Who have

edition of Reeperbahn, always a worthwhile

will also have its place of course and I will

had to cancel dates on what they say is their

and full on event! Hopefully we’ll have time

be moderating panels on Music and Control

final tour, because Roger Daltrey is suffering

to sneak in a bit of a report when I return

– which will be a session on the fact that

from viral meningitis, we wish him well.

to Brighton next Saturday 26th September.

there are still countries with repressive

Whatever happens I intend to have a good

governments and authorities that interfere

There is some heartening news for the

in the careers of bands and artists. We’ll

live

also be looking at the first International Live

includes all of you – our esteemed readers!

Music Sponsoring Report, and considering

Nielsen’s Music 360 2015 study of music

the vital topic of Funding for Live Venues

consumers, indicates that live music is

– all subjects close to our hearts at VIP

becoming an even bigger deal, with the

News and VIP Booking! We’re well into

research showing that concerts, club shows

the Conference and Showcase season, the

and DJ events account for more than half of

first edition of the International Festival

all music-related expenditures. Festivals are

Forum kicks off in London next week, at the

apparently especially popular, with 11% of

same time Waves takes place in Vienna and

Americans saying they’ve attended one in

Bratislava, and next month we’ll be off to

the past 12 months. And 12% of the survey

Paris for the MaMA Event, October 14-16.

respondents said live events introduced

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music

industry,

which

of

course

them to new music, up more than 70% We live in troubled times and the plight of

from the previous year. So, that’s good to

immigrants pouring into Europe looking

know!

for a reasonable lifestyle, the sort of thing that many of us take for granted, worsens

However when it comes to ‘new music’ it’s

by the day and tends to make our own

interesting to note that the three artists

troubles appear reasonably inconsequential.

competing for the current number one spot

However there have been a few problems,

in the UK album charts are, Cliff Richard,

the Reeperbahn organisers had to do some

Keith Richards and Dave Gilmour, both with

re-jigging following the burning down of

solo albums. So much as I’m all for new

one of central Hamburg’s permanent open-

music, maybe, for us older chaps there’s

air stages; U2’s Stockholm show had to be

something reassuring about this…..!

halted on September 20th and moved to the 22cnd, following a ‘security breach’,

So, Ladies and Gentlemen (of all ages!) –

the intimations were that a man was seen

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SEPTEMBER 2015

New dates for Midem 2016 From VIP-Daily News The 50th anniversary edition of music industry conference MIDEM

“This was always our preferred date but the popularity of the Palais

will take place in Cannes from June 7-10, 2016. The event had

des Festivals means that finding available slots to hold events can

initially been scheduled to take place from June 28-July 1.

be challenging. We are delighted that together with the Palais des Festivals we have found a solution.”

“It is a pleasure to be able to confirm that the next Midem will take place at the beginning of June 2016,” said Jérôme Delhaye, director of Reed MIDEM’s Entertainment Division.

Midem

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Swedish agency opens London office From VIP-Daily News Music business veteran Brian Lane has been

of the small amounts of money they might

the music industry and this partnership will

appointed head of United Stage International,

make to start with. This is a long term

deliver great things. We have got off to

the new London-based office of leading

strategy, we’ll be selective and make quality

a fantastic start with the deals that have

Swedish booking agency United Stage Artist.

rather than quantity the hallmark of this new

already been done and there will be many

venture.”

more to come. We wanted someone with real

Brian Lane has been responsible for building

expertise and a hugely respected reputation

and managing the careers of such artistes as

Jonas Thulin, New Business Director, United

to lead our charge across the globe and that

Katherine Jenkins, Asia, YES, A-ha, amongst

Stage Artist said “Brian is a huge figure in

person is Brian.”

others.

United Stage Artist is one of Sweden’s biggest booking agencies. The company has run for 30 years and has around 230 artists on its roster, staging around 2800 shows per year.

United Stage International office will be located in London.

The partnership between Lane and United Stage will see Lane taking existing clients of United Stage into the global music market, exploiting

their

international

potential

around the world. This is the second office United Stage has opened outside of Sweden, having recently moved into Oslo, and marks the continual expansion and growth of the company. Lane is currently building the team outside of the Nordics with an initial hire of Mel Westwood, from The Leighton Pope Organisation, together with Valerie Potter as Artist Development Manager.

Brian Lane said “I’ve worked in Scandinavia for the past 12 years and have seen how buoyant and creative the music market is there. Next to the UK and the US it’s the biggest market creatively and commercially, and I feel the global opportunities are immense. Also, we want to do fairer deals with the artists and properly support them at the start of their careers, when they need it the most, rather than taking a percentage

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UK Music announced as Associate Partners to Venues Day 2015 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Music

Venue

Trust has

announced

that UK Music has joined the partners

year’s networking day for highlighting and

and save them money, tech initiatives and

discussing the key issues.

audience development projects that could

supporting Venues Day 2015 which takes

bring new punters to their venues. There

place on Tuesday 20 October at Ministry

Venues Day 2015 is the only national event

will be representatives from leading music

of Sound, London. The partnership will see

aimed specifically at the people who run

industry businesses, cultural organisations

UK Music host and chair the opening panel

small to medium scale independent music

and advisors on issues such as accessing

of the day, titled Big Issues for Small

venues.

finance, insurance, licensing and legal issues.

The day will offer panels, workshops,

UK Music presents Big Issues For Small

Since the first Venues Day event in

seminars and networking on three themes

Venues is the opening panel of the day and

December

the

identified as the Big Issues for Small

will see representatives from key players in

precarious position in which the UK’s small

Venues; Turning Words into Action;

the UK music and cultural industry talk about

independent venues find themselves has

Business Up - Be Inspired; Costs Down

the next steps for grassroots music venues.

grown enormously. Music Venue Trust, the

- Be Efficient.

The panel will feature UK Government

Venues: Turning Words Into Actions.

2014,

awareness

of

charity created to champion and protect

Culture Minster Ed Vaizey and Shadow

the nation’s grassroots music, continues to

Delegates will have opportunity to learn

Secretary of State for Culture Michael

lead this work and is putting together this

about schemes that will help their business

Dugher, BBC Radio 6Music presenter Steve

Ministry of Sound

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Lamacq, Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI &

“It is clear that the legislative framework

threat and we want to work with the music

BRIT Awards, Arts Council England (London

was not written with the interests of

community to protect them.”

Area Director) Joyce Wilson, and Mark

grassroots music venues in mind. Politicians

Davyd, CEO ofMusic Venue Trust.

have an opportunity to change the law and

Venues Day 2015 is a one day event, running

a responsibility in making the areas they

from 10.30am - 6.30pm on Tuesday 20

Jo Dipple, Chief Executive of UK Music, will

represent the best places to work, rest and

October at Ministry of Sound, London.

Chair the panel, which is likely to provide a

play. It is vital that we have a sustainable

Thanks to a headline partnership with live

lively debate about what needs to be done

venue circuit and I look forward to exploring

music subscription app Jukely, Grassroots

to protect, secure and improve the UK’s

with the panel at Venues Day how this may

Music Venues from across the UK can

grassroots music venues.

be achieved.”

apply for one free delegate pass and travel assistance by emailing: beverley@musicvenuetrust.com

Jo Dipple of UK Music said: “UK Music is

Welcoming the opportunity to debate

proud to be a partner of Venues Day for

the issues surrounding grassroots music

a second year running. Last year’s event

venues, Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI

General delegate passes are available now

will be remembered for bringing grassroots

& BRIT Awards, said: “Music venues are

priced £80 from:

music venues together for the first time. I

vital for the health of British music. They

www.musicglue.com/venues-day

want this year’s event to be the moment

are where artists build their grassroots fan

when decisive action is agreed to save

base and hone their craft as performers.

Further event details will be announced on

music venues in the face of considerable

BPI is supporting Venues Day 2015 because

the MVT website in the next two weeks:

threats.”

venues in this country are increasingly under

www.musicvenuetrust.com

Jo Dipple, Chief Executive of UK Music

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Sales from live music venues to count towards Official Albums Chart Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Many venues, and of course artists, supplement their income by the

“We strive constantly to ensure that the Official Charts reflects and

sales of merchandising, including of course recorded product. Until

responds to consumer behaviour - and this move, following just a

now CD’s etc sold at venues on the touring circuit have not been

few months after the integration of streams, further underlines this

included in overall sales figures, but under a new initiative launched

strategy.”

this autumn sales from live music venues are to count towards Official Albums Chart. Called Lightning Live and implemented by

Lightning Live has been developed over many months and road

The Official Charts Company, the initiative has been launched to

tested on a string of concerts in the past six months. It uses a

help support new revenue stream for artists & labels.

simple password-protected web interface to allow live retailers to submit sales data, which is then checked

The

developed

by Official Charts and its nominated

following extensive trials and is designed

system

has

been

research partner Millward Brown before

to support labels and artists using their

being accepted for the Official Charts.

gigs to reach out to broader audiences, aside from traditional retail. The move

Retailers are required to submit a pre-

means the Official Albums Chart will

event inventory report, along with

reflect the widest range of formats and

full details of the concert, summary

outlets in its history, as it celebrates its

of capacity, tickets sold, before then

60th anniversary.

submitting details of sales achieved.

Millward Brown will cross-reference

When the first UK albums chart was introduced by Record Mirror

with existing data reports to ensure sales fall within accepted sales

in July 1956, the weekly poll was made solely from specialist music

patterns – any suspect data will not be included in the Official Chart

shops selling vinyl albums. Today, the Official Albums Chart reflects

survey.

sales of physical formats including CDs, vinyl albums and cassettes, as well as sales of digital bundles and (since February this year) audio

The Official Albums Chart entered its 60th year in July, the very first

streams too – across retailers including supermarkets, clothing stores,

UK album chart having been launched by NME in July 1956 with

mail order operators, specialist entertainment chains, independent

Frank Sinatra’s Songs For Swingin’ Lovers as its first Number 1. Over

dealers, digital download stores and streaming services.

the coming year, a range of activities being organised by the Official Charts Company, ahead of the anniversary week itself next summer

Official Charts Company chief operating officer Omar Maskatiya

will mark the anniversary.

says, “The launch of Lightning Live follows approaches from both independent and major labels, who are increasingly using live events

Should this all work out as planned it will be interesting to see if any

as a route to get their products to fans and new audiences.

advantages pass over to the venues.

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SEPTEMBER 2015

The Concert Market in Sweden – A Revamp of Festivals Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

The main news is that the Swedish concert

Hasslehölm in the south of Sweden did not

new concept, mainly featuring domestic

market seems to be in good shape. Following

go ahead; Kulturföreningen Markan, a non-

artists and downsized to just three days

the demise of previously successful major

profit organisation who had promoted the

instead of five.

open-air events like Hultsfred, Arvika and

event since 2001 had gone for protection

even Peace & Love, all of which filed for

last year, but finally filed insolvency in June

Bråvalla, which debuted in 2013 and with

insolvency in recent years, it currently

2015, just two weeks before this year’s

56.000 visitors last year instantly became

appears that this market segment has re-

edition was supposed to take place.

the biggest music festival in Sweden ever,

covered very well.

only sold 50.700 tickets this year with The also non-profit organisation behind the

headliners such as Robbie Williams, Muse

The resulting market consolidation caused

Peace & Love Festival, previously the biggest

and Calvin Harris. The event is promoted

various amendments but nevertheless led

open-air event in Sweden filed insolvency in

by FKP Scorpio Sweden, a subsidy of FKP

to a generally satisfying festival season

2013. But this year’s edition went ahead and

Germany, which has become the biggest

in 2015. Although the Siesta Festival

attracted 10.000 visitors with a completely

European

in

major

festival

Festivals

promoter, in

promoting

Denmark,

Finland,

Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany.

Interestingly domestic artists in Sweden, as elsewhere in Europe have become more and more important for the live music industry.

At Bråvalla, Swedish artists Kent, Sabaton and Lars Winnerbäck played shortly before the mentioned international headliners on the main stages of the event. One day before the event went ahead on June 25 to 27, FKP Scorpio announced that it had agreed with the city of Norrkoping that

Bråvalla

Bråvalla would stay in the town for another 10 years. The city of Norrkoping agreed to

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SEPTEMBER 2015

support the festival with 1.3 million Swedish

acquired a majority stake in SPG Live in

Alongside other industry sources a Live

Crones (138.000 Euro) annually.

March 2015, a company that is specialized

Nation Sweden spokesperson confirmed

in EDM events.

Their biggest event is

that overall ticket sales for festivals and

FKP Sweden furthermore promotes the

Summerburst festival, which has run for five

concerts are very satisfactory in 2015.

festivals Getaway Rock in Gavle and the

years. The company promotes two edition

Furthermore in line with the rising relevance

showcase festival Where’s the Music in

of the event, one in Gothenburg (May 29-

of domestic artists for the live music sector,

Norrkoping. When FKP Scorpio entered

30, 2015) and one in Stockholm (June 12-13,

is the news that later on this year Live Nation

the Swedish market in 2010 it bought the

2015). Both events gained around 30.000

will promote an arena tour with

trademark rights for the Hultsfred festival.

visitors per day, featuring almost the same

Jöback & Helen Sjöholm entitled “I Love

After three editions FKP Scorpio decided

billing of artists like Avicii Fest, Axwell Λ

Musicals” in October and that tickets are

in 2014 not to continue to promote this

Ingrosso and Afrojack.

selling very well. For the tour in June-July of

festival.

Peter

the Swedish singer Thomas Ledin alone Live Another successful EDM event in Sweden is

Nation sold more than 100.000 tickets the

Getaway Rock is a metal festival taking

Big Slap; staged in Malmo on August 1 it

spokesman said. In July also Roxette played

place at the beginning of August. This

gained 15.000 visitors in its third year. This

five shows in Sweden, selling between

year’s edition pulled 8.500 people. Where’s

event is co-promoted by Öresundsgruppen

10.000 to 15.000 tickets per show.

The Music is the venture by FKP Scorpio to

and Kulturbolaget, a strategic partner of

launch a showcase festival similar to trade

Live Nation Sweden, which promotes most

A spokesman for United Stage, one of the

events such as Eurosonic Noorderslag in the

Live Nation concerts in the South of Sweden.

biggest independent concert agencies in

Netherlands or Bylarm in Oslo, which hosts

Sweden, told Music & Copyright that the

an industry conference program alongside

Live Nation subsidy Luger promotes the

success of Swedish artists even spreads into

the public event. For the first edition of

festivals Way Out West, Stockholm Music &

most of the other Nordic countries too. The

this event in February 2015, FKP Scorpio

Arts and co-promotes Popaganda. The Way

company represents more than 160 artists,

reported 4.700 concertgoers for its club

Out West festival in Gothenburg on August

including, Basshunter, Eagle-Eye Cherry and

festival in Norrkoping and 400 industry

13-15 achieved a visitor record this year

The Leather Nun and generates more than

delegates.

with 30.000 people per day. This event in

2.000 concerts annually.

previous years also staged a smaller industry However, the biggest concert company

gathering with a conference program.

One of the few independent festivals

in Sweden is still Live Nation. With

However, the event is also known for being

that survived the festival crisis was the

all

and

very environmentally friendly. This year’s

Emmaboda Festivalen. This festival has

Stureplansgruppen Live (SPG Live) the

its

subsidies

such

as

Luger

program featured artists Florence And The

apparently taken place since 1990 and this

company employs 75 staff and promotes

Machine, Belle & Sebastian; Chic featuring

year gained 11.000 visitors per day. The

2.200 events per year. Live Nation Sweden

Nile Rodgers, Pet Shop Boys and Patti Smith.

three-day event takes place in the south of Sweden at the end of July. As various other industry sources mentioned, the gender aspect obviously plays a big role in Swedish society. In relation

to this the festival

gained some controversial media reports in terms of the ongoing gender debate in the country. It is now almost compulsory for festival promoters or organizers of music conventions to be tasked with staging a 50/50 billing, to follow a guideline of featuring 50 percent female artists or speakers. The Emmoboda Festival in recent media reports has been sharply criticized for booking only a 10 percent quota of female artists and that despite the fact, that this

Way Out West

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festival in the past often has been praised for its remarkable line up. The current program

VIP NEWS > INDEPTH STORY > featured artists such as Dope D.O.D, Lee Scratch Perry and Don Diablo.

SEPTEMBER 2015

Malmรถ Live - new live venue

The Swedish Branch of The Agency Group has also been included in the takeover by the US company United Talent Agency in the beginning of September. The local branch is based in Malmo and represents domestic artists such as The Hives, Mando Diao and Millencolin internationally. Former employees of The Agency had moved over to the concert agency Pitch & Smiths in 2014. This concert agency was founded in 2007 and interestingly for a Swedish

The new venue is named Malmo Live and

others Live Nation. FKP Scorpio, Blixten and

company, has its headquarters in the UK.

has capacity of 1.200 persons, conference

United Stage. The latest market figures are

The company employs 9 staff of which two

locations and a hotel. In October it will

from 2013, reporting that the Swedish Live

are running a company office in Stockholm.

stage concerts of artists like Bob Dylan and

Music Industry gained a revenue of 3.8

The local branch looks after domestic

Ann Brun.

billion Swedish Crones (403 million Euro)

artists like Beatrice Eli, Joy, Kristin Amparo, Maskinen, Norlie & KKV and Silvana Imam.

and accounts for 51 percent of the total Since last year June Sweden has also now a

turnover of the Swedish music industry in

trade body for the live music industry known

that year. Figures for 2014 are supposed to

The latest market entry has been the launch

as Livemusik Sverige. The organisation

be revealed in the next couple of weeks by

of the concert hall in Malmo in August 2015.

currently has around 60 members, among

Music Sverige.

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NAMES & JOBS

SEPTEMBER 2015

Baris Basaran Leaves Pozitif Live Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Baris Basaran has written to let us know that

He will be Director of Programming / Senior

he is leaving Turkey’s concert and festival

Booker @ URU Group, Istanbul. Uru Group

promoters Pozitif Live. He says, “I am writing

promotes 3 summer festivals and runs a 15k

to let you know that I am leaving Pozitif

cap venue, KCP (KucukCiftlik Park).

Live after 5 wonderful years. I can’t thank

baris.basaran@uru.com.tr

New Head of Live Nation UK/Ireland From VIP-Daily News

Denis Desmond

the company enough for everything it has given me, but it is now time for me to move

In Romania he will be Creative Director / Senior

on and take up new challenges. We are on

Booker @ ArtMania, Bucharest. ArtMania

good terms with Pozitif and our relationship

has 2 summer festivals, and will also book

remains amicable, as it has always been. We

acts for the 600 cap Control Club, Bucharest.

have been preparing for my departure for

baris.basaran@artmania.ro

more than 2 months and all my confirmed

Denis Desmond is set to become the new Head of Live Nation UK and Ireland as part

shows are presently in the safe and capable

Additionally he will occasionally be working

of a management reshuffle at the firm

hands of Elif Cemal.

for Greece too. with Lavris Ltd. booking

according to IQ.

elif.cemal@pozitiflive.com

contemporary rock & alternative talents. baris.basaran@beroske.com

Baris will certainly continue to be busy and will

As reported earlier in Germany, MLK’s Marek and Andre Lieberberg are working through

work in Turkey and Romania on an exclusive

Baris tells us that he will be attending IFF in

their notice before heading up the Live

basis with a partner in each territory.

London and MaMA in Paris.

Nation Concerts Germany office beginning in January 2016. In the meantime, former MLK staffer Matthias Schwarz has assumed

Baris Basaran

the managing director role of LN Germany Austria

Switzerland

operations

and

a

number of staff members have already been recruited.

Desmond’s appointment has still to be made public but the company has been busy increasing its portfolio again, this time with LN-Gaiety Holdings Ltd joint venture with Desmond purchasing MAMA & Company, the operator of nine venues and promoter of a number of festivals.

Festival Republic chief Melvin Benn is believed to be playing a more central role in Live Nation UK`s festival arm. His position has been further cemented by the departure of chief operating officer John Probyn.

Paul Latham has been elevated to COO for Live Nation UK and Ireland, and will report to Denis Desmond.

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MUSIC IN SHARES

SEPTEMBER 2015

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

Correction & Apology In the recent article “The Meaning Of Live Nation” we reported in the introduction: “The market entry of Live Nation in Germany by taking on Marek Lieberberg as CEO and Daniel Lieberberg as a president came as a surprise for many industry players.”

This was an incorrect reference to the name of the president which should have been Andre Lieberberg not Daniel Lieberberg. We regret the mistake and apologise.

CTS Eventim - Price Targets Set

Bank pitched the price target for the share

DEAG furthermore announced the sale of

even as high as 46 Euro. The analyst of

its asset Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt. Since

Latest Research Reports by Analysts reveal

this bank considers that the deployment of

then the share price of DEAG decreased from

positive prospects for CTS Eventim. While

customer data in the midterm perspective

a previously reported 6.07 to 4.51 Euro. In

Warburg Research increased the price target

could contribute to the growth of the

the 52 week comparison the share price loss

from formerly 30 up to 33 Euro, Berenberg

company. The rating by Warburg Research

has now amounted to 22.6 percent.

remains on “Hold” while Berenberg Bank indicate “Buy”.

Live Nation - The Share Price Compass Seeks Direction

In the last issue Vip News reported a share price of 32.18, on September 28 the share

The share price of the global player Live

price was 33.08 Euro.

Nation is struggling. Even if the business results for H1-2015 indicated a revenue

DEAG - Under Pressure

increase reported in the previous edition of Vip News from $1,665 up to $1.765 bn, the

New festivals cost DEAG both financial land

share price itself remains only stable. Last

share price losses. When DEAG revealed

time it was $23.98, this time it is $24.38.

its business report for H1-2015, (first half

On June 26 the share stood at $28.56, now it

year 2015), the company reported a strong

is almost on the same level as on September

revenue increase from 96.7 up to 118.8

29, 2014 when the closing price was $24.31.

million Euro. However, DEAG also reported that in conjunction with ongoing legal claims

SFX Entertainment - How Low Can You

resulting out of the move from one of its new

Go?

festivals from the Nürburgring site to the “Veltins Arena” in Gelsenkichen could lead

One months ago the reported share price was

to a company loss of 9.3 million Euro.

$0.85. The headline for this development was “A Financial Tragedy”, this time the share

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DEAG declared that the legal case should be

price of SFX Entertainment slipped down to

settled by the end of the year. In its report

$0.45...

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SEPTEMBER 2015

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with The Zawinul Syndicate.

Brothers Band amongst others.

Basitours also worked on tours with

Basitours also worked on larger single

Kris Kristofferson, Jose Feliciano, The

events such as: Toto Cutugno, Lalo

Original Blues Brothers Band and

Schifrin “Mission Impossible”, Chris de

legendary Tango Master Astor Piazzolla,

Burgh, Andrea Bocelli and others.

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Salif Keita, Miles Davis, Vasco Rossi and Dave Brubeck.

are

currently

booking

exclusively and territorially for Victor Basitours has worked as a sub-agent

Bailey, Jojo Mayer, The “Original”Blues

with Manhattan Transfers,Ray Charles,

Brothers Band, Hugh Masekela, Carmen

Wishbone Ash, Jethro Tull, Ian Gillan

Souza, and more.

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Band, Mink de Ville, Lionel Hampton Big Band, Maynard Ferguson and Al di

Since 2000, Basitours have been the

Meola.

talent booker for Jazz Festival Tbilisi and Black Sea Festival Batumi in Georgia.

From 1992 onwards, Basitours worked on regular bookings and exclusive

In addition to his significant professional

European tours for artists such as Joe

achievements, Peter is proudly married

Zawinul, Billy Cobham and Chico & The

to Nino from Georgia who is also his

Gypsies.

office manager.

Chris Thompson

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