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McGowan’s

Musings

How did this come around so fast - the last

and Greece have to cope with continuing­ stocking with upwards of £850,000, in

Newsletter of the year, surely not? But, dear

problems­ , the top and mid level touring

publishing royalties etc from his, ‘Here it is –

readers, this in fact the case, so in this issue

marke­t was buoyant in most cases, however

Merry Christmas’ recording which he wrote

we’ll take a quick look at how 2013 was for

he lower end of the market, including the club

in what seems like Dickensian times and has

some of you. Generally the European markets­

circuits, is still a matter of concern.

been raking it in every year since – who say’s

seemed to do reasonably well this year, with

there’s no Father Christmas? – Not Noddy,

a bit of assistance from the weather (I always­

Taking our guidance from sources such as

land up talking about it!), which was mainly

Billboard and Pollstar we note that Mr. Bon

kind to the Festival market. Although­a survey­

Jovi and his merry band (You’ll note I’ve

Then

in Germany indicated a drop off in 2012

gone very Christmassy about here…) kept

shopping­ , which I haven’t even started,

most people we spoke to reported good,

themselves­busy over the year by playing 90

what about you? I see those shopaholics

and often­improved fortunes for the year.

sell-out shows to more than two million fans,

Live Nation­haven’t left it to the last minute­,

With the economy improving somewhat­in

grossing­$205m. Never mind a Christmas­ as Live Nation-Gaiety­Holdings (quite a

there’s

the

stress

of

Christmas

various­territorie­ s, although Spain, Portugal­ tree, you could buy a couple of forests for

Christmassy­name really) have picked up

that money! Then came Michael Jackson – I

another­little Festive something for under

know he’s no longer with us, but Cirque du

the tree in the form of a majority share in

Soleil refuse to believe that as The Immortal­

the V-Festivals alongside founders Denis

World Tour came in second on the list of

Desmond­, Simon Moran and Bob Angus. But

top performing tours, followed by singer

they won’t really­get to play with them until

Pink. But backing up the British reputation

August next year, however they’ve got quite

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for traditionalism­the top UK band in the

a lot to keep them entertained­, and they’ll

listings­at number six was, yes that half-

probably­buy something­else soon. Unless

century­­institution­The Rolling Stones, adding

Robert Sillerman­ , he of SFX, the original

Managing Director: Ronni Didriksen rd@vip-booking.com

another­£126 million from 23 shows – how

buyers­of anything big that moved in the live

much money do you need to retire on?! So,

music industry­gets in first as this year saw

General Manager: Peter Briggs pb@vip-booking.com

lets face it, there is still money to be made

him return­to buy up the world of EDM.

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Writer and editorial: Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

from touring, if you get it right!

OK – that’ll do, seriously, all at VIP hope Anyway, while I’m still in this ‘humbug’ sort

you’ve had a good year and that you have

of mood, what do we hear everywhere we

a happy holiday and that your plans for

Writer: Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

go at this time of the year? Yes – of course,

next year are well under way and will prove

those bloody Christmas songs! They’re

successful­, make sure you let us have your

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supposed­to cheer us up, but they bring out

news in 2014. In the meantime I’m off to

faintly homicidal tendencies in me – but one

write a Christmas song, now what rhymes

person greatly cheered by the whole thing is

with turkey…?

loveable, rugged ex leader of Slade, Noddy Holder, who stands to stuff his Christmas

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Ladies and Gentlemen – the News!

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UK MP Sets up the All Party Ticketing Abuse Group

Mike Weatherley

Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Conservative MP Mike Weatherley has launched the All Party Ticketing Abuse Group with the aim to tackle fraud in the secondary ticketing market. According to The Telegraph the informal cross-party group met for the first time last week.

Weatherley – who is also copyright advisor­to the Prime Minister, David­Cameron, intend­s to get to the bottom of how ‘botnets’ - the

A report by the Metropolitan Police which researched the ticketing­

computer­programs used to buy large numbers­of tickets at one time

market this year, concluded: “The lack of legislation outlawing­the

- are being used. Acquiring tickets using a bot program is a criminal

unauthorised resale of tickets and the absence of regulation of the

offence under the Computer Misuse­Act.

primary­and secondary­ticket market encourages unscrupulous­ practices­, a lack of transparency and fraud.”

Secondary Ticketing has made headlines and caused much divided­ opinion in the live industry­over the past years, with promoters­ The group is asking secondary ticket platforms­to consider if they are organisations­and authorities in various countrie­s going about dealing­

facilitating touts. Also i­nvolved is Labour MP Sharon Hodgson who

with what is definitely a problem with the rise in highly priced tickets­

believes­the best solution is to put a cap of 10 per cent on any premium­

appearing on secondary sites minutes after selling out from the

charged by sellers on secondary sites.

original­ source.

Edinburgh Picture House to Close

The Picture House, Edinburgh

Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

Never an encouraging thing to start the News

It was known as the HMV Picture House

with a report on yet another venue closure,

during­the London based MAMA tenure,

but that I’m afraid is the case this month.

the Company then being a subsidiary of the troubled­entertainment retailer.

It appears that the Scottish Capital City of

A MAMA spokesman told the Edinburgh

Edinburgh is to lose another live music outlet

Evening News, “The sale is due to complete

with the closure of the Picture House venue

on 6 January and we understand that the

after this month’s Hogmanay (New Year)

new owners will close for refurbishment on

celebrations­. The Picture House was not, as it

that date and are not expected to re-open

sounds, a cinema, and has been operated by

as a music venue. We would like to take this

MAMA & Company in its present form since

opportunity­to thank the public, the venue

2008, having previously been an important

staff, and all the great artists and promoters

gig venue in the 1970s and 1980’s.

who have graced the stage over the last five years for their support”.

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The Prodigy will play at Sonisphere 2014

Sonisphere Returns in 2014 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

The Prodigy has been announced as the

Although Sonisphere has for the past five

has been so vital in maintaining the historic

third headline artist to join Iron Maiden and

years been the biggest pan-European festival­,

site.

Metallica­for the return of the Sonisphere

playing to audiences of over 1.5 Million­fans,

festival to the historic Knebworth Park in

the British leg has been cancelled for the past

Limited availability Early Bird Weekend tickets

2014. Prodigy will kick off the weekend on

two years. The 2014 return of Sonisphere

for Sonisphere 2014 are on sale now priced

Friday night followed by Iron Maiden on

marks the 40th Anniversary of rock concerts­

at £170.

Saturday­night and Metallica closing the

at Knebworth House. At the recent UK

festival­on Sunday. Iron Maiden and Metallica­

Festiva­ l Awards, promoter Stuart Galbraith

For further information please visit

have never before appeared on the same UK

of Kilimanjaro introduced the owners of the

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bill, and will be playing no other dates in the

historic stately home and grounds, explaining

UK this year.

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Glimps 2013 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

As we’re all well aware there has been a remarkable increase in

In fact the City, a Unesco Creative City of Music, is one of the partners

the number of international Conference and Showcase events over

in Glimps, alongside Democrazy, a non-profit music club which has

the past few years, it sometimes seems that you could attend one

use of quite a few stages in Ghent; Gent Jazz Club concerts, also a

somewhere­every week of the year, even then there are clashes when

non-profit organisation; Rockoco, a Ghent based music management

you’d have to choose from two or three. However, it seems that the

office, which currently takes care of the management of The Bony

music industry has a requirement and a taste for these events of all

King of Nowhere, Liesa Van der Aa, Mintzkov, en Sir Yes Sir; Keremos,

sizes, and all are mainly well attended.

an alternative management agency, supporting young artists in the alternative pop/rock scene and subsidized by the Flemish Government.

This was my first visit to Belgium for one of the smaller events, Glimps, and I was impressed by the event and the City of Ghent – rightfully

The event’s headquarters and the Conference location is the

referred to in the Glimps material as one of the most beautiful cities in

Handelsbeurs­Concertzaal, which organises concerts ranging from

Western Europe. As The Glimps team points out, “…this town has the

pop, rock, classical chamber music, jazz, song to world music.

advantages of a large city, offering venues, leftfield policies towards culture, and the architecture to impress all foreigners. At the same

The organisers of the Belgian showcase festival were happy with

time, it’s a quiet little town that succeeds in keeping things cosy.” As

the success of this third edition. Both nights had about 2300 visitors

far as I could see – I agree!

attending­the shows of 30 artists at 11 locations, an old cinema, some genuine music clubs, and several larger concert halls. One third of

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the bands was Belgian, the other two thirds consisted of bands from

have about 200 delegates attending the panels, keynote speeches,

countries including Portugal, Germany, France, the Czech Republic,

and receptions­. This keeps the informal networking moments more

Norway, and Austria - the focus country of this edition.

interesting, since it’s possible to keep an overview on who’s actually there. It’s hard to spend the whole weekend and not having met a

According to the organisers, “The rather limited amount of artists

substantial part of the present professionals.”…I agree!

gives those artists the feeling that they’re not just one of the hundreds of bands playing. Everyone has its specific place in the line-up, and

It’s early days for Glimps, but I ran into several people that I know well

realistic chances of having the right people there to come and enjoy

from the business and from other events who obviously enjoyed the

the show. One of the other things the festival does to be different

event, including a couple from the US, it has the feeling of something

from others, is to keep the conference section rather limited. Here, you

that will grow.

Panel at Glimps 2013

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Spain 2013

- An Exception amongst European Concert Markets Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com The situation for the concert market in Spain contrasts noticeably with many of the quotes mentioned in our round up article “Good Bye 2013 - Welcome 2014!”. VIP-News spoke with Albert Salmerón of Producciones Animadas who is also a board member of the promoter association APM (Asociación de Promotores Musicales). The organisation regularly publishes one of the best annual­ reports­by a live music organisation in Europe­.

Besides the V.A.T. increase for concerts­, what are currently the biggest concerns­ for the Spanish live music industry?

– One of the biggest concerns­currently is that we can’t be competitive­with other countries in the European­Union­because­of the 21% VAT (imposed in Septembe­r 2012 and leaping from the previous­8%), plus the 10% PRS. This 31% is significantly affecting­the tours coming to Spain, as Spanish­promoters­

Albert Salmerón

can’t make offers­competitive with other countries­of the region. So we are losing tours by international­acts. Some of them are

and specially since the new 21% VAT on the

Even small festival­s have a real value in the

only coming to Spain to play festivals­. The

tickets. Many companies that haven’t closed

economy of the area around. Currently there

ongoing­crisis is affecting­ticket sales, which

are still in the business but in a very precarious­

are many festivals in Spain and every city or

are considerably down, especially­at the club

situation. Anyway, maybe it’s too pessimistic

region wants to have a music event. Festivals­

level. This is also affecting very negatively­ to conclude that 90% of companies will be

like Sonar­, Primavera Sound, FIB (Benicassim­),

in the careers of local­new talent as the

BBK Bilbao Live, SOS 4.8 (Murcia), Arenal­

out of business in 5 years in Spain.

promoter­s are investing less money.

(Burriana), DCode (Madrid)… are really UKmusic.org recently released a study

In many European concert markets­ on the www.ukmusic.org value of music a

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concentration

and

succesful­and are very important for their cities­or regions.

consolidation

tourism in Great Britain. How important

process­is evident The French promoter­s

is music tourism for the Spanish concert

In Sweden the festival market has

association­Prodiss­undertook a survey

industry?

changed significantly within just 5 years.

and concluded­ , that within the next

– The music business is very important

Long lasting festivals such as Peace &

five years around 90 percen­ t of the

for local and international tourism in

Love, Arvika Festivalen and Hultsfred

independen­t concert­ companies­ might

Spain. Festivals­and big concerts make an

have had to declare insolvency­ . The

be out of business. Do you see indicators­

important­economic and social contribution

German concert company FKP Scorpio­

for a similar development in Spain as

to the areas­where they take place. Hotels,

expanded and invested in festivals­

well?

restaurants­, transports, shopping, museums­

(Denmar­ k, Sweden, the Netherlands)

– Around 30% of concert companies have

and other cultural activities are getting a

becoming the biggest festival promoter­

closed down since the beginning of the crisis

big benefit from these festivals or events.

in Europe. FKP Scorpio itself is associated­

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with CTS Eventim, a stock market listed­

– Lots of ticketing companies have appeared­

– The crisis has particularly affected this

company that within 10 years has

in the last years. Most of them associated

market­ . Ticket sales of small shows have

become­the biggest ticketing company in

to banks or regional saving banks, and also

gone down significantly. It’s really hard for

Europe. Do you expect that stock market­

to big stores. Also there are lots of ticketing

the promoters to make a profit from these

listed companies such as CTS Eventim,

system­s offering software to the promoters­

club shows with the low ticket sales and the

SFX Entertainment or Live Natio­ n will

and venues to create their own ticket

21% VAT.

undertake efforts to invest in or take

systems­. The main ticketing companies are

over Companies in Spain which could

Ticketmaster­ , Entradas.com and El Corte

In some markets the segment of arena

lead to significant amendments within

Inglés­.

shows is under pressure due to higher

the Spanish concert industry?

production expenses and the lack of

– In fact Live Nation is working in Spain since

Is the market share of mobile- and online

headliners. Does the same goes for Spain

they bought GAMERCO (including Iguapop

ticketing growing and what is the split

or would you rather say that this part of

and Pino Sagliocco’s company). Now Live

between ticket sales through box offices

the market is still healthy?

Nation has offices in Barcelona and Madrid­.

and online portals?

– Nowadays there are less arena shows due, as

However, the peculiarity of the Spanish

–

increasing

you say, to the pressure of higher production­

concert­industry should allow a market with

considerably­ . Some specific companies are

expenses and the lack of headliners­. As I had

many local independent companies apart

selling around 90% online while others

mentioned some international artists are only

from major companies like Live Nation.

are still selling most of their tickets via box

playing festivals in Spain as the offers are very

office.­We could say that now online could

high and the promoters of arenas cannot be

be around 50% and it’s growing every day.

competitive with other European promoters

How

is

the

ticketing

marketing

Online

ticket

sales

are

structured­and which companies are the main players in Spain?

and with Spanish festivals. However, tickets How would you describe the market for

sales of arena shows are usually doing well

talents and newcomers on a club level?

in Spain.

Here is a list of some of the recent or future­arena shows: Bruno Mars:

Pablo Alboran:

Malú:

Madrid, Palacio de Vistalegre, 10.000

Madrid, Palacio de deportes, 30.000

Madrid, Palacio de deportes, 15.000

One direction:

(2 days)

David Bisbal:

Madrid, Palacio de Vistalegre, 10.000

Alejandro Sanz:

Madrid, Palacio de deportes, 15.000

Barcelona, Palau Olimpic, 10.000

Madrid, Palacio de deportes, 30.000

Melendi:

Justin Bieber:

(2 days)

Madrid, Palacio de deportes, 15.000

Madrid, Palacio de deportes

Arctic Monkeys:

Rihanna:

Rammstein:

Madrid, Palacio de deportes, 15.000

Bilbao, BEC, 12.000

Madrid, Palacio de deportes, 15.000

Barcelona, Palau Sant Jordi, 18.000

For further information…

Albert Salmeró: www.animadas.com / APM: www.apmusicales.com

Sonar Festival, Spain

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RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY RADIO FESTIVAL ISTANBUL Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Leading Turkish Promoters Pozitif are very

such as Wild Beasts, Twin Shadow, The Field

concer­t thing, such as doing a lecture sessio­n

used to promoting concerts in Arenas, and

and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

with members of the band Wild Beasts We

festivals in very large outdoor sites, but on

sold out 1,500 cap of the venue days earlier

December 7 they experimented in Istanbul­,

Baris Basaran of Pozitif told VIP, “I think it was

and the hype around the event was just great.

presenting what was basically a Winter

very interesting that we picked a modern art

Although this was boutique event compared

Festiva­ l in an unusual venue, Istanbul’s

museum as venue and it worked well. Due

to our other festivals of 10-20k capacity, I

Museu­m of Modern Art. Two main stages

to nature of the venue we included some

think it was one of the most coolest and hip

were set up in the Museum, hosting artists

additional­activities on top of the typical­ event of the year here in Istanbul.”

Wild Beasts at the Red Bull Academy Radio Festival

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> INDEPTH STORY > GOOD BYE 2013 – WELCOME 2014!

Good Bye 2013 - Welcome 2014!

Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

CLAUDIO TROTTA - BARLEY ARTS - IT Mid size tours, Barley Arts also had great successes with new and established acts: Deep Purple: 3 shows (Milan, Roma, Udine), 15.000 tickets.

Joe Bonamassa: 2 shows last February (Milan and Padova) 3500 tickets­sold, he’ll be back in March 2014 in Milan Teatro Arcimboldi and Roma Atlantico (2400 cap each) already selling very well: Eels: April, Milan, Alcatraz - 1.500 tickets sold.

Joe Satriani: 6 Dates in May 2013 with about 8000 people.

Brian May & Kerry Ellis: 4 theatrical shows in July 2013 (Milan, Pescara, Rimini, Gorizia) - 5000 tickets.

Hardcore Superstar & Buckcherry: 3 club shows in Milan, Treviso How was the 2013 business year for you?

and Bologna: 3.100 tickets sold.

– Not too bad…

What were the highs and lows?

BERNIE LEWKOWICZ - CONCERTTEAM - DE

– Bruce Springsteen, WWD, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. I had no particular lows.

Please let us know your expectations for 2014...

– We hope that several project about venues and edutainment where we are involved will be beneficial for us.

To expand on what Claudio Trotta meant with “no particular lows”, Elena Pantera from Barley Arts additionally delivered a detailed list of results that speak for themselves: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band: 4 Shows (Napoli, Padova­, Milano, Roma), 140.000 tickets sold, Gross 8 million Euros.

How was the 2013 business year for you?

Walking With Dinosaurs: 3 towns, 24shows, 60.000 tickets sold,

– Fine, as projected...

Gross: 2million Euro.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: 1 show in Milan, Forum. Tickets sold

What were the highs and lows?

10.000, Gross 350.000 Euro.

– Highs: A double sold out show with ‘ Die Toten Hosen ‘ in the Esprit Arena Dusseldorf – lows, as everybody in showbiz knows there are

New acts:

no lows...!

Imagine Dragons: 1.000 capacity sold out show in the spring in Milan and now back again with a sold out show in a 3.500 cap venue

What are your expectations for 2014?

in Padova.

– The Biz will calm down due to the soccer championship - Let’s wait

Conor Maynard: 4.000 tickets sold for 3 show, 2000 in Rome.

for 2015...

Tom Odell: apparently a real promise, after a great debut show in a 1000 cap in Milan, Barley Arts have just announced his return next spring.

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> INDEPTH STORY > GOOD BYE 2013 – WELCOME 2014!

ROB CHALICE - CODA AGENCY - UK

What were the highs and lows?

– Highs: First ever ‘Spielstättenprogrammpreis’ – 49 German live clubs were awarded a support grant of almost 1 million Euro.

Lows: GEMA ‘Tariflinearisierung – an exorbitant increase in author-right-payments for electronic live-music Please let us know your expectations for 2014...

– More Festivals = more bad summers for clubs; World Championships­ Soccer = better summers for some clubs.

ROB BERENDS - PAPERCLIP AGENCY - NL

How was the 2013 business year for you?

– It’s been another great year for Coda. However the ongoing recession­has affected the live business at a grassroots to medium scale level. I really hope that it shows signs of improvement or we are going to lose more venues and smaller promoters.

What were the highs and lows?

– Coda winning the Agency of The Year award at UK Festival awards was great.

The good weather over the Summer left me with special memories of attending Glastonbury, Larmer Tree Festival, Sziget, Wilderness, End of the Road and a number of other events. A recurring low is to see

How was the 2013 business year for you?

how aggressive companies like Viagogo and Stubhub are in the live

– 2013 was a good business year for us, despite the ongoing economic­

sector . Secondary ticketing is ticket touting. It takes money out of the

difficulties in Europe and in The Netherlands. After a few years with

fans pockets, yet invests nothing in the business.

lower results (in line with the economic downturn), the good results in 2013 were unexpected and welcome at the same time. Results

What are your expectations for 2014?

could have been even better if it were not for serious health issues of

– Personally I am looking forward to celebrating a significant birthday­.

a close family member.

(Surely not 21 again Rob?! – Ed.) Also looking forward to Coda making­an announcement in the New Year. (Watch this space! – Ed.)

What were the highs and lows?

– We’re very happy to have started working in 2013 for Canadian

KARSTEN SCHÖLERMANN - LIVEKOMM - KNUST HAMBURG

artist­ Chloe Charles and Dutch band King Champion Sounds, and to have had some very good shows in Holland and/or Europe with artists such as Buzzcocks, The Fall, Gang of Four, La Kinky Beat, The Nomads and Wu-Tang Clan. ..and your expectations for 2014?

– We’re looking forward to doing a lot of work for our artists in 2014 and continuing the positive trend; we already have several shows lined up in 2014 for Chloe Charles, Dutch band Jodymoon, The New Mendicants (Joe Pernice and Norman Blake) and Andrea Schroeder (from Berlin).

How was 2013 for you?

We have once again refreshed our commitment to our raison d’être:

– Live-Club-Business, a bad Summer affected by too many Festivals.

follow our passion and work with and for artists that we believe in, and that we can help in an effective way with our work!.

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> INDEPTH STORY > GOOD BYE 2013 – WELCOME 2014!

RAINER APPEL - CTS EVENTIM - DE

MARC LAMBELET - MAINLANDMUSIC - CH

How was the 2013 business year for you?

– 2013 was another very successful year for CTS Eventim. We were able to increase revenues and EBITDA by more than 20% over the first nine months already, and expect to deliver another record year.

What were the highs and lows?

– The re-opening of the world famous Hammersmith Apollo in London­as ‘EVENTIM APOLLO’ in September 2013 after a full art deco restoration­was a major highlight for us. Another definite 2013 high was the overwhelming response our FanTicket received from fans, promoters and artists – some 50% of the tickets we sell over the Internet­are full colour, high definition memorabilia! Also, just

How was the 2013 business year for you?

recently­we launched our new apps for iPhone and Android, which

– Considering we started our new company this year, with all it implie­s

now include full interactive seat map booking functionality in mobile

in terms of setting things up with our new organisation, I would say

app format – another industry first from Eventim.

it was very good. A lot of work but a very positive outcome. We have promoted or booked over 500 shows this year, many of them selling

Please let us know your expectations for 2014...

out, which we are very happy about.

– We have great plans for 2014, and will continue to offer new and innovative features and services to our customers and expand

What were the highs and lows?

our technological leadership. Among other things, the next months

– The opening of the 13,000 cap. Hallenstadion in Zürich to

will see a complete re-launch of the award-winning Eventim ticket

other­promoters­was good news to us. Last September we had a

websites­and also the introduction of our new iPad app - also with full

Macklemore­& Ryan Lewis show there and also co-promoted

seat map booking functionality.

30 Seconds To Mars in November. The other highlight was the opening­of the Komplex Klub (450) and the realization that the venue

VOLKER MAY - HEAD OF BOOKING & EVENTS

works extremely well for all kind of acts. Our festivals were also all

FZW EVENT GMBH - IMMF VICE CHAIR EUROPE.

very successful. The downside was that holidays were too short!

What are your expectations for 2014?

– We expect to do better than 2013 but not as well as in 2015 :).

MICHAEL LÖFFLER - TARGET CONCERT - DE

How was 2013 for you?

– The year was packed with shows and in the end we are satisfied with the result over the year.

What were the highs and lows?

– Alex Clare, Royal Republic were amongst several highlights. The

How was the 2013 business year for you?

lows are always those acts where you expected a sold out show for

– Good!

sure, and…..!

What were the highs and lows?

Please let us know your expectations for 2014...

– High - Having avoided major flops in super busy November; Too

– Other markets than the UK will develop very strongly and we will

many people still showing ‘Attitude’.

focus on more acts from different territories.

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DECEMBER 2013

> INDEPTH STORY > GOOD BYE 2013 – WELCOME 2014!

Please let us know your expectations for 2014...

How was the 2013 business year for you?

– Looking good - Some major tours coming up, e.g. The National,

– 2013 was great. We had a successful launch of the Best Kept Secret

Dream Theatre and the ones mentioned by Thomas…

festival and a very successful Vans/Warp tour and of course all kind of other highlights...

THOMAS BOHNET - TARGET CONCERTS GMBH, MUNICH - HEAD OF PROMOTION - DE

What were the highs and lows?

– I don’t think we had any lows, there were shows that did less than expected but nothing really bad...

Please let us know your expectations for 2014...

– 2014 will be fun again and we are looking forward to progressing the Indian Summer festival to the next step…

STEFAN REICHMANN - HALDERN OPEN AIR - DE

How was the 2013 business year for you?

– It was a good year, but I think it`s more and more difficult to interest people in new acts. There are too many tours, too many concerts and less money. So people will spend the money more for established acts than for newcomers. Ticket selling for established acts ist good, but difficult for new acts.

What were the highs and lows?

– Highs: We did, amongst others, fantastic tours with The National, Portugal. The Man, Johnossi, Shout Out Louds, Friska Viljor,

How was the 2013 business year for you?

Amplfiier, Two Gallants, our German punk band Itchy Poopzkid­

– Our 30th edition ran perfectly, the weather, the music and all the

and our Austrian rockers Steaming Satellites. New Bands like

people were championed by the sun. The business was good and

Radke­y, Mozes And The Firstborn or The Growlers made a really

now we are solid enough to open a record store with Vinyl, CD’s,

good start in Germany. Old heroes like Wire, Stiff Little Fingers and

Merch and regional handmade products, the Haldern Pop Shop. It’s a

Toy Dolls did successful tours. (Personal High: FC Bayern Muenchen

small universe but everything comes together like a puzzle or maybe

won the Champions League 2013!) Lows: Don`t mention the lows…:)

you could call it a Museum.

What are your expectations for 2014...

What were the highs and lows?

– Even a lot better than 2013!

It’s hard to understand but everybody knows the problem whereby (Looking forward to see Thomas Bohnet wearing the red pantyhose

our individual actions and decisions are not always inspired by our

Bayern Munich striker Arjen Robben normally wears!...Ed.)

knowledge, but the good thing is that the confidence and music comes close all the time.

RENSE VAN KESSEL - FRIENDLY FIRE - NL Please let us know your expectations for 2014...

Our festival has been sold out since October and we are really happy about the trust from our audience. To accept the surprise is a very important thing for the confidence and more and more the people got the feeling of being part of this concept once a year. With Nick Mulvey, Gablé and George Ezra we will have 3 amazing acts for the Haldern Pop Bar to start the season of 2014. Also the festival booking feels good at the moment....

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DECEMBER 2013

VIP NEWS > BUSINESS > DECEMBER 2013

MUSIC IN SHARES

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

2013 - Price Boosts For Live Music Shares!

For the shareholders of CTS Eventim, DEAG and Live Nation 2013

The DEAG share price went up 46.9 percent, from 2.94 to 4.29. But

has been a good year. The figures reveal that the shares of those

compared to the blue chips CTS Eventim and Live Nation, the DEAG

corporate­concert companies gained significantly.

market cap. Is, at 53,7 million Euro, a bit lower than those of the other two concert champs.

Also, the live music sector witnessed the arrival or better said the comeback of SFX Entertainment as a new player within this

The return of SFX Entertainment at NASDAQ on October 6, when the

business­ field.

company undertook its IPO (Initial Public Offering) for $13 per share, looks s tough it will take a bit longer before it acquires the buyers’

Live Nation appeared to be the leader in share price gains. Mid

acquaintance, according to the current share price of $10.84. For its

December­2012 the share stood at $9.46, now it is at $18,73. The

IPO, SFX Entertainment sold 20 million shares for $260 million while

share therewith grew 98.3 percent and reached, according to the

the total number of issued shares is 87.25 million. The current market

number of outstanding shares, a market capitalisation of $3.7 billion.

capitalisation is $873 million.

The share price peak was at $19,62 at the beginning of November 2013, shortly before the company reported its business results for the

Anyhow, SFX Entertainment is the newest player in the live music

third quarter of the ongoing year. The company revenue within the

industry­aiming to grow in a part of the music industry that until now

first nine months of the ongoing business year went up from $4.38

has been neglected by the other corporate players. For the equity story­

to $4.86 billion, a record result for Live Nation.

of the company, SFX Entertainment re-placed the term EDM (Electronic Dance Music) with EMC, ‘Electronic Music Culture’, focussing­on the

Holding their own in the market are the revenue results of CTS

aspect that the main assets of this company are mainly EDM live events.

Eventim­and DEAG. In the same period CTS Eventim reported a

The impressive investment strategy is spiked with acquisitions of the

turnover­of 444 million Euro compare to 362.6 million one year

Dutch company ID&T and it’s festivals like Tomorrowland­, Sensation,

before­. But in terms of the share price development CTS Eventim

German company I-Motion with Nature One and Mayday, the US

performed­nearly half as well as Live Nation. The share of the leading­

company­Made Events and its Electric Zoo, a 50 percent stake in Rock

European Ticketing­company­since December 17 2012, went up

In Rio. The company has also now bought a 75 percent stake of the

over 40 percen_t, from 26.46 to 37.96 Euro,. The current market

ticketing provider Paylogic and prior to this already­bought the dance

capitalisation­of CTS Eventim­is at 1.786 billion Euros.

music specialized download portal Beatport.

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MEMBER PRESENTATION

United Stage

ARTIST AVAILS ORBITAL ñ 25th year anniversary tour in 2014 Territory: The World excluding USA / Period: May onwards Agency: Value Added Talent / Agent: Dan Silver Phone: +44 207 704 97 20 E-mail: dan@vathq.co.uk Homepage: www.vathq.co.uk

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United Stage Artist is an independent company within the Swedish music industry.

Pacifico Blues Territory: Europe Period 2014 Agency: Specific Music Agent: Chantelle Duncan Phone: +442074834440 E-mail: chantelle@specificmusic.com Homepage: www.pacificoblues.com

Our main activities are to exclusively represent record-artists as tour agents and tour producer­s. The company represents close to 100 artists today. (enclosure: roster) History: United Stage was set in 1984. When Managing Director, Anders Larsson, founded the company in Malmö it had a very strong regional influence but has over the years become

Mattanza Territory: worldwide Period: generally available Agency: Maffucci Music Agent: Canio Rosario Maffucci Phone: +39.4858107 E-mail: info@italianworldmusic.com Homepage: www.italianworldmusic.com

one of the two leading companies in the Swedish market.

In 1991 United Stage established a minor office in Stockholm and in 1996 the whole operation was moved to the capital.

During the autumn of 1997 a rival company, Siljemark Production AB, was incorporated within the company.

Activity: United Stage Artist is a service company catering for the artist, its client. This service is divided­into two parts, consulting and administration.

It´s very important with co-ordinatio­n in the market, negotiations and agreements.

The AllStars Collective Territory: Europe Period: 2013 / 2014 Agency: Specific Music Agent: Paul Pacifico Phone: +442074834440 E-mail: paul@specificmusic.com Homepage: www.theallstars.co.uk

AC ANGRY Territory: Europe Period: Winter 2013 & 2014 Agency: Dr. Music Management Agent: Torsten Wohlgemuth & Miriam Guigueno Phone: +49 2331 127 46 25 E-mail: doc@dr-music-management.de Homepage: www.acangry.com

New Adventures: Recently, the company established a department that will act as a concert promoters for public shows, an activity that is not limited to the performances of the artists represented­

by United Stage. It includes a wider range of entertainment arrangements, without artistic­or geographical limits.

Along with the development of the concert promotion department, the company will

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