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Musings

This month, you’ll be glad to know – I didn’t

bands they wanted to, because delegate

the then skinny front man would be worth

have to leave the country to catch up with

wrist band or no delegate wrist band – full

the GDP of a small country – but it just shows

the semi-nomadic sector of the international

house means full house in the Brighton

– what do I know!? So – can we now expect

music industry as this time they came to me,

pubs, clubs and venues – but more of that

a Bono bale out somewhere?

well they probably had other things in mind

in this issue. My second event visit was away

as well, but they did appear in great numbers

from home, but still in the UK, as I headed

While we’re on the subject of money, recent

in Brighton for The Great Escape. Strange

North for my first visit to Sound City, and my

figures from the BPI and the IFPI have revealed

having one of these events in your home-

first returnto the greatly renewed City of

that music lovers spent just a bit more than

town, so many familiar faces in extremely

Liverpoolin a good few years.

Bono’s bank balance on albums by British

familiar surroundings! In a world increasingly beset by the ravages

£1.83bn in 2010. However a large part of

from those who couldn’t get into see the

of an economic model that has refused to

this was due to Adele, who sold 18 million of

perform as bankers, investors, governments

her second album ‘21’. Prime MinisterDavid

and the like had presumed, it is good to see

Cameron was very pleased, saying, “British

that someone is bucking the trend. While the

music is loved all over the globe, and as a

Drachma looks set to return to the very shaky

country we can be proud of the tremendous

European economic stage, and the Euro

success of our music industry, which is a world

tries to avoid going up in Olympic flames,

leader.” He added that he was “determined

unstablesupport acts hover nervously in the

to support British creative businessesthat

wings like Eurovision competitors unsure of

generate jobs and opportunitiesfor young

the words of their songs, that full throated

people”. So we’ll keep an eye on that then…

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hammer of capitalism – Bono – proves that with enough to invest and a bit of aggressive

Just before I go, I’d just like to ask if

social networking you too (Geddit!) can do

anyoneelse has noticed just how effectively

very nicely thank you! Following last week’s

Canadianartists are being pushed at the

flotation Bono’s 1.5% share of Facebook

moment?Since attending CMW last month,

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

bought for $90m in 2009 is now – according

acts like Sheepdogs, Half Moon Run, both of

to various media calculations and reports

which I saw in Toronto turned up in Brighton

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

- -worth $1.5 billion, if this is accurate and

and Liverpooland the excellent Barr Brothers

final figures need checking – it will make him

played in the pub round the corner - others

the richest musician in the world – overtaking

seem to be popping up everywhere – and

McCartney by $500 million etc. Who’d have

they’re good too! Perhaps some of the

thought it!? Back in my promoting days in

rest of us can learn something from their

the 70’s I paid U2 the grand sum of £150

methods…

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acts in 2011, accounting for £1.9bn, up from

Anyway, a good time was had by all – apart

to play at the now long gone Jenkinson’s venue in Brighton, and I would never have

Right I’m off to make a million or two! In

predictedthat he and the band would have

the meantime – Ladies and Gentlemen – The

risen to the dizzy heights they have, nor that

News!

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Scottish Album of the Year Shortlist Announced Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

Caroline Parkinson

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The shortlist is out for the first ever Scottish Album Of The Year Award, the sort of Scottishversion of the Mercury Prize which was launched last month. An industry panel picked nine albums from the long list of 20 for the shortlist, while a 24 hour public vote selected the tenth shortlisted record. Find the final ten to the right...

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The overall winner will be announced at an event in Glasgow on 19 Jun, with that artist getting £20,000, while each runner up will

Mungo’s Hi Fi - Forward Ever

get £1000. Commenting

the

shortlist,

Caroline

Parkinson , Director Of Creative Develop mentfor Creative Scotland, told CMU: “The SAY Award is a fantastic recognition and celebration of Scotland’s rich and diverse musical talent, as this shortlist confirms. We are a nation of music lovers, and the award is a brilliant way to connect these

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music lovers with our talented artists. Even better that the public, in this the Year Of Creative Scotland 2012, have had a say in

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the shortlist”

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Muse Carry the Flame Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

As the Olympic Flame is carried to London for the start of the Olympic Games day two

Muse with Olympic torch

of the 70-day relay saw the torch being carried by rock band Muse through their hometown running over Shaldon Bridge into Teignmouth in Devon. Police limited crowds to 7,000 as Dominic Howard, Matt Bellamy and Christopher Wolstenholme ran with the torch. Over the day 121 individuals, nominated for their achievements, helped carry the torch HYPERLINK “http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay/day2 ” , “Link to BBC torch relay day 2 page” from Plymouth to Exeter. Athletes Hicham El Guerrouj and local rugby player Garnet Mackinder took the flame in Exeter before evening celebrations near the city’s cathedral.

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An Easy Game for Gema Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

the new tariff scheme effective from January 2013 onwards. While the calculations of the VDMK are accurate, including as they do parameterssuch as the duration of time for an event and number of events per years, a recently launched Gema online calculator is not. This only shows the rates for events lasting 5 hours and only includes factors allowing for entrance fees and the size of the room. All these results merely indicate that from next year on Gema wishes to receive 10 percent of the gross income. Results evaluated via the Gema online calculator are misleading, as this application only evaluates the lowest of the new basic rates. Gema does not even mention or give any notification on the particular website that the new proposed rate will see events lasting longer than 5 hours attracting another 50 percent for each additional 3 hours. Meanwhile the collection society has issued press releases, again only coming up with examples that indicate that Gema would only charge a 10 percent share on the ticket gross, making no mention the “5 hours trap” revealed by studying the newly proposed tariff. The German copyright collection society Gema has again made moves to increase its revenue from the live entertainment market sector of

Consumer watchdogs would consider such misleading information

the music business.

as seriously questionable, however potential opponents make it very easy for Gema.

Gema substantially increased the rates for performance rights in Germany in 2010. In February 2011 the two concert industry

While the BDT (Association of Discotheques) recently announced a

organisationsVDKV (Verband deutscher Konzertdirektionen) and

call for solidarity by their newly elected president Ulrich Weber, urging

the BDV (BundesverbandVeranstaltungswirtschaft) agreed to a

music clubs and discotheques to come together to appeal the new

proposalmade by the arbitration court of DPMD – (The Brands and

Gema rates, neither of the concert industry associations VDKV or the

Patents Office)for a new tariff scheme for concerts that implemented

BDV have officially expressed concerns that these new rates might

graduallyrising rates until 2014. The rates for concerts staged for

also affect music clubs that also hosts concerts.

audiences of up to 2.000 visitors will rise to 5 percent of the gross income; for events with more than 15.000 up to 7.65 percent of the

The BDT have also announced the launch of joint action with

gross income on tickets and an additional fee of 0.42 percent on

DEHOGA(the association of hotels and gastronomy in Germany)

other income sources such as sponsoring or advertisement.

regarding the Gema tariff proposal, but no concrete information on a specific campaign or actions has yet been released.

This recent tariff increase applies to the usage of recorded music in discotheques, gastronomic and other events such as street fairs or carnival events. As reported in the previous issue, the new tariff scheme foresees significantincreases for events that last longer than 5 hours. In certain case the new rates increase by more than 400% for some events and in some cases will even see a hike of a 1000 percent on previous rates.

Dierk Beyer on Behalf of VDMK on the new GEMA Rates

The VDMK, the association for culture promoters in Munich launched

VIP-News approached the VDMK (Association of Culture Promoters

an online calculator on their website, evaluating rates based on

in Munich) regarding the new Gema rates for the usage of recorded

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music in Discotheques and music events featuring covers bands. Dierk Beyer responded on behalf of the association. Beyer emphasized in

Dierk Beyer

his reply that the members of the VDMK worked voluntarily for the association. GEMA has announced a round table discussion with members of VDMK. Do you expect that this discussion could lead to GEMA reconsidering their proposed tariff scheme? – The meeting of the VDMK and GEMA took place on the 24th of April. As you might have expected, the VDMK firstly put forward its arguments to make clear that the proposed rates are not appropriate in any way and cannot form a basis for negotiations. However there has been no indication from GEMA that there would be any re-think regarding the tariffs. Is the VDMK collaborating with any other organisations or associationsthat oppose the new GEMA rates? – The VDMK supports

HYPERLINK “http://www.kultur-retten.de”

www.kultur-retten.de and supplied an online calculator according to the new rates. On April 25 a board member of VDMK joined the ClubmeetingSummit 2012 in Hamburg, to report on the work opposingthe new tariffs and to exchange experiences. This networkingis just beginning, but will be consistently pursued. Some of your members are also members of the BDV or VDKD.

Do you know anything about the forces at work in the

Is your Association in contact with these two organisations?

backgroundat GEMA that are responsible for this tariff

– So far we are not in contact with the VDKD. There is a contact via

proposal?

DEHOGA to the Association of Music Promoters who have already

– Unfortunately no, we would be grateful for any information!

issued a press release. Do you expect any kind of political support from parties or GEMA has already appealed to the arbitration court at the

institutionsthat would help promoters to reach a better

Germanoffice for patents and brands (DPMA). This court is

agreementwith GEMA?

known for being very GEMA friendly. Do you already know

– So far we have received support for the campaign against the tariff

what kind of legal measures promoters have in order to oppose

reform from the Pirate Party and the city council group of the CSU in

a court decision that may favour GEMA?

Munich. However, we expect the support of all parties represented in

– Our lawyer has familiarized himself with all the necessary implications,

the German parliament since the new rates are arbitrary, unfair and

with tremendous support from experts. A recommendationby the

very threatening for our business.

arbitration court that would lead to significant higher rates won’t be accepted and all other legal opportunities will be taken into

What kind of royalty payments do you consider as being

consideration.

appropriateand bearable for promoters? – The existing rates were reasonable for bars, clubs and discos and

Has the VDMK considered other options to block GEMA’s

established market presence.

attemptto increase tariffs so drastically? – Of course, all options to avoid these charges have been considered.

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BDV Announce Measures Against Secondary Ticketing Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com The BDV (German Association of the

such cases in order to develop a promising

Promoting Business) have announced

strategy. Unfortunately a few things in

the undertaking of general efforts to

the past have been done not been done

fight the commercial resale of tickets.

properly.”

The board of the Association ordered the in-house counsel to launch “sustainable

Ulbricht added that secondary ticket-

and ongoing” legal efforts against illegal

ing has become an economic threat for

resale of tickets.

the concert industry and that members of the Association have suffered from

Johannes Ulbricht is quoted in a press

the reduction of the purchase power of

release by the association: “In the past

concert goers due to purchase of over-

few months our chancellery has looked

priced tickets.

intensively into the legal opportunities and the chances of success in terms of

Johannes Ulbricht

AEG Preferred Bidders for HMV Live Business Sell Off Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

AEG the American entertainment giant has been granted preferred bidder status for the live music business of HMV, which was put up for sale by the struggling retailer at the end of last year. Britain’s

second-biggest

live

music

and ticketingoperator, owner of 13 musicvenuesincluding London’s HMV HammersmithApollo and the Jazz Cafe and the Ritz in Manchester and five festivals includingthe annual Lovebox and HMV Next Big Thing , is expected to be priced at £65 million price tag. The final details of the deal are yet to be finalised, but the sale is vital to HMV presently understood to have debts of some £180 million.

Hammersmith Apollo

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> INDEPTH STORY > THE UK CONFERENCE AND SHOWCASE EVENTS

INDEPTH May is a busy month in the UK, with both of the two major trade events taking place within a fortnight. VIP-News attended The Great Escape and Liverpool Sound City.

The Great Escape Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

m o c . g n oki There is no doubt that The Great Escape,

Capacity is a problem and of course finite,

But overall The Great Escape scored high

oftenreferred to as the UK equivalent of

and apart from playing acts 2 or 3 times,

with both the Conference programme and

SXSW is becoming more popular both

this is an irritating problem for all, and very

the Festival. No less a luminary than Seymour

nationallyand internationally and is grow-

difficultto deal with.

Stein – the man who signed Madonna, The

ing year on year. The organisers reported

Ramones and other groundbreaking artists

16,000 attendees across the 3 days, with

In the early days of these events the acts

lauded the A&R aspect of the artists who

+300 bands performing on 30 venues - the

showcasing were in fact new and unknown,

appearedall over Brighton.

biggestTGE to date…

so people were expected – and usually prepared- to take a chance on discovering

Following a panel chaired by yours truly

Although this growth is obviously welcome

gems – now as events turn into City festivals

dedicatedto the activities of The Great

to the event organisers it also contributes to

presenting known and ‘hot’ acts everyone

Escapedelegation from the featured

one of the main problems which also besets

wants to see them and are often disgrun-

territoryof Catalonia, VIP-News asked

SXSW, which is the issue of queuing for gigs

tled and unwilling to take a chance when

three of the panellists, two of them

and in many cases not being able to get in to

informedthat there are lots of other bands

responsible for similar trade events in

see the band of your choice, much as your

for them to take a chance on ‘discovering’.

Spain, for their opinion of the event:

delegate wristband is supposed to provide

Last minute changes to schedules also caused

the facility to get in ahead of the punters that

complaints, but obviously these things are

have ‘only’ purchased a festival wristband.

sometimes unavoidable.

Abel Suárez – Primavera Sound – Barcelona:

For me it was the first time at The Great

in the same way) flooding the city with

Escape ; we were in contact with the

shows and having so many clubs and bars

organizerssince some editions beforeand

taking part in the event. We also think that

even advised about Catalonianbands in

an urbanfestival must take the whole city

the past. I didn’t spend much time at the

and let everybody know that something

festival , as our own PrimaveraSound is

excitingis happening! And of course the line

about to start and we are runningcrazy, but

up is full of bands I like and bands I don´t

I really loved the city and how the festival

know, something really important for me

works (we also run a winter festival called

when i travel to a music event, i always want

PrimaveraClub that works more or less

to discover artists.

Abel Suárez

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> INDEPTH STORY > THE UK CONFERENCE AND SHOWCASE EVENTS

Joan Guàrdia - La Castanya - Barcelona Our music company, had a very positive face to face with key people from the UK,

meet the UK audience for the first time,

experienceon our first attendance at The

showing them our artists and commentingon

getting a warm and enthusiast feedback on

Great EscapeFestival: Ass a label and booking

future plans.

every concert. To sum up: an interesting

agencyworking for nationaland international

experienceon different levels that encourage

artists in Spain which at the same time wants to

For our artists showcasing at the festival ,

us to keep working on an international level

expandour work beyond the Spanish frontiers,

the bands Furguson and Me and the

trying find out the links that could allow us do

it has been a great opportunity to meet

Bees, it was an excellent opportunity to

things together.

As you know VIP-News occasionally invites guest writers to contribute to the News, so we decided to get a paying professional delegate to comment on his experience at The Great Escape. Ville Leppanen of The Animal Farm accepted the invitation:

The Animal Farm – The Great Escape The Animal Farm describe their operation as ‘a new breed of music company offering a wide range of creative and business services to artists and writer/producers.’ The Company, run by brothers Mat and Ville Leppanen – originally from Finland - produce records, - manage artists, run a label, a booking agency and a publishing/sync company in London. For more information see: HYPERLINK “http://www.theanimalfarm.co.uk” www.theanimalfarm.co.uk

Ville Leppanen

The theme of this year’s The Great Escape was

theory about the perks of a stable career in a

ness needs to subsidise your band business

DIY. I’ve often wondered about the meaningof

stable profession.

untilthe latter becomes the former. You can

those three letters, actually. Doingit yourselfis

passionatelybelieve in believing passionately

surely the only way of doing things. Otherwise

Similarly, what we tell young musicians about

but no amount of glamorised bullshit is going

you’re getting things done for you. Short of

how the business of music works needs

to change this fact.

having blue blood, what are your chances? Or,

furtherattention. Like, really. Many of the

if you’re not doing things for yourself, things

panels at TGE sort of beat around the bush on

are being done to you. That could be painful,

key issues. Panellists spoke eloquently about

even with the right lubrication.

passion and commitment, but were suitably

Judging by the amount of hyped up bands on

hazy on the details.

show versus the amount of good musicians

My career of two decades and counting

Then I went to see some gigs.

in them, I’d say that some artists would

has been one big DIY fest. I would wager a

Sure, everyone understands that the reason

rather spend money on a PR campaign than

guess that so are most careers, quite possibly

you want to work with someone is because

musiclessons. With so many completely

in most businesses. My Dad had a career in

you like what they do and you like them as

interchangeablebands at TGE it occurred

the consultingengineering business and

people. But when was the last time you got

to me that the fashion manual they read is

throughoutmy blissfully happy childhood

a PR to work for you for no fee? When was

probablyin the top 10 on Amazon. It will

I never thought for a minute that our daily

the last time an agent worked with a band

also be on the list of banned books come

bread was ever in doubt. Just last year he

on compassionate grounds? Since when was

revolution ... And if anyone needs to be

publisheda book, in which I read that for the

a publisher a charitable organisation?

remindedjust how many bands there are

most part it was all touch and go. It was rare

out there... bloody hell, it reallyis quite a

for him to know three months in advance

In order for there to be a business, music

lot. Questionis, how does one stand out in

what was going to happen, where the money

has to generate income. If your band busi-

a crowd?

was going to come from. There went my

ness doesn’t generate any, your day job busi-

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If the rest of them are looking that way, why

still left looking lost. Why is it bewildering to

hear from anyone they’d been talking to over

don’t you look the other way? Right now. Do

discussmusicianship at a music conference?

numerous similar meetings.

being one of a million you want to be one in

I went to see a bunch of legendary record

My ideas, admittedly, are usually low on

a million. Doing things differently will get you

producers, lead by the very amazing Trevor

glamourand high on work ethic. It was cool

there.

Horn, talk about music. Trevor said that before

to see a bunch of young musos react so

the 60s the UK wasn’t known as a major

positively. In my very last meeting a journalist

The foreign dignitaries at our showcase said

world power musically. There was no Debussy,

said that we have a really good reputation as

afterwards that it was refreshing in a sea of

no Tchaikovsky. I’d never thought of it that

honest people who love music. That put the

nondescript indie bands to see our artists

way. The extraordinary thing that’s happened

spring into my step and I dragged my tired

on stage, because they were different. Well

since the 60s is that the UK has become a

bones towards the train station to get back

done, our bands.

world leader in pop music. Indeed, for all my

to civilisation.

the polar opposite without delay. Instead of

ranting about the state of music, all I need to When you meet a lot of new people in

do is go to any other country in the world to

I had a great time at TGE. We did deals. I made

conferencessuch as TGE, you need an

know that we’ve never had it so good.

a lot of new friends. Discovered new ideas and

“elevatorpitch” that summarises what you

new concepts about this business of music.

do in 24 words or less. In my general spiel

A cool vignette: I met with a band who

Many thanks to the Department Of Trade And

about us and our artists, I said of The Manic

expressedinterest in working with us. I spoke

Industry for organising a stellar networking

Shine that they were without a doubt the best

about how I felt about their music, what they

event at which I made a ton of international

musiciansin town that weekend. Some didn’t

were doing and how. My monologue ended

contacts. Thank you to everyone who came to

understand. I reiterated by saying that they’re

in silence and I thought, shit, I’ve gone too far

our showcase. Thanks to our staff for running

the only band in town capable of blowing

too soon. But then one of them cleared his

it smoothly. Thanks to the bands who did the

people away with their chops. Some were

throat to say that it was the best thing they’d

business when it mattered.

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Liverpool Sound City Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

This event started in 2008 when Liverpool was the Capital of Culture and it has established itself as – to use their own words ‘a market leader for metropolitan music festivals and music and tech business conferences in the UK.’ I have no quarrel with that description based on my first visit to the event and my first return to an impressively rejuvenated Liverpool in a good many years. Although initially an event set up to celebrate the best in the regionSound City has embraced a growing number of professional internationaldelegates and visitors, and has taken itself abroad staging events in Dubai, New York, and being part of the UK delegationto

Step Panther live at Liverpol Sound City 2012

SXSW. There is talk of a trip to Rio next year. This 5th edition attracted 4500 attendance for LSC Conference and

table for three twenty minute sessions while delegates join the table

Sound City EXPO (combined footfall). The total Wristband footfall

then move on when the time is up. This results in some interesting

over 3 days of LSC Festival was 37.500, and 360 bands from 23

combinations of people, some with an obvious connection, and others

differentcountries in 18 venues in Liverpool City centre including the

that work out a linking theme after some discussion. I found them

Echo Arena, the newly opened and very impressive Epstein Theatre,

very interesting and diverse and certainly some business connections

car parks, Art spaces and bombed out churches.

were made that might not otherwise have come about.

An innovation in the Conference was the LSC Round Table sessions.

We will return to this report in the next issue as the LSC team

These are part talking shop, part speed dating, part networking. Each

were still breaking down this year’s set up when we went

table is overseen by a moderator – I was happy to be invited to be one

to press.

of these, the others on my session were Una Johnston of SXSW and

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ETEP – The Booking Update Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

As usual VIP-News brings you the newest ETEP Top Ten Booking charts for the upcoming festival season. Interestingly it’s noticable that the number of non-UK artists in the top ten ranking has risen this year.

ETEP Top Ten Booking Ranking: Artist / Country / Shows

Remarkably for the first time ever a Dutch band has gained the secondmost bookings from ETEP, even more so due to the fact

Spector /UK/ 9

that it is a Hip Hop act and therewith extends the musical profile

Dope D.O.D. /NL/ 8

of ETEP into new spheres. The international agents of Dope D.O.D

Ewert and The Two Dragons/ EE/8

are James Rubin, jamesrubin@theagencygroup.com and Paul Ryan, HYPERLINK

“mailto:paulryan@theagencygroup.com”

theagencygroup.comat The Agency Group in London. ETEP also welcomes five new festivals: Día de la Música (Spain)

paulryan@

Katzenjammer/NO/7 Niki & the Dove/ SE/7 The Computers/UK/7 Boy/DE/6

End of the Road Festival (United Kingdom)

Frànçois and the Atlas Mountains/FR/6

NorthSide Festival (Denmark)

Selah Sue/BE/6

Optimus Primavera Sound (Portugal)

On place no. 10, three artists with 5 bookings each:

Slottsfjell (Norway)

Baxter Dury/UK/5 Citizens!/UK/5 Iceage/DK/5

Dope D.O.D

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Both Live Nation and AEG to Bid for Olympic Stadium? Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com According

Business

News

Service

Bloomberg, the giants of live entertainment

London Olympic stadium

may go head to head in bidding to become the operators of London’s Olympic Stadium after this year’s Games. Live Nation and AEG Live are both expected to bid for what will be the UK’s third biggest stadium in the UK, behindWembley and Twickenham. Live Nation chief Michael Rapino told Bloombergthat his company was interested in operating the venue if the price was right, and AEG’s Rod O’Connor confirmed meeting with the management rights bidding committee. West Ham football club has long been

from rival football clubs. London mayor Boris

done for Live Nation or AEG to have some

expectedto become the main tenants at

Johnson has said he still ultimately expects

rights over the venue for other sports and

the stadium post Olympics, though this has

West Ham to get their hands on the stadium,

entertainment events.

been complicated by various legal challenges

though it’s possible that a deal could be

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MUSIC IN SHARES

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

Live Nation – Higher Revenue CTS Eventim Good Results Q1 and a Higher Net Loss in Q1-2012 but Share Price Under Pressure Live Nation is an amazing company, always good for a surprise, except

CTS Eventim reports a revenue growth for the first quarter of 2012

usually one involving profitability! Nevertheless, Michael Rapino ,

but nevertheless the share price is suffering. The revenue moved up

President and Chief Executive Officer of Live Nation Entertainment

from 101 million in Q1 2011 to 113.9 million Euros. The revenue

declared in the business report for the first quarter: “We are off to

increase comes primarily out of the Live Entertainment division that

a great start for 2012 with solid first quarter performance in all our

moved from 48.2 up to 62.7 million Euros. However, the Earnings

segments. The company delivered year over year growth in revenue,

before Interests, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) just

profitability and free cash flow in the quarter. Importantly, we also

maintained at the previous year’s level with 4.9 million Euros. CTS

saw a 6% increase in ticket sales this quarter as compared to last

Eventim announced that it expects further growth for its revenue

year, reflecting strong demand for our live events and giving us great

and profits results for 2012 . Besides business results, there is still

confidencethat we are well positioned for the summer concert

no news available in terms of the outcome of the arbitration court

season…”

ruling on Live Nation versus CTS Eventim yet. But the share price of CTS Eventim is suffering, from 29.40 on April 30 down to 25.35

Let the figures speak: The revenue went up from $849.4 to $867.9

Euro on May 21.

million, the net loss from $48.4 to $69.1 million. The loss per share went up from $0.27 to $0.37 while within one year the number of outstanding shares grew from 176.2 up to 186.5 million.

DEAG Classics AG gets a New Board Member

However, the share price gained a little. Associated Press reported on

DEAG Classics AG, a subsidiary of DEAG and joint venture with Sony

May 10: “Shares of concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Music Entertainment appointed Rudolf W. Ferscha to the supervisory

rose 10 percent Thursday afternoon after its first-quarter loss was

board of the company. Ferscha was the COO of the German branch

not as bad as expected and its outlook for the summer was relatively

of the Goldmann Sachs Bank from 1997 until 2000 and then from

upbeat.” There is even more room for positive vibes, as “analysts

2000 to 2005 a board member of the Deutsche Börse.

cheered the outlook for the all-important summer concert season.” On May 3 the DEAG share was at 2.68, down to 2.50 Euro on On the same day that Live Nation reported the business results, the

May 21.

company additionally announced the purchase of Cream Holdings Limited, the company behind the Creamfield Music Festivals. While British magazine Eventmagazine.co.uk reported that Live Nation paid

Music Festivals PLC – A Lack of Optimism:

£13.9 million to the venture capital fund Ingenious Media Active

The share price reflects, so to say, a lack of optimism regarding

Capital , the former investor behind Creamfield. In the previous

prosperityand profitability. Since the end of February the share price

businessyear Creamfield gained a pre-tax profit £1.42m.

of the company went down from 58 to 48.5 Pence.

Live Nation didn’t reveal information about the purchase price, the

While the share of Live Nation stood at $8.31 on May 9 it moved up to $9.13 on May 21.

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MAY 2012

Eating like Rockstars Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

Ole Plogstedt

Hosen, Fettes Brot, Earth, Wind & Fire,

Cheeks stewed nn Almdudler and Salad;

Jan Delay or Nightwish since1993, has

Asparagus

opened his first restaurant in Hamburg.

Kräuter

The 60ties style venue is called Olson.

Potato, Celery Mash and Cranberry Jus.

Besides tour and event catering, Plogstedt

In 2004 together with his former partner

also became popular as a TV-cook in

Jörg Raufeisen he wrote a cook book

recent years. He is a team member of the

entitled “Cooking for Rockstars”, which

TV-show “Die Kochprofis” on RTLII and

caused a little bit of trouble with one rock

appeared in several other TH-shows. In

star from a particular German punk band,

his new restaurant, together with Tilo

who considered that the publication of a

Sachadä, he will offer a menu equally

recipe of his favourite dish was a breach

divided between meat and vegetarian

of confidence. One might have expected

dishes, including dishes such as:

this self-important attitude from the

Rote Gourmet Fraktion who has operated

Duck-Springroll

as tour caterer for artists like the Toten

Red Cabbage and Caraway Yoghurt; Ox

CMY

with

Stewed

Schnittlauch/ Shallots

with

corporate communication protectionists

Ole Plogstedt, Chef and owner of the

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Frittata

Salat;

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with

Ginger-Prunes

of Coca Cola or Apple for instance, but not a punk rocker!

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