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JUNE 2012

McGowan’s

Musings

Well, here we are again – how was your July

Olympics, it’s been a somewhat monochrome

wave commented, “The weather is awful­ .

without us? I hope the sun shone on you

few weeks…and did I tell you that a seagull -

It is tough to have an event in a lake or a

more than it has in the once proud fishing

not Shitty I hasten to add, much as I hate him

pond. But my guess is some events have used

port of Brighton! It’s been mainly damp and

he had at least been introduced sort of, no, a

the rain as an excuse to cancel because they

on the days when it looked as though a trip

complete stranger of a seagull, swooped and

were not sold out.” The secondary market­

to the rocky beach might have been possible

stole a sandwich right out of my hand!

for tickets­for outdoor concerts has not been performing well. Certainly­the festival market­

a sea fret has rolled in – what is that? – you may well ask – it’s a grey mist which rises off

However I did get my ration of sun, and

is over saturated – both by rain and an exces­

the sea and floats inexorably onto the shore

celebrated­my birthday with a bottle of

of events, and on top of this competition­

obscuring all as it blankets the whole town –

local­bubbly (you’re not supposed to call it

from free events set up alongside The

sorry, City. What with our Television deciding

champagne­but it tasted fine to me!) to a live

Olympics­plus The Games themselves­have

it had had enough of all that colour business­

soundtrack provided by New Order, courtesy

not helped the situation. Even the usually

- going black and white just in time for the

of the organisers of EXIT Festival in Novi Sad,

upbeat DJ Rob Da Bank, organiser­of Bestival­

Serbia. EXIT were also hosts to two days of

and Camp Bestival on the Isle of Wight, al-

meetings to discuss the future of the Central­

though reasonably confident of his own

and Eastern European Talent Exchange

events told The Guardian, “Festivals are my

Programme­(CEETEP) and how it can benefit

lifeblood. I’m an optimistic person but this

the development of the music business in the

year is getting close to defeating­even me.”

region.

But it’s not just festivals; Madonna tickets are

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on offer through secondary sites at less than VIP-News is published by: VIP-Booking 145-157 St John Street London Ec1V 4PW

But, other people have had worse problems­ the dominant feature of many of the earlier­

However in the end most things went ahead

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

festivals in the UK. The damage to the grass

– unlike The Boss and Macca’s extended

and soil of the Royal Parks after a couple of

jam in the Park, which came to an abrupt

events was so bad that it looked for a while

end as the plug was pulled. But in the end,

as if Hyde Park would not go ahead with

silencing­the cynics, of which I have to admit

some of the shows planned to tie in with The

I was one, The Olympics, Opening Ceremony

Olympics for fear of irreparable­damage­. The

and all was a triumph – and even a certain

Hit Factory Live – due to featur­e Australian­

patchiness­to the Closing Ceremony couldn’t

pop idols Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan’s­

extinguish (apart from the Olympic Flame)

long-awaited reunion as performers – was

the general good feeling that had been

cancelled mainly due to the mud – although

generated­– we did, land up being proud to

some there might have been some relief in

be British - for how long we’ll see!

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face value.

with the weather, as rain and mud was again

this as it is thought that ticket sales were not what they might have been. Joe Cohen, chief

So, after our short summer break – Ladies

executive of online ticket resale site Seat

and Gentlemen – The News…

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Brent Grulke of SXSW Dies Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com All at VIP were saddened to hear of the

Festival­ . His background in live music as

sudden­and unexpected death of Brent

a sound engineer and tour manager meant

Grulke on the morning of August 13th. The

he understood all the things that musicians­

Creative Director of SXSW passed away as a

need to develop their careers and he created­

result of a heart attack after undergoing oral

a unique environment at SXSW that was very

surgery. He was 52.

artist friendly. He also appreciated­diversity­and expanded the programme for international­

Previously a writer and Records Review Editor­

showcases. We are all heartbroken­to have

for the Austin Chronicle, he also worked

lost him, he was a wonderful colleague, a

as a record producer, sound engineer­, tour

loyal friend and a champion of good music,

manager­and record company­executive­ ,

no matter where it originated.”

working

in

the

marketing

division

of

Spindletop­Records in the early 1990s.

Brent was an extremely well known figure­

Grulke­worked for the Austin, Texas based

at many of the European Festival and

event from its beginnings in 1987. He

Conference­events – I have personally shared

became­creative director in 1994 initially

a beer or several with him in several countries

building the event’s reputation for booking

on many an occasion and I, like many others,

local and underground­and then going on to

will miss his company.

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help create­the international reputation that it now commands.

He is survived by his wife, Kristen, and 6-yearold­son, Graham, as well as brothers Brad

SXSW director and co-founder Roland­ and Brian.

Swenson­ , commented, “A lot of Brent’s

Heartfelt commiserations go out from all of

personality­was

the VIP staff to Brent’s family and his very

in

SXSW.

He

was

adventurous­and knowledgeable and excited

many o friends.

about creative­people and endeavours. He didn’t like the usual and mundane. He was

The family has established the Graham

open-minded enough to know that his taste

Grulke­Education Fund. Contributions can be

wasn’t always the most important thing, so

directed to:

he was open to new things.”

EMG, Inc., 6101 West Courtyard Drive Suite 2-120, Austin, Texas 78730

Una Johnston, the European representative­ Attn: Brad Grulke for SXSW said, “Brent played a really central­

Please make donation payable to the Graham­

role in the dynamism of SXSW Music­ Grulke Education Fund.

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Academy Music Group Links with Oxford Brookes Students’ Union Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

O2 Academy Oxford

The Academy Music Group (AMG) owners

Festival is planned to welcome students in

will proactively address any issues­in the

and operators of a network of award-winning­

the first week of the new academic year.

local­area and reinforce a positive­message

live music and club venues across the UK also

to encourage good conduct­at all Oxford

has on-going partnerships and management

The

agreements with Students’ Union­venues in

development­of a newly branded night,

Hertfordshire, Bournemouth, Liverpool and

‘Brookes Big Night Out’, a weekly club event,

Carl Bathgate, Commercial Development

at an O2 Academy venue in Leicester has

every Wednesday at O2 Academy Oxford

Manager, Academy Music Group said, “This

announces­a fifth joint venture, this time

from Wednesday 19th September 2012 as

joint initiative will offer Brookes students­

with Oxford Brookes University.

well as bespoke events under the banner at

opportunities­to attend O2 Academy Oxford’s­

alternative locations in the City.

club and live events, plus we’ll be adding in

partnership

also

includes

the

The agreement sees the formation of a

Glee Club comedy shows, as well access

three-year­partnership to deliver a diverse­ David programme­of

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entertainment

for

Brookes Students’ Union events.”

Whittingham,

General

Manager­ , to our weekly Propaganda events. Artists­

the

Oxford­Brookes

Students’

Union

so far booked include Stooshe, Misha B,

students­of the University. Content will

commented,­“We

primarily­be delivered collaboratively with

that

with specialist­and mainstream events from

Academy­Music Group will meet our

Bedlam­featuring DJ sets from Rudimental,

the Students’ Union (SU), at AMG’s 1,350

expectations­in terms of service provision

Modestep, Zane Lowe.

capacity­O2 Academy Oxford. A ‘Freshers’

and event experience for our students. We

are

confident

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UK Music Magazine Sales Down in 2012 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

Records, concerts and festivals are not the only sectors of the UK

Other Bauer titles Kerrang! and Mojo fared considerably better, with

music industry having a torrid time of it in 2012. According to UK

sales also decreasing but by a much smaller margin, Kerrang! fell

broadsheet The Guardian leading UK Music magazines NME and

4.5% period on period and 6.6% year on year to 40,203; Mojo, the

Q have suffered substantial decreases in sales in a difficult first six

best-selling paid for title in the sector, dropped 2.7% period on period

months of 2012

and 2.4% year on year to 85,149.

Amongst monthlies the Bauer-owned Q is the worst performer in the

The second biggest faller in the category was IPC Media-owned NME,

sector with sales down 16.7% compared to the six months to the end

down 13.5% period on period and 17.6% year on year to 23,924.

of December and 19.7% year on year, according to the latest足Audit足 Bureau of Circulations figures released on Thursday, and recently足 appointed足editor Andrew Harrison faces an uphill struggle to revive the figures.

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Conferences Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

With the Festival Season gradually winding down we find ourselves looking towards­the Conference Season.

The Reeperbahn Festival and Reeperbahn Campus will kick off with a Grand Opening on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Gruenspan, Große Freiheit­56, 22769 Hamburg, when The Reeperbahn Festival­will be officially opened by Olaf Scholz, Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic­City of Hamburg, and Rüdiger Kruse, Spokesperson­for Cultural Affairs in the Budget Committee

Berlin Music Week

of the German Bundestag, before Kellerkommando play live.

The event will then run from Sept 20-22

this year minus Popkomm, will run from Sept 5-9:

“mailto: contact­@reeperbahncampus.com”

www.berlin-music-week.de

www.reeperbahncampus.com - www.reeperbahnfestival.com

Events will include conference and exchange platform

“mailto: contact@reeperbahncampus.com”

‘Word On Sound, and the Berlin Music Week Stage at the www.berlinfestival.de. Berlin Festival. This intends to

Speakers so far confirmed for this year’s Reeperbahn

provide­a platform for promising­national and international­

Campus­Conference Programme will include, , Ben Challis­

musicians, acts so far booked include KMPFSPRT­ , Muso,

(Glastonbury­Festival, UK), Philip Ginthör (Sony Music, DE),

Turboweekend­ , Christine And The Queens, Lay Low, Le

Martin Goldschmidt (Cooking Vinyl, UK), Johnny Häusler­

Galaxie­and Tomfoolery­will perform at Berlin’s Flughafen

(Spreeblick, DE), Peter Jenner (Sincere Management,

Tempelhof! : Also the Auf Den Dächern Festival (On the

UK), Stefan­Lehmkuhl (Melt! Festival, DE), Petri Lundén

Roofs Festival) organised­by www.tape.tv and www.spiegel.

(Hagenburg­Management, SE), Ivan Milivojev (Exit Festival­,

de/kultur/musik/auf-den-daechern-festival-spiegel-online-

SER), Thorsten Schliesche (Napster, DE), Carlo Schneider

rockt-berlins-­ hoechste-buehnen-a-849726.html.

the

(Tailor-Made, LU), Gilad Tiefenbrun (Linn, UK), Claudio Trotta­

Osthafen on Stralauer Allee­will feature Two Door Cinema

at

(Barley Arts, I), Rense van Kessel (Friendly Fire, NL), and

Club, Ghostpoet and Max Herre.

Alexander­Wolf (GEMA, DE).

Ray Cokes will bring comedy back to the event with Ray’s VIP News will report back from the event in the next issue…

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Reeperbahn Review, and there will be a special focus on that ‘permanent wave’, Heavy Metal.

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Music & Media Finland 2012

Amsterdam Dance Event

This event where ‘East meets West, Music meets the Movies,

will clash with Music and Media, running from the

and Music Business is made.’

17th - 21st of September, but of course this leading event

is the annual focal point for the whole of the Finnish music­

in the world of Dance is not aimed at quite the same market.

industry, and an important regional event on the global music industry calendar. This 23rd edition will take place in Tampere­from October 18-21. with 700 plus Finnish delegates­and 100 international business leaders.

“The event is designed from the ground up to bring people­

MaMA Event

together,” says Anu Aittoniemi, Music & Media Finland’s

of course the third edition of the MaMA Event will again take

managing director: “We have a great venue at Hotel Ilves

place in Paris on October 25/26:

with the convenience of having the conference facilities and

www.mama-event.com

accommodation all under one roof. And the Lost in Music festival venues are close by so delegates can see and hear new export-ready acts for themselves. We work hard behind the scenes to make the action smooth and always relaxed – that’s when people are most constructive and deals start to get made.”

As in previous years, Russia and the Baltic countries will be highlighted in the seminar program ,as will major European markets, the US, Russia and the Baltics, Japan, China and, of course, Scandinavia will all be represented.

VIP News will give more details of the October events in the September issue…

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> INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP

CEETEP

– The Programme Progresses Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com and analysis of common problems, followed

As many of you know ETEP (European Talent­Exchange Program) was introduced in 2003 to facilitate one of the main goals of Eurosonic­Noorderslag, the exchange and

CEETEP FESTIVALS:

by general analysis and discussion. Points covered­were: each country’s local situation­; the supply or lack of adequate venues, artist­

support of new European music in Europe.

fees – or lack of. The situation regarding­

Each year ETEP brings together the leading

Coke Live Music Festival – Poland:

national­promoters; physical releases; airplay­;

European festivals, radio and other media at

Podoha – Slovakia: Rock For People

labels; Authors Right organizations- etc.

Eurosonic Noorderslag and encourages them­

– Czechia, Taksirat – R. Macedonia:

the aim was to provide an overview of the

to ‘exchange’ a selection of artists. Since the

T-Mobile Inmusic Festival – Croatia:

situation­which over the next four years

start of the ETEP program in 2003 a total of

Woodstock Festival – Poland: B’estfest –

CEETEP may be able to help with.

1359 shows by 459 European artists­were

Romania: Exit Festival – Serbia: Wilsonic

presented at the 60 ETEP festivals (2003 –

Festival­– Slovakia: Sziget – Hungary:

After an evening of dinner, drinks and all

2011). The current figures for ETEP in 2012

Heineken Open’er Festival­– Poland:

that the Festival had to offer, Day 2 applied

are 259 confirmed shows by 95 European

Positivus Festival – Latvia: Spirit Of Bur-

itself to Solutions and Direction, addressing

artists from 20 different countries, a new

gas – Bulgaria­.

just how the various markets could improve

record­in the ETEP history!

their situation, and how working together and involving­others, such as Author’s Rights

Now a sub-programme of ETEP is in operation­ , Eurosonic Noorderslag and coorganisers Sziget and Exit Festivals with

CEETEP MEDIA:

Associations, Media, both Governmental and independent Cultural Organisations etc, could aid the development and the growth

EU financial­support have developed a

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of the industry in the region.

scheme for the circulation of CEE artists and

MR2-Petofi

Radio

–

Hungary:

repertoire­in Central and Eastern Europe at

KOMMPOT Communication­– Hungary:

Guest speakers over the two days included

the festivals and in the media, together with

Neston – Hungary: Antenna 5 Radio –

the highly experienced Estonian promoter

a total of 13 festivals in the CEE region and

Macedonia­: On.net – Macedonia: Radio

Juri Makarov who talked of the days when

selected CEE media partners. This is known

Channel 103 – Macedonia: Antyradio –

his country was part of the Soviet Union and

as CEETEP.

Poland: Polskie Radio Trójka – Poland­:

how music and music festivals contributed­

Polskie Radio Czwórka – Poland: Gaze-

to independence. Toomas Olljum , manager

Over the summer months there have been

ta Wyborcza­– Poland: Radio Wave –

of the Ewert & The Two Dragons, talked

two sets of meetings aimed at progressing

Czech Republic: Full Moon Magazine­

of his more recent experience in Estonia,

the aims and intentions of the Programme.

– Czech Republic: Radio 101 – Latvia:

breaking­his act into Western territories with

Metropotam Portal – Romania: Radio

the assistance­of Estonian Music Week and

The first was hosted by EXIT, during this year’s

Belgrade 1 – Serbia: Darik Radio – Bul-

ETEP. The third speaker was Laszlo Hegedu­s

Festival on July 13/14, with Ruud Berends­of

garia: 24 hours newspaper – Bulgaria:

of Multi­Media in Budapest, Hungary,

Eurosonic and ETEP overseeing, and yours

Nacional – Croatia: Croatian Radio –

operational­again after a non-competition

truly moderating the discussions, bringing

Croatia: Radio FM – Slovakia: Týzden

periods after selling his Company to Live

together managers, artists and other artist­

- Slovakia.

Natio­n, who enthralled the room detailing

representatives from the various countries­­in

his experiences as a promoter, manager,

the region. Day 1 was devoted to introducing

record­company, in several countries in the

all those attending and then the presentation

region over nearly forty years.

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> INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP

VIP News asked some of those attending for

I know that once I chose to work with the

their reactions:

band, Suie Paparude www.suiiepaparude. com

Facebook.com/suiepaparude)

as

a

band manager I automatically assumed that I couldn’t fail. Things just cannot go wrong when I am responsible for their careers. Most probably this is the worst nightmare that a band manager can have: fail to promote a talented artist. There are so many good and talented artists with access to people that don’t manage to break the borders, to make their music popular due to bad managers or due to the negligence of some promoters.

In Romania, unfortunately, things like this happen quite often and I do not want to be part of it and fail. The CEETEP EXIT meeting Ruth Koleva – artist from Bulgaria:

opened some doors for us. Discussing various

In my opinion, the meeting went really­well. It

topics one conclusion was coming to every-

was amazing to hear Lazslo and Juri’s stories­.

body’s mind: no matter from where you are,

Michal Ocovan – promoter and manager

It was great that we all had the chance to

you need to work a lot and fight for what

of Got Blue Balls in Slovakia said:

meet up and see the common­things and

you believe in.

It was a pleasure to meet everyone at Exit

the differences in our music industries­. To

Festival. It was an unexpected experience

me personally, it was enlightening­to hear

We are famous in Romania, being the first

that opened our eyes more in the field of

in which fields the other­countries in the

electronic music band, but the CEETEP

promotion, networking and booking. I was

region­are better developed than in my

meeting­and all the lovely people that I met

very excited by the meetings and talking with

own country­. I took notes. I am working on

there show me that is not enough to stay in

everyone involved with CEETEP. It was very

trying­to make some major changes. I work

your own country. We need to spread our mu-

interesting and we hope that we can arrange­

as a performer, producer­and manager for

sic abroad. What is CEETEP doing? Putting­us

something with other artists. We are still in

my band. I am based in Bulgaria and in the

together with the right people, helping­us to

contact with them and we are looking for

Netherlands.

talk to each other; sharing others­experience­

possibilities to bring them to our country­and

http://facebook.com/music.ruth

and finally helping us not fail our artists and

also to play with our band Got Blue Balls­.

http://ruth.bg/en

their hard work. CEETEP can be the best

Firstly the opportunity to play at Waves of

support­that we might have…… we need to

Vienna festival is very good for us. We have

Dana

played festivals in the Czech and Slovak

Paparude­, Romania

republics­and just now it is an opportunity

For me, it was a great opportunity to meet

to take our music across borders. We hope

people in the region to learn about their

that everything will be good and people will

markets and to share my experience. I

like our music. I hope to see everyone again

thank the team for being such beautiful­

On August 9, 2012, Eurosonic Noorderslag­

at some other festivals, and meetings and if

hosts. Our meeting was a great start for

announced the initial CEETEP results in

CEETEP needs to arrange something in future

what we all hope to achieve in the region­.

Groningen­, with the following statement:

please we would be happy to help.

Thank you to for being­such a great

www.vagaboond.com

moderator­of the discussion­and for bring-

Eurosonic Noorderslag and co-organisers

Glavan

–

manager

of

Suie

stay in touch!

CEETEP RESULTS

ing us your experience­and your lovely Brit-

Sziget Festival and Exit Festival are proud

ish accent in a ‘sea’ full of eastern accent

to announce the current results of the first

speakers. (I suppose­I should have edited­

year of the CEETEP program. CEETEP was

that bit out – but why turn down such a

developed to stimulate the circulation of

nice compliment! – Ed.)

CEE acts and repertoire in Central Eastern Europe at the CEETEP festivals and in the

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> INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP

media. CEETEP is a sub-program of ETEP, the European­Talent­Exchange Program. By working­together the organisers will help CEE acts perform across borders within Central Eastern Europe and, via shows at Eurosonic Noorderslag in the Netherlands, throughout the whole of Europe­and beyond.

As announced today, August 9th at the special­CEETEP press conference at The Sziget Festival with Fruzsina Szep from Sziget Festival, Ivan Milivojev from Exit festival and Peter Smidt from Eurosonic Noorderslag, the results for year 1 so far are: 24 confirmed shows by 16 European artists from 9 different­ countries. A great and promising start for the CEETEP program. The 3 CEE acts with the most bookings at the 13 CEETEP festivals will receive an invitation to play at Eurosonic

laid down this year. And we aim to grow

Peter Smidt from Eurosonic Noorderslag:

Noorderslag 2013.

from building bridges to building a ‘cultural

“We are very happy that with 24 festival

highway’ for our artists in the CEE region and

shows from 16 acts at 13 festivals the first

Fruzsina Szep from Sziget festival

between now and 2015, we hope to have all

year of CEETEP made a strong start. Given

“The only thing I can say is that all the energy

roads open for artists to tour freely. I honestly

the media attention we believe all acts made

we invested in building up the CEETEP project

believe in that goal, and this professional and

a good start in new countries and expanded

in the past years together with many Central

artistic cooperation and exchange is the true

their markets. And success is not only to

and Eastern European colleagues and with

sign we are heading towards this already. I’m

be seen in countries within CEETEP. Several

Eurosonic Noordeslag was 100% worth all

happy, honoured and proud to belong to the

CEETEP acts are already booked at Waves

the time and energy. We are building cultural

CEETEP family.”

Vienna in Austria. We are looking forward

bridges and the first real foundations were

to the presence of the most booked CEETEP acts at Eurosonic Noorderslag in January.”

EXIT Festival hosted CEETEP meeting

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> INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP

CEETEP ARTISTS 2012

ARTISTS ON CEETEP FESTIVALS

Band:

Country:

Suggested by:

Astro’n’out

Latvia

Positivus Festival

Band:

Country: Scores:

Taksirat Festival

Grimus

RO 3

Rock For People

Instrumenti LV 3

Exit Festival

Dubioza Kolektiv

BA

3

B’estfest

Kerekes Band

HU

2

PL

2

CZ

2

B-Complex Slovakia

Pohoda

Bernays Propaganda

R. Macedonia

Cocotte Minute

Czech Republic

Concrete Sun

Serbia

Dekadens Romania Dreddup

Serbia

Exit Festival

Monika Brodka

Dubioza Kolektiv

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Taksirat Festival

Pipes and Pints

Enej

Poland

Woodstock Festival Poland

B-Complex SK 1

Gooral

Poland

Coke Live Music Festival

Condrete Sun

RS

Got Blue Balls

Slovakia

Pohoda

Hype!

RS 1

Gravity Co.

Bulgaria

Spirit of Burgas

Intim Torna Illegál

HU

Grimus Romania B’estfest

Kamp!

PL 1

Hype!

Exit Festival

Les Elephants Bizarres RO

1 1

Serbia

1

1

Instrumenti

Latvia

Positivus Festival

Puding Pani Esvisovey SK

Intim Torna Illegál

Hungary

Sziget

Superhiks

MK 1

Jelonek

Poland

Woodstock Festival Poland

Tata Bojs

CZ

Turbo

HU 1

1

Kamp!

Poland

Heineken Open’er Festival

Kerekes Band

Hungary

Sziget

Killo Killo Banda

Serbia

Exit Festival

Number of artists

16 24

Kiril Dzajkovski

R. Macedonia

Taksirat Festival

Number og confirmed shows

Kottarashki

Bulgaria

Spirit of Burgas

Number of Countries

L.Stadt

Poland

Heineken Open’er Festival

Les Elephants Bizarres

Romania

B’estfest

Luka Belani

Croatia

INmusic Festival

Monika Brodka

Poland

Coke Live Music Festival

Petrol

Serbia

Exit Festival

Pipes and Pints

Czech Republic

Rock For People

Popa Sapka

Romania

B’estfest

Puding Pani Elvisovey

Slovakia

Pohoda

Ruth Koleva

Bulgaria

Spirit of Burgas

S.a.r.s.

Serbia

Taksirat Festival

S3ngs

Croatia

INmusic Festival

Smallman

Bulgaria

Spirit of Burgas

Söndörgo Hungary

Sziget

Suie Paparude

Romania

B’estfest

Superhiks

R. Macedonia

Taksirat Festival

Tata Bojs

Czech Republic

Rock For People

The Orange Strips

Croatia

INmusic Festival

The Uniques

Slovakia

Wilsonic Festival

Tichá Dohoda

Czech Republic

Rock For People

Triana Park

Latvia

Positivus Festival

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Turbo Hungary Sziget Vypsana Fixa

Czech Republic

Rock For People

Wickeda

Bulgaria

Spirit of Burgas

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PRS for Music Launches Music Makeover 2012 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com This announcement deals with two things which feature prominently in my life – music and pubs – so I think this initiative deserves attention­

The Market Inn, Faversham, Music Makeover winner 2011

and support! – It’s your round! (Ed) In advance of the important Live Music Act 2012, which comes into affect this October, PRS for Music launches the second edition of the competition to find the UK’s best music pubs, The Music Makeover.

The £5,000 award is intended to help pubs create the right space for music so they can remain competitive and crucially, a key destination­ for locals to enjoy. The passing of the Live Music Act means small venues­in England and Wales (under a 200-person capacity) will no longer need local authority permission to host performances

from town to town. We pretty much mastered our live sound and

of live music. PRS for Music will be contacting 41,000 pubs with a

style in those old pubs.”

comprehensive­guide to making live music work including tips on genre choice, stage lighting, jukeboxes, gig promotion and ticketing.

Horace Trubridge of the Musicians’ Union stated: “Pubs play such a vital role in many musicians’ careers and provide an essential platform

Research conducted by PRS for Music with pub-data specialists

from which talent can grow. Demonstrating how music can really

CGA Strategy Ltd. identified a significant positive impact of live and

benefit pubs underlines how intertwined the two industries are. We

recorded­music on sales in pubs – an increase of £667 on Fridays and

need to protect and support the pub sector and the live music circuit

Saturdays and 36 more units each day during the week. In deeply

as they are both such an integral part of the UK cultural scene.”

challenging economic times for the great British pub, the research confirms that live music is a vital life-line to many venues.

Last year’s Music Makeover winner David Pott of The Market Inn, Faversham, said: “We were extremely pleased to win – pleased for

Francis Rossi of Status Quo remarked: “Don’t even start me on the

us and for the pub. The prize money will be a great boost for the

importance­of the pub circuit. In the early days we were always gigging

pub and the community. This will put The Market Inn on the map for

in local pubs, throwing our kit in the back of the van and motoring

music. We’re already receiving demos from local bands who want to play here.” http://www.facebook.com/dotTICKETS.

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> AWARDS

AWARDS Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

If things in many areas of the music business are looking a little down, don’t let it get to you, there’s nothing like the occasional Awards Ceremony to make industry players feel recognized, making it all worthwhile, and cheering­everyone up - here are the plans for three of these events…

Festival Awards & Conference 2012 The UK Festival Awards ceremony and UK

about taking things to even greater heights

Festival Conference will both take place at

in 2012. Upgrading the Conference venue to

London’s historic Roundhouse this year for its

the Roundhouse was one such step. Over the

ninth edition to gather the nation’s festival­

coming weeks we will be announcing further

industry under one roof in the wake of an

exciting developments­, underlining the fact

eventful and challenging year for the sector.

that 2012 is set to be another landmark year

for Festival Awards.”

The winners, decided by a combination of

Tickets for both events are being handled

public and industry vote, will be revealed

by Eventbrite, and are available to order

and presented with their awards at the

now from: festivalawards.eventbrite.com.

gala ceremony on the evening of Monday

3rd December, featuring a big-name host,

Chris McCormick, Festival Awards co-

gourmet­dinner, live entertainment and a

founder­and

notoriously lively after - show party.

comments­: “We are delighted to welcome

Eventbrite on-board as a major sponsor this

Festival Awards Ltd, the company that

Festivals wishing to take part in this year’s

year. As one of the most progressive forces

produces­the UK and European Festival­

awards can register online now at www.

in the reformatted ticketing landscape, we

Awards

festivalawards­.com.

believe they have a lot to offer to the festival­

Conference­, has confirmed that UK-based

market in the UK and beyond, and it’s a

Mondiale Publishing­has recently purchased

Festival Awards Ltd announces Eventbrite

pleasure to be working with them.”

a majority stake of the organisation. Original

partnership

Marion

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sponsorship

Steve Jenner

director

as

well

as

the

UK

Festival

founders Steve Jenner and Chris McCormick Gamel,

VP

Marketing

EMEA,

“Eventbrite

is

will retain­prominent operational positions

During the day of the awards show, the UK

Eventbrite­comments:

Festival Conference will be held in the main

delighted­to be sponsoring the UK Festival­

going forward, with existing shareholders­ James Drury and Justin Madgwick also

auditorium of the venue, featuring a key-

Awards 2012. We are also very happy to

remaining­on the restructured board.

note­­speaker and a programme of senior-

be handling the ticketing of this event, that

level­panelists discussing the key challenges

will be a celebration of the outstanding

For more information on the Festival

and opportunities facing the industry at this

creativity­and variety of festivals in the UK.”

Awards & Conference contact:

time.

As previously announced, overseas sister­ Steve Jenner – Co-founder & Director

Steve Jenner, Festival Awards co-founder says:

event The European Festival Awards will

“After achieving a long-held dream of stag-

return­to Groningen, Holland, on the opening­

ing the Festival Awards at The Roundhouse­

night of the Eurosonic Noorderslag­showcase­

Ben Chadwick – Event Manager

last year, we had to take stock and seriously

festival and conference on Wednesday 9th

Mondiale Publishing Ltd

reassess where we could go from there. We

January, 2013. Tickets are available now,

T: 0161 476 5580 - b.chadwick@mondiale.co.uk

concluded that the only way is up and set

with early-bird discounts available.

Festival Awards Ltd T: 07968 214560 - steve@festivalawards.com

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> AWARDS

Artist Manager Awards Firstand Conference Details Launched - Spotify Headline Sponsor

for Reeperbahn Festival Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, co-chair of The Featured Artist’s Coalition

are joining the move to east London by holding this year’s event at

(FAC) and Jon Webster, CEO of the Music Managers Forum (MMF)

the Troxy (www.troxy.co.uk) on November 27th.

Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

announced the launch of the 2012 Artist and Managers Awards on August 7th at Adidas Underground in London. Last year’s successful

Last year’s winners were Ed Sheeran, Giant Men Management,

inaugural event was held at the Roundhouse but the FAC and MMF

Adele, Jho Oakley, Martin Mills, John Glover, Massive Attack and the artists and managers from Everybody’s.

The following awards will be the subject­of nomination over the next 2 months Breakthough Artist: First Rung Manager · Artist of the Year: · Manager of the Year These following are in the gift of the FAC and MMF Boards and will be announced in the next few weeks Industry Champion: The Pioneer Award · The Peter Grant Award for Management · Artist’s Artists

Artist and Manager Awards 2011

FAC Co-Chair Sandie Shaw said “Last year’s event was a great

MMF Chairman Brian Message commented “We are constantly

celebration­of the artist and manager community and we look

exploring­ways for artists and fans to be closer together and to

forward­to an even bigger and better bash this year”

access­music in more legitimate ways.”

The Awards will be sponsored by fast growing music service

More information can be obtained from www.amawards.org or

Spotify­(www.spotify.com) whose Chief Content Officer Ken Parks

from the FAC and MMF offices (info@thefac.org – info@themmf.

announced­that the service had reached the 4 million subscriber

net).

landmark at a conference in London last week.

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Another Episode In The Viagogo-Saga Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

Earlier this year the UK Channel 4 Dispatches­TV-Report “The Great

The Danish Broadcasting Company has a Concert Hall; we allied

Ticket Swindle” investigated­the business practices of Viagogo and

with its music manager­who went on to Viagogo to find tickets to

Seatwave in some detail.

a concert­. He found out that Viagogo­had tickets for a concert that will take place in April and that they had tickets available for a section

It was revealed that it was the case that staffmembers­­of Viagogo,

(I think it was Section E). But when he checked their internal ticket

which had previously­portrayed itself as a ticket exchange­where

system he could see, that they hadn’t sold any tickets for this section

fans could sell tickets to fans, were actually buying and selling tickets­

of the Hall.

via the company website. Now another­TV-report­has revealed­how a Viagogo-­ staff member is buying and selling tickets applying­a

Then he bought one of these section Etickets on Viagogo’s website­

surcharge­to consumers­typical for ticket exchanges.

- a couple of hours later someone went into the website of the concert hall and bought a section E-ticket. An hour later the music

The Danish journalist Jens Vithner working­for the consumer magazine­

manager received his Eticket from Viagogo. But the ticket had been

“Kontant” presented­by the public station DR1, has unearthed even

manipulated­in Photoshop. One of the tickets was sold by the concert

more details about how Viagogo goes about its business. The report­

hall to the buyer. The other one was received by the music manager

entitled “Snedige billethajer” (cunning­ticket tout – Ed.) revealed

from Viagogo. It was the same ticket (Same ID and same row and

that, “…the territorial­manger of Viagogo in The Netherlands­is a

seat) but the name had been changed. The ticket the music manager

major seller on Viagogo.” In the announcement­for the show Vithner

received has the name Sjors on it and the price was missing - The

declared that the manager “puts tickets for sale on Viagogo before he

original had the name Hugo Schaper and the price on it.

has bought the real ticket and that he disguises that he is a Viagogo employee selling on the site, by removing his name and the price from

THEN, if you google Hugo Schaper, it shows, that he is listed on

the ticket using Photoshop.”

Facebook­and Linked In, as the national manager of Viagogo in The Netherlands. That’s how we found him.

The report was aired on August 14. VIP News spoke with Vithner about his discoveries­and findings about the business methods that

You interviewed Danish concert promoters­and ticketing

accompany­so called secondary ticketing, previously considered a

providers­for the report, did they give any estimates of the

black market.

numbers­or the share of tickets sold via Viagogo for popular events?

Isn’t the unauthorized resale of tickets in Denmark forbidden

– We spoke with the two large ticket providers­in Denmark, and

by law?

one of them tracked down that Hugo Schaper bought more than

– Yes - According to Danish law it is illegal to “offer a ticket for sale at

700 tickets­for Danish events from their website. They don’t now

a higher price then the original”

how many of their tickets are sold on Viagogo, but they think its thousands­.

What have been the main results and findings of your report?

After our research we could prove, that some of the tickets on

The French promoter association Prodiss lobbied successfully

Viagogo­are put up for sale on Viagogo as a secondary ticket, even

for a law against the unauthorized resale of tickets. The law

before­the primary ticket is bought. Then we found out, that the

foresees penalties of about 15.000 Euros in the first case,

ticket we bought was being manipulated, before it was sent to the

30.000 Euro in case of repetition. Would you say, it needs a

buyer. The customer’s name and the price were removed. When we

similar degree of penalty in Denmark too, in order to prevent

made a search on the buyer’s name, Hugo Schaper, we found out,

secondary ticket platforms continuing their business?

that he wasn’t just an unlucky fan, who couldn’t get to the concert,

– I’m not actually sure what the penalty for reselling is in Denmark -

but the national manager of Viagogo.

but not as much as in France. The problem is, that when the sale is through Viagogo, who has their main office­in London (Possibly not

How did you become aware of the involvement­of this Viagogo­

any longer – Ed.) and the server in Switzerland, the Danish­Police and

Executive buying and selling tickets for concerts and events in

authority can’t do anything about it.

Denmark?

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The Danish TV-Report “Kontant” reveals more details about Viagogo

Kåre Quist, Kontant and Hugo Schaper

KET TOUT

CUNNING TIC

You mentioned that Google Denmark­stopped Viagogo

Did you obtain any other reactions from consumer protection­

advertisements­after­your report has been screened. Did

or governmental organisations or even media after the

Google­provide you with a statement on the case?

broadcast­of the report?

We had a statement from Peter Friis CEO of Google Norden in our

– We had a comment from the Danish consumer­council, who wants

late news at 21.00, which declared, ‘We are now suspending the

the access to Viagogo to be shut down, as we in Denmark have done

advertisements, to look at their methods. But at the same time we

with Pirate Bay and some betting­companies. Some of the political

will give them the possibility to document, that what they do is legal

parties support­that view.

in Denmark. Our lawyers will now look into it, and then we have to see, what will happen next’.

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Intellitix

– In touch with Olympia!

Greg Parmley, Chief Information Officer at Intellitix Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com The RIFD-solution provider Intellitix provided the sport company Adidas

when the event was running, in order to ensure that only authorized­

with its service for their marketing events during the Olympic Games in

guests gained access. A visual wristband check by security was not

London. These new technologies enable promoters to run their events

possible because the bands were the same every night, despite there

with cashless payments but also offer the opportunity to benefit from

being a different event, so all access was dictated by our system.

many other related technical and new media features that could lead

The access control system also gave regular reports as to how many

to significant changes for the structure of production facilities for live

people­were in the venue, unique enters and exits etc.

events. VIP News spoke with Greg Parmley, Chief Information Officer at Intellitix about its engagement for Adidas and about the applications

All guests had drinks tokens preloaded onto their bands. All bar staff

and possibilities provided by this new service technology.

were issued with handheld scanners so that guests were able to redeem­them. This proved very popular, as I’m sure you can imagine!

Which events has Intellitix provided RFID-service for this year?

It was extremely fast as well. Again, it all ran with 100% uptime.

– Loads! In North America, events include Coachella, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Electric Zoo, Bonaroo, Bamboozle, River’s Edge etc.

And Facebook registered wristbands could post in several ways:

There’s a lot. In one weekend we had six running at once – please see

1. A post was triggered on entry as they arrived. 2. An Adidas branded­

here: www.intellitix.com/resources/newsarticle/20

Live Click Station was wall mounted – guests could Live Click their RFID wristbands to post a text update. 3. Using an Adidas branded

In Europe this year we’ve done Eurosonic Noorderslag, the Red Hot

Live Click Photo Station guests were able to instantly upload photos

Chili Peppers at Knebworth, Wakestock, Tomorrowlands (Europe’s

to their Facebook profile using just their RFID wristbands. If someone

largest EDM festival), Adidas at the Olympics, and there’s more to

hadn’t registered in advance, we had staff able to sign them up on

come before the season finishes – we’re looking to announce at least

the spot, using an iPad and a small portable RFID reader.

one more European festival shortly.

Please elaborate on the settings and results for the ‘pre and Intellitix provided its RIFD-System for Adidas during the

post social network communication’ services you provided for

Olympic­Games for their marketing events. Can you please

Adidas?

explain­what kind of services these were?

– Pre – getting people to pre register on Facebook, putting the system

– All of the services we provided were based around the venue,

in place. Posts – being able to evaluate how many posts were made,

Village­Underground, for the duration of the Games. The ‘Adidas

and so calculate how effective the activation was.

underground­’ shows took place over 12 nights at the venue. Intellitix­

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provided a pre-registration system that allowed guests to register for

Looking into the sector for sport events, did you discover that

tickets and powered the box office, enabling RFID bands to be quickly

the needs and demands of sport events for RIFD-solutions are

linked to individual profiles when that guest arrived. We provided­

different than the ones for music events?

a secure RFID access control system that was used during the day

– This was a mixture of music, fashion and sport-inspired events,

by security to limit access to authorized staff, and then at night

and held in a venue, so it felt more rock ‘n’ roll than anything else!

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Adidas­wanted to stage something very special that would connect with various­different scenes in London, and we helped facilitate that.

Intellitix offers their services in North America and in Europe.

Which markets are more progressive or better said which promoters­are more progressive in using RFID solutions for their events?

– North America is currently busier than Europe, but then our operation­there is a year older, or twice as old depending how you look at it because the company is only two years old! I would argue that anyone adopting RFID is progressive though, and not just our own technology. Most of the major festival promoters are trialling or considering RFID or cashless payment systems in some way – it’s a topic that everyone is aware of I think.

Have you also experienced any differences between the acceptance­and the usage of social media tools between event visitors in North America and Europe?

– It’s too early to say for definite, but there will always be a large proportion of event goers that are keen to experience new ways of connecting, or are happy to experiment with new technology. And there is always a small number that prefer not to engage, which is fine – everything we do with social media is ‘opt in’. What makes more of a difference, rather than nationality, is engaging with fans in the right way, and giving them real value, or exciting them in new, well communicated ways.

In general, what type of RIFD-services are more of interest­ for promoters, cashless payment options or new media opportunities­?

– In Europe, cashless payment is certainly a big watchword. But social media amplification can be enormous if done right – look at Bonaroo­ as an example - www.intellitix.com/media/videos - so it certainly should not be undervalued.

How big are the logistical and infrastructure efforts Intellitix have to undertake to supply promoters with its service, and how does a typical collaboration between a promoter and Intellitix­shape up?

– Everything we do requires a decent amount of hardware – most of which is custom-built – and staff to run it. The software side of things is also all developed in house, and requires monitoring by our team of developers. So I would describe a typical collaboration with a promoter­ as ‘detailed’! A huge amount of effort goes into ensuring that every single event we’ve ever deployed at has run 100% successfully­. When you’re talking about the access control of an event, or the F&B spend, they’re hugely important elements of festivals – any sort of system or service failure in this area is simply not an option.

For further information please check www.intellitix.com

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MUSIC IN SHARES

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

Lanxess Arena

Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer

CTS Eventim Take Over Management­ of Lanxess Arena Cologne

Live Nation Q2-Results Reported And New Offer For a Bond

The deal is already signed but needs final approval by Cartel

“Overall, we remain confident in our ability to deliver growth in

authorities­. On August 10 CTS Eventim formally took over Arena

our core business while we continue to invest in the technology

Management GmbH (AMG), previously owned by the Arena Holding

platform­, unlocking future growth opportunities with our 200 million

GmbH. Not as previously reported in local newspapers, that that CTS

transaction­base and maintaining our strong leadership position in

Eventim bid together with the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)

the marketplace­” explains Michael Rapino, President and CEO of Live

to run the management for the arena, CTS Eventim reported that it is

Nation­Entertainment­according to the company’s business report for

now going ahead with this deal without AEG.

the second quarter (Q2) in 2012.

Previously CTS Eventim and AEG received t approval for the purchase

The company’s $1,550 billion turnover in Q2 2012 is a bit less than in

of Hammersmith Apollo, which both companies will run in a joint

Q2-2011 where it was $1.558 bn. Nevertheless, the half-year figures in

venture. Currently no further news is available regarding the previ-

fact indicate a growth of $10 million, from $2.408 in 2011 to $2.418

ously reported investigation by the Prosecution Department Munich

billion this year.

of CTS Eventim CEO Klaus Peter Schulenberg on suspicion of the unauthorized resale of tickets for the World Cup 2006 in Germany.

But also the net loss is growing; from $35.2 in the same period last year up to $61.4 million this year. Also the long-term debts are growing:

However, for CTS Eventim the purchase of AMG indicates a strategy

from $1.662 on December 31 up to $1.682 billion by June 30.

change. In the past CTS Eventim never undertook serious efforts to enter the market for venue management. With the joint venture with

Shortly after Live Nation put out its business report, the company

AEG in the UK and management of the open air arena Waldbühne

announced­an offer of “$225 million in aggregate principal amount of

and the concert location Tempodrom in Berlin, the take over of the

7.00% senior unsecured notes due 2020 (the “Notes”)”. In the same

management­company for the Lanxess Arena can be seen as another

announcement Live Nation reported that it will take on a further $100

step for CTS Eventim in expanding its portfolio of business activities

million loan and intends together with the new notes “to redeem all of

into new areas. The current share price for CTS Eventim stands at 24.56

its outstanding 10.75% senior notes due 2016, to pay related fees and

Euro.

expenses in connection therewith and for general corporate purposes.”

Shares of Live Nation on August 20 stand at $8.83.

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MUSIC IN SHARES

Music Festivals PLC announced Win Warning On August 3 Music Festivals PLC announced a profit warning due to lower ticket sales for its two main festivals Hop Farm Music Festival and the Benicassim Festival.

In an investors news it says: As a result, the Group currently expects to report a material loss for the year ending 31 December 2012 and is exploring ways of raising additional working capital.”

Earlier in July, the company reported that Vince Power, Director of the company provided a £750,000 unsecured loan with an interest rate of 8 percent.

The share price of Music Festivals PLC is now at 3.5 Pence, on June 30 it still was at 39.5 Pence. The one-year share price review reports a loss of 94.6 percent…

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