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McGowan’s

Musings

It’s been a busy month – since the last News

have a good time without me somehow…)

a reasonable beer tolerance, should have

I have been to to Tampere via Helsinki to

As Manfred Tari and I returned in one piece

known better. I’ve only just recalled a surreal

attend­Music & Media, then after a few

(that’s each you understand!) you can read

walk down 7th Avenue in the early hours of

days in a warmer than expected Finland,

the event reports in this issue.

the morning with no real idea where I was

then after­a day back in bracing Brighton I Eurostar’d (such a civilised way to travel!) to

We have decided to make a slight change in

who seemed particularly keen to offer me

Paris for the MaMA Event where I met up

the publication date of VIP News – till now

some form of short-term accommodation

with the VIP team. (Unfortunately I learnt

we have put out the Newsletter late in the

– how friendly I thought through a blurred

too late that the Rolling Stones were playing

month, but this changes with this edition­ haze…. Beware the 151!

in a small club in the City, for an affordable

which would technically have been the

€12, but it appears that they managed to

October­issue, but now this and future issues

Right – sorry about that distraction, back to

will appear early in the month, so this is now

the business of music business. Although­

the November News. All clear? Please let us

we’ve been sadly aware of recent economic­

know if this makes any difference to your

casualties in our industry, some areas

enjoyment­! If the Mayans can mess about

continue­to make money. After taking this

with the calendar then why shouldn’t we?!

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going, where I met a succession of ladies

next year’s event in an astonishing time of The number of this edition – 151 – suddenly

one hour and 40 minutes, without even

rang bells with me, and I recalled what I had

naming an act! Also the event seems to

considered to be a lost night and day in New

have stayed immune from the problems that

York many years ago where I was introduced

much of the festival sector has faced with

to the joys (?) of Bacardi 151 by my friend and

newly published accounts­showing steady

host Willy Baer. Now this is liquor that should

growth in the past four years and showing

be either treated with the utmost respect, or

2011 revenues­of £32.2m, up 5.2 per cent

avoided like the plague! It is an over proof

on a year earlier. However it has to be said

rum, with an unbelievable alcohol content­of

that Michael Eavis and his daughter Emily

75.5%; when you take into account­that the

and other Directors still take out reasonably

usual content of a strong rum is 35%–40%,

modest profits. Also should any of you have

you get an idea of the damage it can do. The

a spare $10 billion you might want to give

bottle also carries multiple warnings stating

Philip­Anschutz a call as he’s keen to sell off

that it should not be ignited or exposed to an

his Entertainment Group, better known as

open flame! Now Willy was (and I presume

AEG.

and hope still is) a very large black man who consumed this stuff like water, whereas I, a

So – before you head off to count your

then much slighter Brit with long hair and

money­Ladies and Gentlemen – The News!

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Staff Movements in UK Festival Market Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com There has been a slight outbreak of ‘Musical­ Chairs’ in the UK Festival Market; Natasha Haddad, previously a stalwart of The Great Escape­leaves to work on the Latitude Festival­for Festival Republic, while Adam Ryan replaces­her as the Great Escape Festival Programmer­for the MAMA Group.

Haddad will join Festival Republic on 31 Oct,

Ryan has ten years promotions and booking

Festival Republic has also announced the

whilst at the MAMA Group she worked

experience and has previously worked for

departure­of a long-term employee. Neil

on various festivals, including Wilderness,

MAMA promoting artists at UK club to theatre­

Pengelly joined what was then Mean Fiddler

Lovebox­and especially The Great Escape, as

level venues, and programming new talent

in 1990, and built up the success of Reading

well as promoting gigs for Mean Fiddler, the

stages at both TGE and MAMA’s Lovebox

Festival from 1994, along with its twin event

Company once run by Melvin Benn MD of

festival. Ryan will programme the 2013 Great

in Leeds. His replacement has not yet been

Festival Republic, now part of MAMA.

Escape, which will take place in Brighton from

announced­.

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Music & Media 2012 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Panel in Finland, Doing Business in Russia.

Photo Musiikkimedia

This 23rd edition of Music & Media attracted over 700 representatives­

proportion­to learn that international artists only account for 10%

of music and related industries from Finland and abroad. Over the

of the live music promoted in Russia. Ilya Bortnuk of Light Music

three conference days, the event offered seminars, workshops,

Promotion­, based in St.Petersburg, presented this and many other

keynotes­and celebrity interviews, involving over 170 panelists

enlightening facts about a gradually expanding market.

and other speakers. I’ve attended this event several times and was particularly­aware of more international attendants at this edition.

Moscow was represented on the panel by Dmitry Zaretsky of Russia’s biggest promoters SAV Entertainment, along with Pavel Kamakin – of

A cooperation with the Baltic Institute of Finland resulted in a special­ program based within the conference focusing on the Baltics and Russia­. The aim was to boost the co-operation between the Finnish­, Baltic and Russian operators. I attended the ‘Doing Business in Russia­’ conference and learnt a lot that I didn’t know about the music business­in the World’s biggest country.

For instance, much as we in the West tend to be somewhat smug about the power of our leading artists abroad it puts things into

Ilya Bortnuk, Light Music Promotion, St. Petersburg

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Gala Dinner saturday night in Tampere, Finland

16 Tons Club and UMC Agency, and Irina Shcherbakova of the Caviar

We reported on the visit of the Culture Minister to London in the last

Lounge Company. Jouni Markkanen of KingFoo Entertainment and

issue and the efforts being made to make inroads into the UK Market,

Live Nation’s Richie Mattila represented Helsinki.

and next January’s Eurosonic will feature a ‘Focus on Finland’.

Full Steam presented the Lost in Music showcase festival – Juha Kyrro’s

Acid Symphony Orchestra, Death Hawks, Eva & Manu, Lau Nau,

Company also went on to triumph in various categories in the Finnish

LCMDF­, Mesak ft. Claws Costeau, Michael Monroe, Pertti Kurikan

Music Awards presented at a Gala Dinner on the Saturday night. 120

Nimipäivät­, Phantom, Satellite Stories, Sin Cos Tan, Siinai will show-

artists appeared during the five nights in 16 venues around the city,

case in Groningen. In addition, four Finnish acts that previously

including Ebba Award winners (see listing in this issue), French Films.

performed­at Eurosonic Noorderslag have been added to the line-up: Disco Ensemble, Don Johnson Big Band, Huoratron and Rubik.

The Finnish business and Government are going all out to help its artists­and music business Companies make their mark internationally­.

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3 and ½ Editions of MaMA and Already a Success Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

The pilot edition of the MaMA Event went

Professional Delegates: This year we

Was it difficult to apply for and to obtain

ahead as part of the festival, Printemps de

welcomed­3256 professionals (2448 last

public funding?

Bourges in 2009 before moving to Paris in

year), including 253 journalists (156 last

Yes, it’s more and more difficult. The crisis is

2010. MaMA is located in Pigalle, that area

year). Approximately 30% of these were

here and Culture is not always the priority­.

of the French capital with the highest density

international­professionals from 34 countries.

But we are very glad to see that, even if the situation is complicated, our partners have

of erotic boutiques per sq kilometers.

Are you pleased with the results of

supported us since the first edition and their

MaMA Director Fernando Ladeiro Marques

MaMA 2012?

support is bigger every year. Our partners

reported significantly improved figures for

– Of course, for us it’s a real satisfaction

understood how MaMA is important for

this third Paris edition, before speaking with

to see that, each year, more and more

the French market and how Paris becomes a

VIP News about this year’s event:

professionals­are coming. It means that the

centre­for exchanges in the music business.

French market is attractive and MaMA is a Festival Visitors: The global capacity of

perfect gateway.

concerts of ‘Live in Montmartre’) but, for the

Who are the main supporters for MaMA

conference?

public, we just offer 4660 places and we sold

in terms of public funding?

It’s a small team. We are 5 people working

4454 (it means 95,6% of the public capacity)

– The Ministry of Culture, the City of Paris

for 6 or 7 months. More people come on

+ 2000 in Live in Montmartre.

and the county of Ile-de-France are our major

board one or two months before, and during

The other places (3300) were reserved for the

public partners. But we are supported too by

the event, we are approximately 200 people,

professionals.

all the professional organizations, including

which is not so many!

Adami, Sacem, FCM, CNV, Spedidam and SPPF.

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How many people are working on MaMA and how long does it take to prepare the

the 18 venues is 7960 (+ 2000 for the free

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MaMA Director Fernando Ladeiro-Marques cancel it and to make new propositions. She Could you please explain the booking

directly­and some are proposed by their

procedures for the festival program?

booking agency or label or others.

chose MaMA because she knew that all the French music business were present. It was for her the best place to talk and for MaMA it

We had 90 concerts this year and we got more than 1000 applications (30%

How was it that Aurélie Filippetti

from abroad). We choose artists with a

showed up at MaMA 2012?

professional­position­in their countries, those

Our Culture Minister needed to talk to the

with a record­company­, a booking agency, a

professionals of the music industry because

manager, and with a potential for export, of

over these last months there have been

course, it’s always a subjective choice. The

a lot of decisions that professionals don’t

objective is to offer the artists the possibility­

understand­. Last year there was the project­

of playing in front of many professional and

of CNM, a new organisation for music in

to export their music through concerts, tours,

France; all the French professionals were

was very important for our credibility.

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distribution etc. We choose some artists­ excited by the project and she decided to

Culture Minister of France, Aurelie Filippetti, at Mama 2012.

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Jens Michow re-elected as bdv President at Annual Conference Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com “Naturally, I am very pleased at this

Legal sector topics discussed included the

unanimous­verdict, for I am very happy

fight against the secondary ticket market or

to continue with this remit,” commented

the ruling of the BFH (Federal Fiscal Court)

Michow on his re-election.

on the legal relationship between event organisers­and advance ticket sellers – by the

“As, however, I do not, as against possible­

two lawyers in the Association, Dr Johannes

other conjectures, intend to celebrate a 40-

Ulbricht and Jens Michow. The members

year­jubilee in my position as Managing

contracted the Board with the processing of

bdv-President­ , I made it clear before the

General Terms and Conditions of Business­

election the extent to which the association

for the sale of entry permits for events, and

could reckon with me in the future.”

unanimously ordered them to enforce the claim of organisers for the issue of customer­

Michow went on to say that he, insofar­ details against the various operators of as desired­ , would be available for this

Jens Michow, re-elected as President, bdv Over

one

hundred

presenters,

internet­advance ticket selling platforms.

and one further tenure. And he will do this only under­the condition that outline

The Board was also ordered to start

agents

conditions­are created­during his current

negotiations­with GEMA (Performing Rights

and managers met up in Hamburg at the

tenure, which will enable the selection and

Society) regarding justification of the new

Reeperbahn­Festival last month for the

gradual incorporation­of a successor and the

U-V tariff. It has been determined that

Annual­Conference­of the bdv – the Federal

establishment­of an office in the capital to be

the tariff could be applied also to certain

Association of Event Management.

started over the next three years.

tour events. It was foreseen that the event management­sector would be significantly

The theme was “Nothing remains as it was”.

From the seven Board Member candidates for

affected by the new tariff, as the payment

The association carried out elections for the

election, Michael Bisping, Moni Breu, Roland­

to make to the GEMA in this area would

Board of Directors, which saw Jens Michow

Forster, Michael Schacke, Patrick Oginski

multiply­ . (See report in last month’s VIP

unanimously voted in as President, for his 9th

and Dieter Weidenfeld, the former previous

News).

term in office after 27 years.

members of the Board, were re-elected.

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Amsterdam Dance Explosion 2012 Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) once again set new records­in terms of the number­ of participants­, surrounding­ events and festival

OFFICIAL NUMBERS visitors­.

What is your final conclusion about ADE 2012?

– We are really very happy, we set some new records again, both on the conference and the festival numbers. Several weeks before the event even started we had 3500 delegates, and there were 200.000 visitors to the festival-program, we had more venues, about 80 this time for the night-program and there were 1700 DJs performing; all in all that is really quite a lot! Also this year we added ADE playground­ to the event, to take another step.

I know I’ve asked you this question before, but that was ages ago and meanwhile everything has grown: How is the festivalprogram­compiled these days?

– It’s more structured, we are constantly in dialogue with the venues­ to sort out the programme, we try to sort out what we need to

It is not only the numbers­ that

indicate

how

dynamic­and vital­ADE has become in recent­ years.

This

convention­

200.000 festival visitors

3.800 conference visitors

1.700 artists

75 clubs/venues

350 journalists & media

certain

parts

which artists are relevant, do we want more liveartists­­and should we try to get them on board?

We combine all that with expertise of the clubs themselves. For example: The programme of the Melkweg – they know much better­ what works over there than I do. That works better and better, also because the whole dance-scene want to showcase their artists, their labels, their agencies at ADE of course.

For the venues it’s getting more interesting­, because they’ve got so much interesting stuff

continuously reinvents and improves

include, what we might miss, which labels are relevant,

offered, that they can fill the programme easily­.

of

For example, Studio 80, they went for an extra­

itself­and, as a reward for this,

location­this year to their whole program. What you

receives­continuously increasing visitor­ numbers­ . ADE also reflects the growing

also see is, that the programme goes on twenty-four-seven,

market­share of dance music in the sectors of recorded music and

which was not the case in the previous years. There are also new

live music events. Also the growing figures furthermore indicate that

locations­, which were normally not used for this kind of music, like

these trends do not only rely on the success of David Guetta, as he is

the Concertgebouw­, where yesterday Junkie XL did a performance;

just the tip of the iceberg for this booming music segment.

great to see him perform in a venue which normally presents classical orchestras. The Crowd was amazing as well, so that is really great.

VIP News spoke with Richard Zijlma about the current edition,

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covering­topics ranging from culinary pleasures, the rise of EDM and

What can you say about the hype of electronic dance music

acquisition of the Shell-Tower, the former headquarter of the Dutch

(EDM)?

oil-multi, by ID &T….

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Amsterdam Dance Event Promotional Opportunities – It’s definitely there, basically some people like David Guetta had a

saw that Warner Music hosted a reception. What do you think

great role in it. This year I went to Las Vegas, to check the Electric

about the majors’ involvement in this kind of scene?

Daisy Carnival, it is really booming over there. I was sitting in a taxi,

– Well, years ago, there were no majors, now they’re coming more

the driver was about 54 years old and it was a new kind of music for

and more. Also the big agencies started coming more two years

him. So we told him to stop the car and we ttook him with us!

ago, I think. Now there are private investors coming over, to see how they can invest in the scene. So there is definitely a new kind of

Still there is an absence of export-offices at ADE. Don’t they

development­.

come up with offers or requests to host or to promote one or the other national music scene?

What do you mean by private investors?

– No, not at all. From my perspective it is really strange, that there are

– Well, for example, Companies such as Live Nation. But there

no export-offices attending. For quite a few countries in Europe it is

are also some other players that decided to invest in dance music.

very important.

I see something­like this coming up in this scene here, all kinds of cooperation­, investments in studios or investments in artists itself. I

That is strange, just because the electronic scene is the fastest

met a few guys who are interest to invest and to get a return from

rising scene all over the world.

the scene.

– Yes, that’s where you see how successful it has been. It is the kind of music that you can export, it is cross-cultural, there are no language-

By coincidence I have been told that ID &T have plans to

problems­, that definitely helps already. In my opinion the electronic-

acquire­the former headquarter of the oil company Shell in

scene­is set up for the export-offices. Why the hell are they not at

Amsterdam. Is that another sign for the growth of this part of

the ADE?

the music-industry?

– I think so, because this is quiet a big location and they want to build

One conference-topic also covered the founding of an

clubs in it and stuff like that. It’s funny, because if you look to the

Electronic-­Dance-Music-Association­. What will this association

history­you’ll see that Shell is one of the first international brands from

focus on, what will be their task?

Holland. So it’s almost symbolic that now the Dutch dance scene is

– Correct, there are a few people working in the background to start

taking over as a new international brand, like ID&T did, for example.

a kind of international foundation for the scene. It’ll be interesting­ to see if this will happen. There are still issues to discuss on the

ADE is promoted by Buma Cultuur, which is a foundation of

international­level as well. So, let’s see if it will work for the scene. It

Buma/Stemra. Do you think, regarding the success of Dutch

will address issues like safety or sharing knowledge of organizing and

bands and artists, like Armin van Buuren and others, that this

stuff like that.

may lead to a increasing influence at Buma? Is it getting more important?

How do the major-companies take part in ADE? Basically I saw

– Yes, I think more and more. The scene is still relatively young and

many people from independent companies over here but I also

targeted, the level of professionalism is getting higher and higher. On

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the board of Buma you see some relevant references to the scene; it’s definitely right that within the board and the organization itself, there are big opportunities for the scene. So it’s very important to

Richard Zijlma General Manager of ADE

give them a good role in the whole process because this market is growing and growing.

Do you think that the process of growth will continue?

– Yes, definitely in the upcoming years. You can see somebody like Afrojack sitting here in the studio and his publisher is asking to bring somebody over to work with him in the upcoming days. Also AKAN is in the studio for five days during ADE. So, everybody is looking to the scene and wants to work with the electronic scene nowadays. It will definitely grow in the upcoming years.

Yesterday I concluded that ADE is now the in top-five-list of

how it went for them, for example, a clothing-store in one of the big

international­music-conventions. You compared ADE with

shopping-streets had a very great experience. So, we started last year

South by Southwest but I don’t really agree with that. It

with 25 locations, very small, so just guess how much it can be in the

seems to me that ADE is even more international than South

next year…

by Southwest. I would say that ADE in terms of international delegates­is rather more on a level with MIDEM now, which is

One thing more that makes ADE outstanding is the culinary

still highly international.

element. I’ve never seen something like it at any convention

– Maybe we have to conclude that ADE is one of the most relevant

before. There is a ADE DJ Cook Off, there is a cooking-school

music-conferences in the world now.

just between the Dylan Hotel and the Felix Meretis-Building where artists get to serve their business partners with dinners

What are the plans for 2013? Will you keep the structure that

and dishes…

you’ve built in the recent years with the Dylan Hotel and the

– Yes, it’s really fantastic; I think the DJ Cook Off was really a great

Felix Meritis(Conference venue)?

experience­again in this year. Everybody enjoyed it. One of the DJs

– Yes, definitely. The structure we’ve changed was mostly on

told me, that he has never cooked before in his whole life. I said:

the communication­level; we now have three main strings, the

“Really­?” He said: “Yes, it is the first time that I cook.” He had the

conference­, the festival and ADE Playground, which will see the main

recipe from his mum. That was Tommie Sunshine.

development in the upcoming year.

Yes, it is always good to share food. It’s great to see great artists like Dave Clarke, Paul Oakenfold or Seth Troxler, who again won the Cook

Any predictions?

Off this year. It’s really great to see them preparing their food and

– Not really, but we visited a few locations today, we talked about

inviting their friends, that’s really fantastic.

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dear lovely people, we had an awesome time with you! thanks a lot to lovely 10.800 festival visitors, 517 awesome delegates from 30 countries and of course to 139 fabulous acts from 27 countries! see you next year from 03.–06.10.2013 in vienna again! we love you!

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> INDEPTH STORY > The Man behind the Scenes

The Man behind the Scenes Anne Frank Alsted

1989

1991

Vip News talks to the CEO of the Roskilde Festival:

2011

2012

his wife, Jette, also employed within The Roskilde Group. She thinks he works too much, he says, “I can’t help it – I love my work. But it’s the time spent with my family that gives me the best energy.”

Maybe that’s why, when he finally takes a vacation, they leave Roskil-

Henrik Rasmussen has attended all 42 editions of the Roskilde Festival

de behind to go to some of their favourite places, Italy or Skagen, at

from the very first in 1971 called Sound Festival.

the top of Denmark. He loves food, both cooking and eating, photog-

He was there as a very enthusiastic guest, or at least that’s what his

raphy and most of all: He loves when he’s the best at what he does.

journal says…the road down memory lane is quite bumpy and Henrik aka Rass admits it’s not just a matter of the passing of time.

The secret of success

“We were all fascinated by Woodstock and enjoying the spirit of time,

When he was 23 years old, he got his first job as an accountant. He

so with my long hair and the smokes, I’m sure I had a great time,”

didn’t quite fit the description with long hair, the wrong clothes and

says the 58-year-old Dane.

a devotion to music in general and Heavy Metal in particular; the

The first Roskilde-concert he actually remembers is Dr. Hook in 1976.

perfect combination of skills to lead a successful festival, according

A few years later he becomes a volunteer and then in the mid 80’s

to him.

he moved from the grass outside to the office inside. Last month,

“Too many festivals forget the importance of economy, but for me

October­2012, some 1,000 people stopped by to congratulate Rass

and Roskilde it has always been the number one priority. I’m probably

on his 25th anniversary as the CEO of Roskilde Festival.

one of the best cultural economists in Denmark and that’s the main reason why Roskilde is the biggest cultural event of the world”.

Leading from Behind Rass has never been one to step up front. He’s the man behind the scenes; He’d rather talk about his talented employees, but when VIPNews puts a gun to his head, he admits to some share in the success of Roskilde Festival.

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Roskilde: #1 in the world

“Well, I guess I’ve played a big role in the development of Roskilde

As the Festival’s CEO Henrik Rasmussen, claims it is, without any

Festival. I am a good leader and if I’d be doing something else, I’d

doubt, the No 1 event:

probably be the CEO of some other big company.”

“Roskilde is the world’s biggest cultural event. I know, festivals like

In his private life Rass lives in a small town just outside Roskilde with

Glastonbury are bigger in the sense of guests and musicians, but we

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> INDEPTH STORY > The Man behind the Scenes

offer our guests a total experience of crossover between all kinds of

“We need to be up to date with youth. For many years the average

art forms. Of course music is the essence, but it’s not enough – we

age of our guests has been 23 and we like to keep it that way. Things

owe it to our guests to aim higher,” he says.

are developing so fast, new music niches are made every day, so it’s

In his own very enthusiastic manner he defines Roskilde’s ambitions

important for an organization like Roskilde to have really competent

as no less than making the youth of today socially and culturally en-

people on board – a single person can’t keep up with the beat all by

gaged. He thinks of this as an obligation, made possible by encour-

himself anymore.”

aging the festival guests to not only attend in a passive way but to

So, this awareness of his limitations and making clear that he consid-

interact openly and playfully.

ers himself part of a team, does not disguise the fact that he’s a man

Supporting new and upcoming Nordic artists is another one of these

with an exceptionally good sense of how to combine sound econom-

obligations. These days it’s called Roskilde Rising. Rass believes, his

ics and good music, and even after 25 years he still has big ambitions

organization doesn’t just reflect new trends – they set them.

for this Danish festival.

Audience

Ros-facts

54 % are women and 46 % are men.

Approx. 22 % were first-time visitors at

The Roskilde Festival Charity Society - a society whose purpose is to collect money

Roskilde Festival in 2011.

for humanitarian and cultural work, organizes Roskilde Festival.

The average age is 23 years.

All profits earned from Roskilde Festival are donated to charity. More than DKK

The typical festival guest is a student living

180 million (app. € 24 mill.) have been donated throughout the years.

in a Scandinavian city.

During the last three years approx. 3,200 sleeping bags and 2,600 roll mats have

In 2011, 42,500 people arrived at Roskilde

been collected and given to homeless people­in Copenhagen.

Festival during the first 24 hours.

This year Roskilde Festival was held for the 42nd time. 77,500 all-week tickets and

Denmark: 80 %

20,000 one-day tickets were sold.

Norway: 8 %

A total of approx. 200 bands played on Roskilde Festival’s eight stage

Sweden: 4 % Other countries: 8 % (Based on numbers from 2011)

Volunteers… Who? Me? Roskilde Festival is possible because of 30,000 volunteers. Without the volunteers­, the festival would not exist.

Trivia

Approx. 30 full-time employees and over 800 volunteers work year-round

More than 1 million litres of beer, 4 tons of or-

to develop and prepare Roskilde Festival.

ganic fair trade coffee, 15 tons of french fries,

Each year, 200 sports and cultural associations help get 24,000 volunteers to work at stalls or as service guards.

Roskilde Festival becomes Denmark’s seventh largest workplace during the festival.

150,000 burgers and 4.7 tonnes bananas­are consumed each year at Roskilde Festival.

3,500 kilometres of toilet paper is used - equivalent to the distance between Copenhagen­and Cairo. All of it is eco-labelled­.

The Orange Stage – more than 30 years under the canopy Orange Stage is the symbol of Roskilde Festival and has been so since 1978. The orange canopy was originally designed in the UK for The Rolling Stones’ summer tour in 1976. The present canopy, however, is a new and larger version from 2001, providing 1,200 sq m of stage cover.

Orange Stage has the capacity for really major acts. Over the years, artists such as Bob Marley, U2, Bob Dylan, Metallica, Nirvana, Radiohead­and Rage Against the Machine have played on the stage. The stage and the area in front of it have room for 60,000 people.

Two big screens (50 sq. m) provide a great view of the stage for everyone and a specially-designed pit system ensures a good and safe concert experience. Productions on the stage have gradually grown in size.

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NOVEMBER 2012

> INDEPTH STORY > GEMA

Contention over Predicted Effects of the UK Live Music Act Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

In the last issue we reported on the coming into law of the Live Music Act which deregulates live performances in rooms of no more than 200 people capacity and on the claims by a UK Music commissioned study that this would result in a significant number of venues either starting to present live music or increasing present programmes. The Report predicted that an additional 300,000 plus live shows would take place.

Much as we welcome many aspects of the beneficial effects that the Act could have we noted that many existing dedicated music venues

Andy Inglis

were worried about the effects that increases competition could have on their already difficult business. Andy Inglis, previously owner of now unfortunately defunct London club venue The Luminaire, now

UK Music and the Musicians’ Union issued a joint response Andy

lectures on live music, manages and tour manages, and consults to

Inglis­’ blog thanking him for his comments and admitting that “He

non UK acts on breaking in to the Market, has questioned UK Music’s

articulated valid points which are central to the thinking around the

findings in a Blog entitled ‘Wanted: Nine Million, Affluent Gig-Goers.’

Act; we all must consider its implementation.” The response, also

www.musictank.co.uk/blog

available at www.musictank.co.uk/blog continues: “This Act is not about venues competing with each other, or stealing audiences, its

His contention is that even if all these new venues became available in

about boosting the live music scene in all different types of premises.

England and Wales, and if, say, 312,000 new shows were presented,

This Act offers a chance for owners/managers to provide something

even at a conservative 30 people attending then 9,360,000 people,

new to their audiences, perhaps providing live music to those who

with the necessary resources to go to gigs, would have to be found.

have not previously been ‘gig goers,’ before. We are also excited that

Though he admits that these would not be totally new gig-goers they

musicians will have more venues to play in, this is great news. The act

would have to come from somewhere – quite possibly abandoning­

does not just relate to bands but to a pianist in a hotel, or cellist in a

existing venues, probably as we said last week, those with a door

restaurant, it is not about extra pressure on promoters or bands but

charge for pubs that may offer free entry in order to increase wet

enriching our live music scene with more places to play. To musicians

sales. He also contends that a glut of new, probably unprepared

playing live is a crucial part of perfecting their craft, and we hope this

venue­managements will not do anything to improve the production­

Act will make a valuable contribution to their living.”

and customer service standards in a country with, as he says,www. musictank.co.uk/blog/live-experience the world’s worst reputation

UK Music and the Musicians’ Union have committed to monitoring­

among touring musicians.” We recommend the reading of this

the Act. UK Music are going to review the baseline study next year,

blog in which Inglis concludes that, “The grass-roots industry needs

and also intend to host a series of roundtables across the country­,

funding­. It needs hard cash. It needs support. It needs sponsors. It

inviting­promoters and musicians to voice their experiences, to

needs some of the aforementioned bodies to put money on the table

promote­awareness of how the act is working.

to pay for new infrastructure and equipment.www.musictank.co.uk/ resources­/speaker-biographies/andy-inglis” Andy Inglis, 5000

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Tenth European Border Breakers Award Winners Announced Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com The winners of the 2013 European Border­

in reaching out to audiences beyond their

Breakers

home country through their talent and

Awards,

celebrating

border

breaking­talents in European pop music­ ,

energy­ . I hope the awards will inspire

were announced on October 19th by

other­artists to take their music beyond

Androulla­Vassiliou, European Commissioner

their national­borders and break into new

for Education­, Culture, Multilingualism and

markets­,” said Androulla Vassiliou, European­

Youth and the European music conference

Commissioner

and showcase­festival Eurosonic Noorderslag.

Multilingualism­and Youth.

for

Education,

Culture,

“Music is a universal language that touches­ To be eligible for the awards, the artists­must

The winners of the 2013 awards are:

Androulla Vassiliou

their first international release in Europe­ between­1 August 2011 and 31 July 2012.

The winners are selected by music­market­

One of the winners will also receive a ‘Public­

analyst Nielsen Music Control on the basis­

Choice Award’. From 1 November until

of record sales and broadcast frequency­and

December­21 the public can vote for their

according to votes by European Broadcasting­

favourite artist on HYPERLINK “http://buma-

French Films (Finland)

Union (EBU) radio stations and festivals

cultuur.mailotron.com/lt.php?c=1029&m=1

C2C (France)

participating­in the European Talent Exchange­

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Program (ETEP)

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Emeli Sandé (Great Britain)

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Of Monsters and Men (Iceland)

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eu. By voting, they could win a trip to the

Dope D.O.D. (Netherlands)

The winners will receive their awards in a

award ceremony.

Amor Electro (Portugal)

televised ceremony hosted by TV personality­ and musician Jools Holland at Eurosonic

Former winners of the ‘EBBA Awards’

Juan Zelada (Spain)

Noorderslag in Groningen, Netherlands, on

include­Adele, The Baseballs, The Dø, KT

Niki and the Dove (Sweden)

9 January 2013. The ceremony – including­

Tunstall, Tokio Hotel, The Ting Tings, Lykke

performances­by most of the winning acts –

Li, The Scripts, Milow, Katie Melua, Mumford

will be broadcast by Dutch National Television­

and Sons, Swedish House Mafia and Caro

billions of people, regardless of age or

(NTR) and will also receive European coverage­

Emerald­.

background­. Our winners have all succeeded

through TV channels and radio stations.

Nabiha (DK) European Border Breaker

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have enjoyed border-breaking success­with

Niki and The Dove (Sweden) European Border Breaker

C2C (France) European Border Breaker

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Now in their tenth year, the awards are

The European music industry makes an im-

European Commission: HYPERLINK “http://

funded­by the EU Culture Programme and

portant contribution to growth and jobs, ac-

bumacultuur.mailotron.com/lt.php?c=10

organized by Eurosonic Noorderslag, in

counting for a significant part of our cultural

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partnership with the European Broadcasting­

and creative industries, which provide quality

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Union­(EBU). The awards are supported

jobs for up to 8.5 million people in the EU

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by Buma Cultuur, SNN, Dutch Ministry of

and contribute up to 4.5% to Europe’s GDP.

ec.europa.eu/culture

Education­ , Culture and Science, Province

The total value of the EU recorded music

HYPERLINK “http://bumacultuur.mailotron.

of Groningen, City of Groningen and the

market is around € 6 billion a year. The Euro-

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European­Music Office.

pean recorded music market presents around

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Eurosonic Noorderslag is also the organization­ of the European Talent Exchange­Program­

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(ETEP). The ETEP boosts circulation of

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talented­European artists among a network­

Website of the prize:

Follow Androulla Vassiliou onTwitter HYPERHYPERLINK “http://

LINK

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of European­summer festivals­ . It creates­ bumacultuur.mailotron.com/lt.php?c=1029

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opportunities­for

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NOVEMBER 2012

Expanding Markets Discussed at Live UK Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

Brazil receive­a 50% reduction on concert

new bands cannot afford support tours, so

tickets, but there are many ways to claim to

there is a dependence on festival culture

be a student so punters of all ages claim the

and a need to work and grow organically to

discount­. The Agents also noted that ticket

create­ visibility.

prices are often highest in countries with lower standards of living, so that audiences­

Younger bands apparently do not work

consist of only the high earners. Hallet

as hard as the old timers. Neil Warnock

announced­that the next Bon Jovi tour would

mentioned­Deep Purple who started touring

have a £12.50 ticket - albeit as he said for not

the World in 1967 and are still touring as a

the best of seats.

result of putting the work in. Emma Banks noted that acts no longer work 10 shows

Neil Warnock commented that Agents

in a row, with some younger acts doing 5

The panel was certainly high profile, but the

now have more of a management role,

and then finding it difficult to do interviews

title ‘Masters of the Universe’ seemed to

building careers by, “…realising the artist’s

and promotional work – in case their voices

project­a level of discussion about as high

expectations­in an expanding world touring

go! Rob Hallett says that as things become

as you can get. However this edition of Live

market­” He noted that you can now play 14

more celebrity driven acts don’t have the

UK– The Summit in London on October 9/10

shows across Russia then into Japan if you

background­experience that only comes from

presented an interesting session moderated­

want. China he sees as showing incremental

doing huge numbers of shows. The panel

by singer/journalist John Robb. Agents

growth but still having political problems and

concluded that this could become a problem

Emma Banks of CAA, Neil Warnock of The

presenting difficulties with permits. It was

in the building of new Arena and Stadium

Agency Group, a delayed Steve Strange of

agreed that India is fast developing, helped

acts.

X-Ray Touring, and promoters Rob Hallett

by having English as its first language, and

of AEG Live and John Probyn of Live Nation,

that South America is the new America, and

The recent announcement that The Rolling

covered­an international array (not confining

may soon be suffering from over touring,

Stones are to celebrate 50 years on the road

themselves­at all to Live UK) of topics. The

although the panel expected growth in the

by playing two London and two New York

thread of the discussion seemed to be that

festival market. In South Africa it seems that

gigs, in November and December – with a

as artists are demanding more live work to

white audiences who go to shows are no

hint of others to come seems to bear out

maintain their revenues, new markets are to

more than you get in Ireland – which itself is

what the ‘Masters of the Universe’ have to

be developed to feed these requirements.

now a difficult territory due to the economy.

say. Audiences are falling over themselves to get their hands on tickets for these shows at

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They kicked off with ticket pricing in far-

Steve Strange commented on the difficulties­

flung­markets – apparently all students in

of breaking artists internationally, noting that

whatever they cost! (ED)

VIP NEWS >

NOVEMBER 2012

Paul Kalkbrenner Plays Arenas With MCT Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

Paul Kalkbrenner

The tour dates are: 02.02.13 Dortmund,

Westfalenhalle 1 21.02.13 München, Olympiahalle 22.02.13 Frankfurt, Festhalle 01.03.13 Stuttgart, Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle

Electro artist Paul Kalkbrenner has become very popular in recent years, and his German agency MCT has released dates for his first

14.03.13 Leipzig, Arena Leipzig

arena tour in Germany.

Kalkbrenner becomes the first act from the pool of electronic/techno

15.03.13 Hamburg,

Sporthalle Hamburg

DJs and Producers to tour major arenas. At the Berlin Festival 2012 Kalkbrenner appeared alone on stage, only supported by an extensive

16.03.13 Berlin, Velodrom

light show.

The tour is entitled “live 2013” and will feature supporting acts the

For more information please check:

DJs Pan-Pot (mobilee records) & Simina Grigoriu (Susumu).

www.mct-agentur.com

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NOVEMBER 2012

‘2012 Festival Sector Held Its Own’ Says WeGotTickets Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

Figures for the over 700 festivals (A high figure­ , but representative of the fact that many types of events in the UK and elsewhere­, both indoor and outdoor, refer­to themselves­ as festivals – Ed.) that paperless­ticketing­ company

WeGotTickets­service,

have

produced­some surprising findings­. Despite­ a torrid year during which a considerable­ number of cancellations resulted­from bad weather, poor sales, and other problems in a market seen as over saturated by many, the sector from WeGotTickets’ perspective, held

Dave Newton

its own in 2012.

The Company sold the same number of

50-60 festivals. The festival portal WeGot­

However the Company admits that that this

tickets­for the top selling festivals as last year

Festivals.com­, new in 2012, social media and

was a difficult year for some having had 12

but state that they worked harder through

official cancellations, half of them new to

their marketing channels to do so. The

Spotify playlists were also used to promote

the company, and is of the opinion that the

company­speculate that they got a bigger

the discovery of festivals.

Olympics no doubt played a part in the falling

share of a smaller pie as those top festivals

sales of some of the festivals.

generally sold less overall tickets or sold out

There were also double the amount of small-

later. Breaking down the rankings, the top 10

er festivals on the ticketing company’s books

Co-founder Dave Newton said, “This has

festivals were up 22% on 2011, top 20 up

this year ranging from spoken word, food and

been a challenging year for much of the

10% and top 30 the same.

drink, comedy and arts festivals all the way

festival industry, but we’ve worked hard

through to the ubiquitous new music­festival.

to combat this through engaging with our

The marketing channels that WeGotTickets

This meant that the tail – those festivals­out-

festival­fans. By next festival season the

used to promote its festivals included three

side the WeGotTickets’ top 100 sellers - was

WeGotTickets­customer base will have grown

mailshots to its entire database in the lead

up by 32% in terms of sales and double in

by a further quarter of a million offering­a

up to festival season and regionally targeted

length, with many of the new festivals­on

very diverse audience for our festival clients

mail shots done individually for their top

their books selling in small numbers.

to market to.”

Need to know who is touring Europe Go online - www.vip-booking.com

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GEMA and Angela Merkel Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel

The latest attempt by GEMA to increase its

on various levels. You can no longer even

new levels, while opponents such as the

tariffs for the usage of music in bars and

celebrate­any festivities as you have to make

Berlin­Club Commission or Event Kultur

discotheques­, but also for almost all other

stupid and daft payments.”

Rhein Neckar are developing their strategies­

kind of events, has now come to the attention­ of German chancellor Angela Merkel.

and launching new activities. The latter, That is how she replied to the complaint by

a local­music club association arranged a

a party member, who voiced her anger about

club tour for politicians on October 19, and

As reported in the previous VIP News issue the

GEMA charges on behalf of the copyright­

the former will present a study by the law

new rates have even sparked demonstrations­

collection society VG Musik for the copying

firm K&L Gates LLP to determine if the new

in Germany. The protests have had an effect

of sheet music in Kindergartens­, which has

tariff­proposal by GEMA is appropriate on

as can be seen in the statement by Merkel

led to kids no longer singing in some German­

November­7 in Berlin.

who said at a regional conference of the

Kindergarten.

German­Christ Democrats:

For more information please check: http://

“The thing with Gema is a big issue.”

Meanwhile the posting battle in various pro

clubcommission.de/artikel/Tarifreform_

She also said: “We are working on this

and anti groups at Facebook­has reached

GEMA_Pro_und_Contra

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VIP NEWS >

NOVEMBER 2012

Announcements of European and UK Festival Awards Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

Phil Jupitus­will take place at London’s

ninth annual edition of the UK Festival

Roundhouse­on the evening of Monday 3rd

European Festival Awards will return to

Awards has begun and will run until 31st

December.

the Oosterport Congress Centre, Groningen­,

October­. More than 200 British contemporary­

Holland for its fourth edition, taking place

music festivals have applied to take part in

During the day of the awards show, the

on the opening night of the Eurosonic

the awards this year, which exist to recognise

UK Festival Conference will be held in the

Noorderslag­conference and festival on

and congratulate the people whose vision,

same venue (for the first time). Key-note

Wednesday 9th January 2013.

creativity and hard work brightened up the

speakers and a programme of senior-level

lives of more than 3 million festival-goers in

panelists will address the key challenges

The winners, decided by a combination of

the UK this summer, in spite of the wettest

and opportunities­facing the industry at

public and industry vote, will be revealed

weather conditions since records began.

this time. Particular emphasis will be paid to

and presented with their accolades at the

dealing with adverse weather, building and

ceremony­ , which will feature a big-name

Festival-goers can now vote in categories­ retaining audience loyalty and capitalising

host, gourmet dinner, drinks reception, live

including­Best Major/Medium-Sized/Small

on the reformatting revenue streams in the

entertainment and an aftershow party.

Festival, Best Dance Event, Best Family

marketplace.

Festival­, Best Metropolitan Festival, Headline

Public voting and industry panel selections Steve Jenner, Festival Awards co-founder­

will operate in the same way as the UK

Anthem­of the Summer and, of course, Best

comments:

Awards.

Toilets, at: “http://www.festivalawards.com/

“The

vote” www.festivalawards.com/vote

received­from festivals of all shapes and sizes

More

wanting to be involved in the Awards and

representing­over 30 different countries

Industry expert panels will decide other

Conference­this year is an encouraging sign

have applied to take part in this year’s

categories­such as Outstanding Contribution

that the market­is rallying; what was just a

awards including­; Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,

to Festival Production and Agent of the Year.

few years ago a fragmented industry is now

Croatia­, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,

The top ten shortlists in each category will be

very much a community. It all makes for

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,

announced on Monday 5th November.

exciting­progress­and a brilliant party, both

Latvia Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,

of which are very important when the going

Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,

gets tough and it’s rained a lot.

Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,

Performance,

The

final

Best

winners

Breakthrough

will

be

Artist,

announced

and presentations­ , hosted by comedian

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Following last year’s sell-out success, The

Public voting to decide the winners in the

overwhelming

interest

we

have than

250

European

Festivals

Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine.

VIP NEWS > BUSINESS > NOVEMBER 2012

MUSIC IN SHARES

Christof Huber Christof

Huber,

Peter Smidt Chairman,

Steve Jenner

Yourope

job during­the year. On the other hand, it’s

“With

– The European Festival Association

a great opportunity to gather with all the

Awards and the European Festival Awards

commented­:

festivals­promoters from all over Europe­and

in a row it is a perfect opening evening

“The Festival Awards Europe are getting more

enjoy a great night out.”

of Eurosonic­Noorderslag – The European

and more important for the European­Festival­

the

European

Border

Breakers

Music­Conference­and showcase Festival.”

industry as a recognition and motivation­ Peter Smidt, Creative Director Eurosonic for many promoters who do a fantastic

Noorderslag said:

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

AEG – On a Billionaire’s Shopping List?

Apparently, according to media reports, the bidding for AEG has started. Various sources reported that Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle, might be a potential bidder for the Company. But it also has been reported that Ellison is more interested in the AEG sports division rather than the concert arm of the Conglomerate.

AEG is currently estimated at being worth between $8 and $10 billion. According to Forbes the live entertainment division is supposed to amount to between $4.8 billion and $6.0 billion, while the sport segment is calculated at $2.0 to $2.5 billion with the new business

$1.5 billion. The estimated debts of AEG are said to be less than 20

department including the ticketing division between $1.2 billion to

percent of the company value.

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VIP NEWS > MISC > NOVEMBER 2012

MEMBER PRESENTATION

Sziget Festival Sziget festival is the biggest musical and cultural festival in Central­

From the beginning in 1993 until 2001 Sziget’s capacity has grown

Europe–a seven-day multicultural expo offering more than 800

from 43,000 to over 360,000 over the seven days of the event

programs­on more than 30 venues.

presenting­stars such as Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Jefferson Starship­, Byrds, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Eric Burdon, Stranglers, Jeff Healey,

Sziget means island in Hungarian and the festival, in addition to being

Clawfinger, Slash, The Bates, Stone Roses, Iggy Pop, The Prodigy,

on an island in the heart of Budapest, is an island in the metaphorical­

The Levellers, Sonic Youth, Therapy?,Galliano, David Bowie, Apollo

sense. Sziget has a unique atmosphere: it is a meeting place, a musical­

440, Motörhead, Toy Dollz, Rollins Band, Chumbawamba, Faith No

and cultural show, a life-style, an enormous cafe and party place, a

More, Foo Fighters, New Model Army, Cardigans, DEUS, Boney M,

place of learning about the world and each other. No matter what

Shane McGowan, Coolio, Trans-global Underground, Rammstein,

style of music you like listening or dancing to, you will find the place

Mory Kante, Goldie, Patti Smith, Green Day, Brand New Heavies, Kool

of your taste.

and the Gang, Suede, Faithless, Guano Apes, Jovanotti, Baaba Maal, Apocalyptica, The Klezmatics, Liquido, Rachid Taha, Paradise­Lost,

You can enjoy performances, shows, you can party and dance or just

Asian Dub Foundation, Suzanne Vega, Mambo Kurt, The Bloodhound­

walk around and gaze at the ever-increasing flow of interesting and

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No Lights at Lockdown are a group of five individuals with a shared passion for music and in growing their band into an established act. Based in North Wales, the United Kingdom, No Lights at Lockdown formed in 2009 and quickly established themselves on the UK gigging circuit as energetic, exciting and a ‘must-see’ performance whose love of playing live music was clearly portrayed

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