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contents: VIP-magazine 10 #2012

MIDEM ’12 Partners with Alias

RHEINKULTUR is history

ILMC 24

When Currency Issues Drive the Concert Business

10 years Tempodrom am Anhalter Bahnhof

Intellitix Opens UK Office and Announces

Key Appointments

Eurosonic Noorderslag 2012 – A Call for Europe

Looking North – JA JA JA!

BDV To Launch Own Collection Society

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mIDem ‘12

PaRtneRs WIth alIas

Bruno Crolot

will include three major concerts to be held

very lucky to have the enthusiastic support

in a dedicated auditorium. The line-up for

of the city of Cannes. Our commitment to

these live shows will include international

delivering a premium concert experience is

headliners as well as up-and-coming talent.

underlined by our partnership with Alias,

“At a time when the music industry is

which has a proven track record of producing

speaking with one voice, it is importan

superb events and which shares our artistic

to transform words into deeds. Live and

aspirations for the midem festival.”

recorded music must move forward together

Alongside the midem festival, a series of

using new models,” said Jules Frutos, Co

smaller concerts, entitled ‘midem off,’ will

Director of Alias.

take place throughout Cannes. A dozen

“The creation of the midem festival, as

venues around town will showcase new

a key part of midem 2012’s live music

talent that will complete the programme of

programme, is a major event for both our

midem festival live performances.

clients and the general public,” added Bruno Crolot, Directorbarley of Music Markets at

More information: www.midem.com

Reed MIDEM. “It ﬁts perfectly with the The 46th edition of midem will be held from

new midem that we are putting

January 28 to 31 at Palais des Festivals - in

together for 2012 and we are

Cannes. Indicating the increasing importance of the live sector to this longest established industry trade event, which previously focused primarily on the publishing and recording sectors will be the ﬁrst midem festival. This innovation will be staged in partnership with French concert producer Alias. French music festivals Les inRocKs Black XS and Musilac are among Alias’ key annual events and the company also puts on concerts for top international artists such as Adele, Gossip, Jamiroquai and Muse. The midem festival concerts, which will be produced by Alias, are open to both industry professionals and the general public and

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Rheinkultur is history

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Following the surprising cancellation of the Rheinkultur Festival in Bonn, VIP News asked Holger Jan Schmidt, one of the organizers of this festival about the feedback they had received after pulling the plug on the event.

really feel underrepresented and slightly ignored. And if the people deciding really just go to operas and orchestra concerts I am pretty sure their children don’t and it would be an investment in the What kind of reactions have you had from the cancellation

future to strengthen our kind of culture for them.

of Rheinkultur? – There has been uproar. Not only in the City of Bonn, but in the

What kind of support would you need in order to re - launch

whole region. As you can imagine an event with 160,000 visitors

Rheinkultur?

on one day really is a topic to talk about, especially when a history

– That’s hypothetical, because we made a ﬁnal decision and not as

of 29 years comes to an end.

a bargaining trick to lobby for more money. One reason was that we were not able to run the festival the way we think it deserves.

In the press release about the cancellation of Rheinkultur you

Meaning manpower, ﬁnancial possibilities, and personal risk - we

mentioned the lack of support by city authorities and local

did this semi-voluntarily. The gap between risk and responsibility on

politicians. Has the city council ever approached you again with

one side and the personal outcome in relation to what we had to

possible solutions for a comeback of Rheinkultur?

bring in was not acceptable anymore. We easily would be able to

– We have been approached, yes. But - as we mentioned in the

spend another quarter million of Euros without getting ﬁlthy rich

press - our decision was not a promo stunt to gain more money.

ourselves. We would have spent it just for better service, safety and

Money is one thing, the subsidies we got compared to established

infrastructure, communication and working conditions. We made

culture events in the city with no comparable effect on the city’s

the festival with ﬁve stages and 50 acts for half the money it would

image are very low, but our festival was never recognized in the

usually cost. This was only possible with a great network, our

way we think it deserved by the authorities and local politicians.

partners’, bands’ and crews’ trust and commitment and of course

It was an event with international format - something the city is

our personal efforts.

hungry for. But if you do not really care about youth culture you probably won’t recognize the beneﬁts. To be fair I would like to

Do you expect that the City of Bonn and its politicians will

mention that the lack of support by the city is only one factor. There

strengthening their efforts to bring Rheinkultur back to the

have been a few other reasons for our decision; it wasn’t only one

festival roadmap?

incident that ﬁnally led us to our decision.

– It hasn’t only been the mistake of the politicians that Rheinkultur was removed from that roadmap. We have big companies in this

German culture politicians can often be considered very

city like Telekom and Deutsche Post that could have been helpful

conservative when it comes to the support of popular music.

as well. I really don’t see Rheinkultur appearing on the map again,

Do you have an idea why they are as they are?

but maybe we can help with our expertise and know-how to

– Actually I don’t know. Maybe they think pop culture is so popular

strengthen the city’s view on pop music events in the future and

it can easily ﬁnance itself. An admission free event cannot do

I am pretty sure we will not disappear from the event and festival

that easily - it is admission free! I always think there must be new

scene and it is my wish, that Bonn doesn’t do so either.

generations of politicians who grew up with pop music and see that this is a major part of our culture today. The city I live in is the

VIP News asked also a politician of the Green Party in Bonn for

birth town of Beethoven and I really think that this is something

comments which hopefully will be published in the next issue as

Bonn has to work and deal with. But the concentration is so one

we hadn’t obtained the answers to our questions when this issue

dimensional that we, being privately active in the cultural scene,

went to press.

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The 24th edition of The International Live Music Conference (ILMC)

The conference is continuing to reinvent itself adapting to shifts

will take place on 9th – 11th March 2012. Some things will remain

within the industry and the changing shape of its membership

the same; the event will return to it’s long term home The Royal

and there’ll be plenty of new stuff to look forward to during the

Garden Hotel, London, UK., and as ever it will continue with it’s

weekend including:

habitual and distinctive practice of distinguishing every event with

• Additional panels on Friday afternoon to take the pressure off

a different theme, as the following press release makes clear, but

Saturday so that delegates will have no more than two panels

there will be some carefully considered changes in the format.

options at any one time • “Dragons Den” sessions – a take on the globally successful TV

With the Mayan calendar rapidly running out of stone to carve

series

hieroglyphics on, and the end of the world apparently looming,

• Entertainment room with games and competitions

where else could the ILMC be headed in the fateful year of 2012

• Paintballing at a special post apocalyptic location

but the landscape of a post-apocalyptic world. …as well as a mind-numbing array of ways to connect with the rest After 24 years of narrowly avoiding catastrophes, the ILMC

of the world’s live industry.

has rallied together under the hastily conceived banner of the International League to Mend Civilisation – or ILMC 24 for

Registration opened on Monday December 5th and we are calling

short – and is calling on the top professionals who make up our

on our surviving ILMC membership to once more join us for 3 days

membership to traverse the desolate wastes in March and make

of panels, meetings and networking.

their way to – where the ruins of the once–proud Royal Garden

All information about the conference and registration can be found

Hotel offers shelter, and a place to begin rebuilding society.

at www.ilmc.com

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When cuRRency Issues DRIVe the s s e n I s u B t R e c n o c This story has certainly caught attention:

The article also states that these concerns

proﬁt potential excluding South Africa isn’t

Metallica’s

Burnstein

lead to bookings at Rock Am Ring and

there yet.”

communicated his concerns regarding the

Rock in Park in Germany in 2012 instead as

crisis of the Euro and the possible effects on

originally planned in 2013. Burnstein appears

Shah also talked to Bill Zysblat of RZO

the timing of the concerts scheduled for his

to have prepared his media announcements

Productions who is quoted as saying, “A

clients Metallica to the Wall Street Journal

thoroughly when saying things like: “Look,

weak dollar is the best thing for American

(WSJ)

I’m not an economist, but I have a degree,

rock ‘n’ roll”. The article is spiked with

so it helps,” whilst wearing, as journalist Neil

several examples that more or less explain

“Nobody is looking to make a foreign-

Shah reported a red Economist magazine

why so many rock and pop stars and their

exchange trade to make money, but you

T-Shirt emblazoned with the slogan “Think

company mates are not joining the Occupy

don’t want to be a loser,” said Burnstein,

Responsibly”

Wallstreet-movement or as Shah wrote in

manager

Cliff

arguing like a ﬁnancial analyst when saying:

the opening of the article: “Now ﬁnancial

“Over the next few years, the dollar will be

But interviewer Shah did his job thoroughly.

fears are making even the biggest rock

stronger and the euro weaker, and if that’s

Within his article the journalist asks for

‘n’ roll rebels play it safe to protect their

the case, I want to take advantage of that

further examples of ﬁnancial considerations,

pocketbooks.”

by playing more of these (European) shows

such as why Burnstein didn’t want the Red

now, because they will be more proﬁtable

Hot Chili Peppers to play in Africa, apparently

For the full interview please check http://

for us.”

because, “the continent’s infrastructure and

online.wsj.com/ and search for “Burnstein”

Metallica

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10 yeaRs temPoDRom am anhalteR BahnhoF Anniversary festivities commence with the awarding of the 24th

Chris Rea, Peter Maffay, Faithless, Woody Allen, Vasco Rossi, Jamie

European Film Awards In the Tempodrom am Anhalter Bahnhof,

Cullum, Snow Patrol, Marilyn Manson, Massive Attack, Pet Shop

they can look back at 10 very eventful years. The awarding of the

Boys, Donna Summer, Tori Amos, David Garrett, Alanis Morissette

14th European Film Awards on the 1st of December, 2001 marked

and many, many more.

the ofﬁcial inauguration of the concert and event location. The Tempodrom is an architecturally unique location which has attained

Numerous sporting events, like the boxing match of the WBC world

nationwide fame with numerous appearances of nationally and

championship or the German Masters, the biggest snooker event

internationally renowned artists as well as by being the venue of

of Germany, are all being held at the Tempodrom. In addition to

high-proﬁle Media & TV Events. “The venue fascinates with its

concerts and comedy shows, a huge number of exciting gala events

architecture and versatility.

and TV events have been held there, such as, for example, the Bundesvision song contest of Stefan Raab, the Michalsky StyleNite

The special amphitheatre form allows for acoustically high-quality

within the scope of the Berlin Fashion Week or the 50 anniversary

live events with intimate vicinity to the stage,” Thomas M. Gross,

show of ARD-Television Lottery.

manager of the Tempodrom, explains. “Just in time for the anniversary, we have another achievement Following the plans of the architect’s ﬁrm von Gerkan, Marg

to report: with approx. 200 rental days, we can look back on

and Partner, the Tempodrom was erected in close vicinity to

the most successful business year up to now in the history of the

the Potsdamer Platz. The event location, situated underneath

Tempodrom,” Thomas M. Gross stresses. “We would like to thank

a spectacular roof-like tent, divides itself into two arenas with a

our customers and partners for the good cooperation as well as for

holding capacity of 3,500 and 450 seats. In addition to the event

their many years of trust placed in us.”

complex, there are two other areas that characterise the location, the urbane spa landscape and sauna zone “Liquidrom” as well as a

At this historically signiﬁcant place, the circle is now closing after

restaurant named “Einhorn”.

10 years. On the 3rd of December, 2011, the 24th European Film Awards ceremony was held at the Tempodrom. “We are particularly

Since December, 2001, more than 3 million visitors have attended

honoured to be allowed to welcome this signiﬁcant award back at

in excess of 1,500 events of internationally and nationwide known

the Tempodrom again, after 10 years,“ Thomas M. Gross enthuses.

artists like Janet Jackson, Grace Jones, Lou Reed, Amy Winehouse,

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FestIVal RePoRt s n e P o IX IntellIt s e c n u o n n a D n a e Ic F F uk o key aPPoIntments and their team have accomplished in the US Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Outside

in such a short time frame is phenomenal

A recent report from the BBC stated that

Lands, Austin City Limits, Electric Zoo,

and underlines the power of their product

a total of 31 music festivals have been

Moogfest and Le Festival d’été de Québec.

and their strength of vision. To have the

cancelled or postponed in the UK this year,

Reports indicate that the company’s RFID

opportunity to build on this success and

and a surplus of events has resulted in slower

access control systems securely sealed the

allow music festival organisers and fans in

tickets sales than in previousyears.

festival sites, radically reduced queues,

the UK and Europe to share in the beneﬁts of

eradicated fraud, and withstood all types of

this incredible technological shift is thrilling.

weather.

We want everyone to be part of it.”

In recent interviews both Michael Eavis

Parmley will also be working from the UK

and John Giddings have ventured concerns about the current and future prospects for

Intellitix boss Serge Grimaux says: “We

ofﬁce. A veteran journalist and consultant

festivals in the UK. Glas The implementation

gained an impressive list of festival clients

on the international live music industry,

of Radio Frequency ID (RFID) technology by

in North America this year, and we are

this summer he set a new Guinness World

festivals has seen substantial growth over

now adding an equally impressive list of

Record for ‘Most festivals visited in 30 days’.

the 2011 season, and looks set to increase

respected ﬁgures in the entertainment world

Parmley also retains his role as Director of

dramatically over the 2012 European festival

to our team. My partner Martin Enault

Content and Media for the International Live

season. In response to this growing demand

and I will continue to grow the Intellitix

Music Conference (ILMC).

Intellitix, the global market leader in RFID

platform globally to answer the needs of the

access control and cashless payment systems,

festival communities, enchance the patrons’

VIP News spoke to Greg Parmley about his

has announced two key appointments and a

experience and be a generator of new

new role:

new UK ofﬁce to focus on the European fes-

sources of income.” This

tival market in 2012.

move

from

journalism

Prior to joining Intellitix, Jenner helped grow

information officer marks quite a move

Steve Jenner, founder of Virtual Festivals

the digital footprint of the Sonisphere festival

for you, you must be quite convinced

who most recently worked as Digital

brand, amassing more than half a million

that this is a product you are prepared

Director at UK promoter Kilimanjaro Live,

Facebook fans worldwide and over 6 million

to believe in. When did you first become

is conﬁrmed as Also joining Intellitix is Greg

visitors to its website. A self-confessed

aware of the RFID technology and how

Parmley, until recently editor of live music

festival nut, Jenner also established both UK

did you become involved with Intellitix?

industry title IQ Magazine, who will oversee

and European Festival Awards and founded

– I’ve been writing about cashless payment

global communications in his role as Chief

Virtual Festivals.

systems and ticketing technology for some time now, but it’s only recently that I became

Information Ofﬁcer. will

aware of how powerful integrating RFID

The appointments come after Intellitix

revolutionise the way music festivals are

access control, cashless payment and social

activated over 1 million Radio Frequency

experienced, produced and shared online

media could be. Individually these are all

ID (RFID) wristbands at festivals in North

over the next few years. What Serge, Martin

Jenner

America

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this

summer.

Sites

included

says:

“RFID

technology

Steve Jenner joins Intellitix

For more information

www.intellitix.com

Greg Parmley joins Intellitix or any other stakeholder involved in the future possibilities for the technology

event – so we’re very open to discussing

powerful tools for an event promoter, but

that are still to be considered or applied?

possibilities that could be beneﬁcial for all

looking ahead to when they’re all on the

– There are going to be a huge number

involved.

same wristband or entry device, it becomes

of ways that the technology will develop,

game changing.

particularly once NFC phones become more

Can you see a time when all events will

commonplace. NFC and RFID is basically the

operate the systems, or are there still

You famously entered the Guinness

same technology, so once the chip becomes

sceptics to be dealt with, and will it be

Book of Records by visiting 26 European

part of your mobile, it unlocks enormous

part of your job to convert them?

Festivals by motorbike this summer.

potential. The basic premise of what we’re

– Technology is undoubtedly going to change

Were any of the events that you visited

doing is making connections, between fans,

the way that fans experience live music, and I

on your ‘marathon’, using the system -

artists, promoters, brands and more – and

ﬁrmly believe that we’re one of the companies

or at least considering future use?

the more ways there are to connect, the more

at the forefront of this. The biggest task at

– This summer we rolled out Intellitix systems

advantageous it is for everyone involved in

the moment is to communicate just how it

in North America. Having just opened a

the festival, tour or event.

can improve the experience. Many live event organisers are going to be naturally sceptical

European HQ this month, we’re actively looking to partner with some key European

Will Intellitix be setting up regional offices

about it, and rightly so – when you’re talking

events for summer 2012.

of your own, or perhaps licensing the

about access control and payment systems at

technology?

a festival, there’s no option for things to fall

Apart from providing a ‘cashless’ facility,

– We have ofﬁces in Montreal and London

over. So the main focus for us right now is

the data collection aspect is obviously

already, and we’ll look to open new ofﬁces

to communicate what we’re doing, and let

an application that interests all involved

as the business develops. We’re absolutely

organisers know that we have something

in the promotion and presentation of

talking

that is completely robust and that can pay

events - do you think that there are

partnerships as well. Intellitix is a platform –

various

companies

about

for itself from year one.

we work with any ticket seller, concessionaire,

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12 0 2 g la s eR D R o o n Ic n o s o R eu

– a call FoR euRoPe While Cliff Burnstein, the manager of Metallica has rescheduled

With this in mind music industry folks should take a closer look

the band’s European festival-dates from 2013 to 2012, fearing an

at the conference topic “The Creative Europe Program: the new

imminent collapse of the Euro currency, Eurosonic/Noorderslag

EU support programme for the cultural and creative sectors”. This

conﬁdently emphasises the European ideal, considering far more

subject could become of interest for the music business in 2014

than monetary issues alone.

and may ﬁnally becomes one of the ﬁrst programs by the European Commission that adopts and makes access to less complicated and

Eurosonic Noorderslag is not just a music convention. Over the

bureaucratic funds for popular music projects and ventures. The

years the event has established itself as a role model providing

European Commission until now was and can still be described as an

the European and the Dutch music industry with various assets

organisation fundamentally controlled by stringent administrative

to beneﬁt from. One of these core assets is the European Talent

regulations that worked best for very ambitious power players

Exchange Program (ETEP), a pretty hot masterpiece for the

capable of dealing with institutional settings. In other words it is

circulation of European artists. Following many years of insufﬁcient

a closed shop, highly expensive to lobby and absolutely free from

funding ETEP has once again received a grant from the European

idealistic and philanthropic ideals, which explains why the number

Commission, and one of many highlights of the 2012 Eurosonic

of projects funded or initiated by the European Commission that

Noorderslag conference program will be the scheduled press

correspond with or include popular music is so small.

conference devoted to ETEP and its Eastern European extension CEETEP (Central Eastern Europe Talent Exchange Program).

But these explanations also underline the relevance of Eurosonic Noorderslag beyond the impact it has as a meeting platform for

But as much of the European live music industry attending the

the European music business community. It is by far extent the

convention probably has a differing view of the European markets,

only music convention in Europe that invested work, passion and

bringing well paid ofﬁcials from the European Commission a

patience to become an incubator for European talents and the

bit closer to popular music once a year is one of Eurosonic/

related music business.

Noorderslag’s biggest achievements. These efforts are meanwhile well in process and it wouldn’t For three years now the administrators of Europe have celebrated

be Eurosonic Noorderslag if it didn’t progress. For its current

the European Border Breaker Award at Eurosonic Noorderslag,

conference agenda the organizers are also extensively featuring

previously located and handed out at the Midem music convention

digital topics highlighted by keynotes from Shawn Michael O’Keefe

in France. Basically this award was the idea of music journalist

of SXSW Interactive and Ralph Simon of Mobilium International

Emmanuel Legrand and was inaugurated by Jean Francois Michel of

& Mobile Entertainment Forum - presenting some expertise from

the European Music Ofﬁce at the European Commission, backed by

the US. Matthew Sheret on behalf of Last FM, UK, will present a

the high ranking ofﬁcial Nikolaus van der Pas. Michel unfortunately

further keynote.

passed away this year, but without him and the determination of van der Pas still the European Commission would not have any

What certainly matters most is the current selection of artists,

project that devoted to popular music. For a better understanding

for a preview on ETEP and EBBA listings please check out a very

of the ofﬁcial mindset at the European Commission, it is worthwhile

accessible newly designed website offering plenty of embedded

mentioning that neither Legrand or Michel nor van der Pas has ever

videos and all on one view… www.etep.nl

ofﬁcially been recognised for bringing this award alive.

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uk acts at eurosonic: British acts have quite a track record of progressing their international careers at Eurosonic each year and a substantial line up are aiming for success in 2012.

eteP ’11 - artist/country/Bookings

Baconhead (GB), Baxter Drury (GB), Benjamin Francis Leftwich (GB), Citizens! (GB), Daughter (GB), Dog

Anna Calvi GB 12

is Dead (GB), Emeli Sande (GB), Fionn Regan (GB),

Crystal Fighters ES 10

Jamie N Commons (GB), Jesse Ware (GB), Leddra Chapman (GB), Lianne La Havas (GB), Lucy Rose (GB), Marcus Foster (GB), Matthew and the Atlas (GB), New Build (GB), Niki & the Dove (GB), Paul Thomas Saunders (GB), Peggy Sue (GB), Redinho (GB), Rocketnumbernine (GB), Spector (GB), Stay+

James Blake GB 10 Selah Sue BE 9 Agnes Obel DK 6 SBTRKT (Live) / SBTRKT GB 6 White Lies GB 6

(GB), Still Corners (GB), Swindle (GB), The Cast of

James Vincent McMorrow IE 5

Cheers (GB), The Computers (GB), The History of

Moss NL 5

Apple Pie (GB), The Webb Sisters (GB), Three Blind Wolves (GB), Tribes (GB), Vaddoinmessico (GB),

EBBA 2012 Winners

Veronica Falls (GB), Vondel Park (GB), Zulu Winter

Elektro Guzzi (Austria),

(GB).

Selah Sue (Belgien), Agnes Obel (Denmark), Ben l’Oncle Soul (France), Boy (Germany), James Vincent McMorrow (Irland), Afrojack (Netherlands), Alexandra Stan (Rumania), Swedish House Mafﬁa (Sweden), Anna Calvi (UK)

Activity at Eurosonic photo – by Jack Tillmanns

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FestIVal

InsuRance Being responsible for open-air events that in

events for 2012 have already been covered,

the promoters to compare the different

some cases bring together more people than

up to now there are no observable trends in

offers, and usually, the differential effect

make up the population of small towns is a

the market that require reconsideration of

becomes clear only in the case of a concert

serious business and as recent incidents have

our assumption.

cancellation or another claim. Let’s give an

shown, all sorts of unexpected things can

example: the premium of an English cover

happen. How do festival promoters go about

Have you had to deal with an increase in

for a festival contract seemed to be a good

covering themselves and their charges, the

insurance claims from your clients over

deal, at least at ﬁrst glance. However, tak-

festival goers, artists, crew, equipment etc.,

the past year, and if so, what kind of

ing a closer look at the policy we discovered

in increasingly unpredictable conditions?

incidents have resulted in these claims?

a clause that commits the festival organizer

– In terms of claims the year 2011 was a

to provide a replacement event. How should

Raith,

somewhat special year. On the one hand,

that be technically possible? Therefore, we

Managing Director and owner of insurance

there was an increase in notiﬁcation of

recommend paying close attention to the

brokers, Eberhard, Raith & Partner GmbH

claims due to a higher number of event

ﬁne print and also thorough discussion of

www.erpam.com who has been working

cancellations or abandonment compared

the different conditions together with your

in the insurance industry for more than 20

to previous years; on the other hand, a

insurance partner. This might help you to

years. Since 2000 he and Bernhard Eberhard

comparatively higher individual extent of

avoid unpleasant surprises.

have

VIP

News

run

spoke

ERPAM,

Christian

specializing

the

damage. The main reasons behind that

1989

the

might be the bad weather during the

Many

company with its 25 employees has advised

summer months, as well as the increased

Pukkelpop’s insurance didn’t cover the

promoters in Germany and in other European

number of outdoor events. Actually, we

damages caused by the bad weather

countries. As a broker ERPAM has the facility

notice a year-to-year increase in the number

incident. In these days what kind of

to select from more than 50 insurance

of festivals or open air events.

insurance is needed to protect promoters

entertainment

sector.

Since

promoters

noticed

that

more efficiently?

companies in order to optimally insure the worldwide risks of its clients by also utilizing

What are the differences between

– Cases involving other festivals prove

global partners located in London and New

insurances offered in the UK for the live

that adequate insurance coverage can be

York.

entertainment industry and those in

obtained without any difﬁculties and also

Europe?

holds true in the case of a cancellation

What changes, if any, do you expect in

– The main differences between insurance

or another claim. You might be aware of

insurance fees for promoters in 2012?

offers in the UK and Europe become

some of these positive examples. However,

– We assume no major changes in the

obvious when looking at the small print,

some promoters often display a kind of

insurance premiums for the next year.

i.e. the conditions. Unfortunately, these

gameplaying behaviour, similar to russian

Keeping in mind that some festivals and

particular points make it very difﬁcult for

roulette, when considering their insurance

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Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

requirements. This is especially the case if

– Generally speaking there are always

they have not experienced any problems for

customers

years, thus asking themselves if the outlay

insurance coverage because of this tragedy.

for contingency event cancellation insurance

We noticed that there is a lot of uncertainty,

is worth the money. However, immediately

especially from administrative authorities

following the case of an uninsured loss

and promoters with regards to the necessary

you get the answer; if the worst comes to

amount insured. For us, we can tell that there

the worst a cancelled event can mean the

was no need for change of our products

ﬁnancial end for the event organizer. Even

as we have always had a comprehensive

worse is the fact that not only the promoter

insurance coverage as well as sufﬁcient

will suffer from an uninsured loss, but also

amounts insured.

who

only

have

obtained

other suppliers involved in the event because they will never see any compensation.

As far as we know the broker of the Love Parade cannot be held responsible as in the

So, what is an efﬁcient insurance for an

end it’s the promoter who decides on the

open-air event in order to protect promoters?

sum insured although he may have been

Nothing is easier; you might need a

given different advice, taking into account

contingency event cancellation insurance

only the costs based on the promise of an

including appropriate weather insurance

insurance company. So unfortunately, it is

coverage, which should be individualized to

still the price that plays the most important

the promoter in order to ensure coverage

role, not the coverage, a bad thing because

of special risks such as ﬂooding or obscured

the liability is unlimited by law.

visibility. Also make sure that the build days before the ﬁrst act steps onto the stage

The insurance coverage of the Love

are included. Moreover, a comprehensive

Parade in particular has been intensively

coverage for other involved trades, such

discussed in the German media. It has

as stage building, electronics, tents, etc., is

been reported many times that an

necessary, and ﬁnally never forget to obtain

insurance coverage of 7.5 million Euro

liability insurance coverage.

wasn’t sufficient, what is your point of view on this?

What are the latest trends in terms of

– As stated, the promoter decided the

the coverage of damages due to bad

amount

weather incidents and what kinds of

important question, what is the right

damages are no longer covered?

amount, where does it start and where does

– Until now, the coverage is still unchanged.

it end? Neither are there any laws or useful

Of course, there is a natural link between

recommendations on this issue. In the case of

catastrophes like storms and a subsequent

the Love Parade, the negotiations are still in

increase in interest for insurance products

process. Therefore, no judgement has been

following such catastrophes. However, this is

given so far that determines the commitment

only of short-term character. In a lot of cases

of the promoters. From our point of view,

it’s often too late to purchase insurance,

the expected number of visitors as well as

especially

event

the type of the event, indoor or outdoor

cancellation resulting from damages due to

venue, heavy metal festival or classic event,

weather issues as many insurers require a

should deﬁnitely inﬂuence the sum insured.

lead time of between 2 to 4 weeks.

However, it lies in the hands of the promoters

covering

contingency

insured,

and

this

raises

the

not only to consider the perfect coverage but Did the tragedy at the Love Parade in

also to be prepared to buy it.

Duisburg in 2010 impact on the kind of insurance coverage you have since recommended to your clients?

Christian Raith

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h t r o N g n i k o o L â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ja Ja Ja!

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Allan McGowan · am@vip-booking.com

Things have definitely progressed in the way that the various Music Export Offices operate. In the early days many were just an extension of Government Trade departments and were run by well meaning staff with no real music business experience. Some financial back up was extended to companies and artists who knew how to access the systems and trade events like Midem saw these offices as a replacement for the record companies when selling expensive stand space. But those who were charged with actually alerting the rest of the world to their countries’ music talent have in many cases learned how work with and within the international music industry becoming a vital element in the development of new talent. One of the best examples of how the Export Offices have moved on is evidenced by the coming together of the Nordic country offices – all pretty effective in their own right – to work together under the title of NOMEX. Nordic Music Export is a collaborative organisation for all the Nordic Music Export offices; i.e. Music Export Finland, Export Music Sweden, Music Export Norway, Music Export Denmark and Iceland Music Export. Administrated by Music Export Finland the non-profit organisation’s stated objective is to work on projects beyond the Nordic territory together with its members, to strengthen the Intra-Nordic market and to provide support services to its members. VIP News has had direct experience of the Nordic excursions into the UK market – in the last few weeks I have attended events at the Residence of the Finnish Ambassador promoting the next project of accordion virtuoso Kimmo Pohjonen, a performance by three of Katzenjammer – the all girl band has four members usually, but one was ill – at the Norwegian Embassy, and last but not least the second birthday celebrations (In partnership with Record of the Day) of Ja Ja Ja - the monthly club night at The Lexington in London for Nordic music. This regular club night has been a great success in introducing Nordic Music to the UK market, and the presence of various well known agents and other UK professionals indicate how seriously it is taken by the London business. The line up for the 2cnd Anniversary presented Sóley from Iceland, French Film from Finland and Marit Larsen from Norway. Larsen is a big star in Norway, and successful in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Her debut Under the Surface (2006) went gold in only three weeks and her follow up album The Chase (2008) included the track ‘If A Song Could Get Me You’ which took up residence in the Norway single chart for twenty-four weeks! So far she has sold over 300 thousand singles and 250 thousand albums. Anna Hildur of Export Music Iceland told VIP News, “Ja Ja Ja is one of the first pilot projects all the Nordic Export Offices have invested in and worked on together. It has grown a reputation as one of the

Paulina Ahokas leaves Music Export Finland best showcase nights for Nordic Music in London. Sóley from Iceland participated in the second anniversary show and she is deﬁnitely one of the artists to look out for from Iceland at the moment. Her show at Iceland Airwaves was a great success and JaJaJa came as a good follow up to emphasize her talent to the UK media and industry. She has been signed to Morr Music in Germany but will deﬁnitely be noticed in 2012. This is a quality showcase which has served the Icelandic bands that have participated well.” Jonas Vebner of Music Export Norway who is based in London commented, “The 2 year anniversary night went down like a storm and it felt good to end 2011 on such a high note. The night was sold out as the previous ones and we had a strong industry turn-out. All bands, Marit Larsen/French Films/Soley, have reported tangible outcomes already, some of them of major strategic importance to their international carrier trajectory. The night lasted till the wee hours and we enjoyed copious amounts of smorgosbord, other Nordic treats and of course - a big birthday cake!” Vebner stated that the intention is to continue the Ja Ja Ja project next year, “We’re all really chuffed about the development of the night and look forward to a busy 2012 where we look forward to unveil some new exciting partnerships.” Further developments in the Nordic (what happened to the use of the term Scandinavian? – Ed.) activities include the departure of one of the driving forces behind the international development of Finnish music talent and the Nordic cooperation. Paulina Ahokas

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leaves Music Export Finland to become Managing Director of

small as Finland, at a time of global recession and of great challenges

Tampere Hall in Finland. She bids farewell to her colleagues and the

to the music industry at large.

many international contacts she has built up over the years with the following words:

This investment in music exports by Finnish music companies has been directly reﬂected in the growing total market value of Finnish

Working at Music Export Finland has been a pleasure and an

music exports.

honour, and you people have made it the exciting and inspiring, and occasionally mystifying, mission it has been. During the nine years,

If there is one thing that I am personally proud of it is my skills as

Music Export Finland has grown from a one-woman mission with a

a recruiter: my team all have entrepreneur backgrounds, a unique

75,000-euro turnover into a 12-strong professional team with an

drive and a love of detail. I know they will make me proud and happy

over 4 million euro action volume: an accomplishment and a sales

by taking Music Export Finland and its successor Music Finland to

result of which we are extremely proud, especially in a country as

even greater heights in the future.

noRDIc musIc PRIze As if all the foregoing isn’t enough, the Nordics have also introduced a new Award to celebrate and encourage their seemingly burgeoning new talents: The Nordic Music Prize for the best new albums will be presented on Thursday the 16th of February, during by:Larm in Oslo. A joint Nordic nomination committee, the leaders of each national committee (see below) and one additional journalist made the ﬁnal choice of nominees from each country. Jan gradvall, Sweden Audun Vinger, Norway Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen, Iceland Ilkka Mattila, Finland Ralf Christensen, Denmark

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The 12 final nominees for Best Nordic Album 2011 are... • • • • • • • • • • • •

Ane Brun - It All Starts With One Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes Rubik - Solar Gus Gus - Arabian Horse Malk De Koijn - Toback To The Fromtime Siinai – Olympic Game Björk - Biophilia Iceage – New Brigade Montée - Renditions Of You Anna Järvinen – Anna Själv Tredje Goran Kajfes – X/Y The Field – Looping state of mind

The 12 nominated albums will be presented to an international jury, listed below, who in turn will decide the winner of the Nordic Music Prize… • Rob Young – Author of the new book Electric Eden, former editor of The Wire, now writer for Uncut and The Wire. • Andres Lokko – Scandianavias most inﬂuential music writer. Now based in London. Writes for Svenska Dagbladet. • Laurence Bell – Owner of Domino Records • Jeannette Lee – Former member of P.I.L. Owner of Rough Trade. Records with Geoff Travis. Manager of Pulp and Jarvis Cocker. • Mike Pickering – Former Factory Records employee. Now A&R at Columbia Records UK. • Zach Kelly – Washington, D.C.-based freelance music journalist and critic. Regular contributor at Pitchfork.com and Paper magazine. • Jonathan Galkin – founder and owner of DFA Records.

Anna Hildur

There are so many people to thank and so many things to be

will renew its contract with the ofﬁce for three more years with a

thankful for. My heartfelt gratitude goes to my Nordic export family,

signiﬁcant increase in funding. Export ofﬁce chief, Anna Hildur told

our boards and members, all the professional event organizers and

VIP News, “This is a recognition of the work that we have done and

consultants we have worked with, all the partners that have invested

the results the Icelandic music scene is achieving abroad in general.

in the future of Finnish music exports, and all our clients both in

We celebrated our anniversary at The Day of Icelandic Music where

Finland and abroad. It has been an incredible journey, on which I

a new tradition was started called Sing Along – it included all radio

have heard and learned a lot from everyone reading this, and I am

stations in Iceland playing the same three Icelandic songs at the

honoured to have taken it with you all. It’s been a great trip!”

same time and encouraging the whole nation to sing along.”Here is what was on our site”.

There was also news from Iceland with the conﬁrmation on the ﬁfth anniversary of Iceland Music Export that the Ministry of Culture

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BDV TO LAUNCH OWN COLLECTION SOCIETY While

Prodiss,

the

French

promoter

– As GVL is only representing the promoters

societies. If the mediation procedure fails,

association continues to lobby the French

regarding a very small scope of rights

the case would go to the high court.

Government for legislation in the issue of a

(copyright- fees on copying and storage

promoter’s share of certain ancillary rights,

devices and hardware like PCs), GVL is not

In an opinion survey by the German

it appears that in Germany- a law already

paying any sum worth mentioning yet.

trade publication Musikwoche regarding the news of the BDV collection society,

exists . Yet it is the case already that eligible