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McGowan’s
Musings
A few days ago I was drinking caffe con leche
go wrong! Still, mustn’t complain, (that’s a
to follow up stories elsewhere, is apparently
and eating churros (they just can’t be good
very English thing to say, mostly uttered by
untrue. But, we’ve heard all that to- ing and
for you!) in Malaga in 34 degrees – now I’m
those who complain most…) it’s been a great
fro- ing before haven’t we, so who knows,
sat at the computer staring out at grey driving
summer in most of Europe to the general
and there is Mr. Bowie being nominated for
rain in Brighton – and it’s cold – where did I
advantage of the Festivalmarket. However
the Mercury Award (see this issue).
some events are still having problems, for
instance have Festivals fallen out of favour
However please don’t get the impression
(a bit of alliteration for you…) with the
that I do not attempt to keep an eye on new
Swedes? However in the UK, the venerable
and up and coming talent, of which there
but still mighty Glastonbury, no sooner says
is much! Look at that Montreal band of
goodbye to this summer’s sun soaked (I’m at
brothers Half Moon Run, I caught them by
it again!) Worthy Farm visitors than the news
chance at Canadian Music Week in 2012,
is out about next year’s tickets. These will go
and started singing their praises, and now
on sale on 6 Oct at 9am sharp (see story in
they seem to be everywhere. Also I had the
this issue).
pleasure and privilege to present one of the
four nights of ‘Wunderkinder – German
As we said last month, with the majority of the
MusicalTalent’ in Hamburg, and there’s no
Festivals tidied away till next year, it’s time for
denying that it’s obvious that there are some
the Conferences to hog the limelight – Berlin
great new bands coming out of Germany,
Music Week has been and gone, but most of
or in many cases ‘staying in’, singing in
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Germanand able to maintain their careers
or by the time you read this, will have been,
by touring in that huge territory. As Stephan
in Hamburg for ReeperbahnCampusand the
Thandscheit of FKP Scorpio (see article in
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Reeperbahn Festival. Otherswill follow hot
this issue), commented during the gathering
foot, and by the next issuewe’ll be talking
to introduce the Wunderkinder programme
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about events in Paris, Tampere, Amsterdam
festival that festival promoters in Germany
and others – this businessnever sleeps!
are now able to respond to demand by
adding more local acts to their bills, often
As a man of advancing years, I take
as headliners, than in recent years. We
encouragementfrom the fact that the longest
returnedfrom the Reeperbahn event a little
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established acts and events – like Glastonbury
too late to include reports in this issue, but
– are still able to attract the main headlines –
we will follow up on another very successful
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look at that well-preserved old codger David
edition in our October issue.
Bowie, there was recently a huge frisson of
excitement when one of the UK tabloids
So, again, Ladies and Gentlemen – The
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FKP Managing Directors Stephan Thanscheidt & Folkert Koopmans
Stephan Thanscheidt Promotedto FKP Scorpio Board as Managing Director Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
It has been something of a standing joke in
and shape the future growth strategy in the
the last year or so, when international live
festival and concert business.
industry professionals at ILMC, Eurosonic, Reeperbahn or other events, catch sight of
The
Folkert Koopmans on the phone to ask him
supportedby a newly formed management
two
Managing
Directors
will
be
if he’s buying another festival to add to his
team, consisting of the heads of departments
ever growing portfolio of events and in
tours, finance and festival production.
many cases this assumption may have been correct. FKP Scorpio now operate 18 festivals;
Folkert Koopmans commented: “FKP Scorpio
what with these and the Company’s touring
has developed very well over the past decade,
commitments, Folkert is an extremely busy
and particularly in the last two or three years
man, so it’s a good thing that he has taken
there has been an additional positive boost.
steps to spread the work load within his very
With our offices in Amsterdam, Stockholm
successful Company.
and Vienna, the number of employeesin
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Europenow exceeds 100 people. We organize On September 6th it was announced from it’s
18 festivals in five countries, servingmore
base in Hamburg, that concert and festival
than 300 tours and as many local concerts
organizer FKP Scorpio Konzertproduktionen
per year. The FKP Group expect to reach a
GmbH, would expand it’s management
record revenue of more than 100 million
board by appointing Stephan Thanscheidt
Euros in 2013. With this success, the scope
to work together with FKP Scorpio founder
and complexity of our activities has increased
Folkert Koopmans.
enormously - as well as the requirementsof the management. With Stephan Thanscheidt
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Stephan Thanscheidt joined FKP Scorpio in
I have an experienced promoter at my side,
2009 as Head of Festival booking and the
who was already involved in the previous
Local Department. He is responsible for the
work leading to the positive development
national and international line-ups of the
of FKP Scorpio. Through his assignment to
entireFKP Scorpio festival portfolio, as well
Managing Director I will have the necessary
as concerts and shows in the Hamburg area.
freedom to concentrate intensively on new
In his new position as Managing Director of
projects and especially on expansion in the
FKP Scorpio it is intended that he will drive
European festival market.
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MaMA takes place in October 2013
MaMA Event Networking Sessions and New Conferences Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Next month’s MaMA Event in Paris has
french-meet-africa. “French Meet Africa” -
www.yourope.org. Yourope, the European
announceda programme of International Thursday, October 17th, at 14:30.
Festivals Organisation, which has established
speed-meeting and networking opportunities
it’s power to lobby for all legal and industry
organized on the occasion of the www.
Coming from the whole African continent,
mama-event.com/en/convention/zoom.
these professionals – identified jointly by
industryon behalf of its members and to-
Focus on Popular Music set up by www.
InstitutFrançais and OIF as part of the
gether with other associations in the live
institutfrancais .com/en.
EquationMusique
music business, presents two conferences
Institut
Français,
Programme,
and
in
issuesrelating to the European festival
www.french-music.org/home.
partnershipwith Saison Sud-Africaine.
during MaMA convention, focused on www.
Bureau Export and MaMA. www.mama-
www.mama-event.com/en/convention/
mama-event.com/en/convention/festivals-
event.com/en/convention/the-french-meet-
the-french-meet-americas-and-southern-
comment-attirer-un-public-international.
eastern-countries. “French Meet Eastern
europe.“French Meet Americas & Southern
Internationalizationof Festivals and on www.
countries” - Wednesday, October 16th, at
Europe” - Friday, October 18th, at 14:30
mama-event.com/fr/convention/cashless-les-
14:30.
French meet professionals from southern
nouveaux-systemes-de-paiement-pour-les-
Europeand Americas.
festivaliers. Cashless Payment.
Asia and Eastern Europe.
CANADA-FRANCE MATCHMAKIN EVENT
More information:
/www.mama-event.com/en/convention/the-
The Trade Commissioner Service from the
www.mama-event.com
french-meet-northern-europe. “French Meet
www.canadainternational.gc.ca/france/in-
Northern Europe” - Thursday, October 17th,
dex. Embassy of Canada in France is pleased
at 10:30. French professionals meet their
to invite Canadian and French pros from the
peers from Northern Europe.
music sector to a business matchmaking
www.mama-event.com/en/convention/the-
event.
French professionals meet their peers from
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Glastonbury 2014 Tickets on Sale on October 6 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
With the 2013 dust (as opposed to the usual
ticket bundles will be sold in advance of
Eavis told the Western Daily Press “Around
mud!) hardly settled, tickets for Glastonbury
festivaltickets going on general sale.
one
2014 are to go on sale at 9.00 am on October 6th.
million
people
have
already
pre-
registered . That’s a crazy number. I think It’s not likely to be any easier to get 2014
peopleknow the chances of getting a ticket
ticketsthan this year when all 135,000
are only around six to one but we have to
As is now usual, ticket buyers will pay a £50
ticketssold out within two hours, with
make sure the tickets are apportioned fairly.”
per person deposit - with a maximum of six
hundredsof thousands of people being left
tickets per buyer- with the balance of £160
disappointed , as organiser Michael Eavis
Eavis has already said that he knew who
(plus £5 booking fee and £7 postage) due at
(no talk about retirementthis year!) says
the three Pyramid Stage headliners would
the start of AprilThis year however, so-called
more than one millionpeople, a substantial
be next year, but he and other organisers
‘bus wanker’ packages will be available from
increaseon those who had registered at the
are of course sworn to secrecy. Bookmaker’s
6pm on 3 Oct. In an attempt to further the
same point before the October 2012 online
WilliamHill are laying odds on Fleetwood
event’s green credentials, and to cut back
sale, have already registered for the web-site
Mac, but rumours include David Bowie, Led
on the problems of traffic movement and
in hopes of being successful in getting tickets
Zeppelin, Prince, Arcade Fire, Foo Fighters…
parkingby convincing more people to travel
which will go up by £5 this year.
and of course many others
by bus, these coach (or bus) -and-festival
Glastonbury tickets on sale
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2014 European Festival Awards Announced Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
Following its successful fourth edition in January, the EUROPEAN
Festival Awards Managing Director, James Drury, said: “It’s been a
FESTIVALAWARDS, presented in association with YOUROPE and
reallyexciting year for festivals across Europe and I’m expecting further
EurosonicNoorderslag, will return in the New Year, with the gala
growth in the number of festivals participating, on the back of last
award show on the first night of Eurosonic Noorderslag on Wednesday
year’s fantastic growth. European promoters have a great healthy
15th January 2014 at De Oosterpoort in Groningen, The Netherlands.
sense of competition and it’s going to be exciting to find out which events the fans loved the most.”
Nominations are now open and will run until September 27, 2013, duringwhich time festivals can put themselves forward using the simple
Last year’s European Festival Awards featured over 300 festivals from
online form at: bumacultuur.mailotron.com/lt. eu.festivalawards.com/
32 different countries, with over 500,000 votes. Public voting in this
apply.
year’s Awards will commence on October 1 and close on November 1. For the fifth edition of the awards there will be the addition of a jury
Decided by a combination of public vote and industry juries, the
vote alongside the fan votes. The following are decided by public vote
EuropeanFestival Awards are the only pan-European body solely
(75% of the total vote) and jury vote (25%):
dedicatedto recognising the contributions and achievements of the
• Best Small Festival
event organisers and performing artists that generate billions of Euros
• Best Medium-Sized Festival
for local economies and brighten up the summer for tens of millions
• Best Major Festival
of festival-goers each year.
• Best New Festival • Best Indoor Festival
Tomorrowland won Best Major festival 2012
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2012 Winners: • Best Major Festival: Tomorrowland (Belgium)
• Festival Anthem Of The Year:
• Best Medium-Sized Festival:
• Best New Festival: Electro Magnetic (Germany)
Heineken Balaton Sound (Hungary)
Lykke Li – ‘I Follow Rivers’ (Sweden)
• Best Small Festival: Tauron New Music Festival (Poland)
• The Lifetime Achievement Award:
• Headliner Of The Year: Foo Fighters (Usa)
• Newcomer Of The Year: Of Monsters And Men (Iceland)
• Promoter Of The Year: Pukkelpop (Belgium)
• Best European Festival Line-Up:
• Artists’ Favourite Festival: Roskilde (Denmark)
• Green Operations Award: We Love Green (France)
Rock Am Ring/ Rock Im Park (Germany)
Herman Schueremans (Live Nation Belgium)
• Best Indoor Festival: Sensation (Netherlands)
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German Elections Results Destroyed Hopes Of The Pirate Party Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com It is just two years ago since the German
Angela Merkel
leg of the Pirate Party successfully entered provincialgovernments in Berlin and half a year later in March 2012 in the Saarland. At the recent general election for the Bundestag on September 22 the Pirate Party failed by just 2.2 percent to meet the five percent that is required in Germany to obtain seats in the provinces or the parliament of the Bundestag. In general not every part of the music industrycan happy with the results of the previous German government headed by Angela Merkel as Chancellor by the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Liberal Party (FDP).
needs to find a coalition partner in order to
international media due, however, unlike
After the current election the CDU became
form a government.
the Thatcher era, there were no protests
the overall winner with the biggest share of
from German artists at any stage during the
the votes with 41.5 percent, but due to the
Merkel is, due to her European policy often
the FDP gaining only 4.8 percent the CDU
compared with Margaret Thatcher in various
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> INDEPTH STORY > THE CONCERT MARKET IN SWEDEN
The Concert Market in Sweden Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com No, the expression ‘Business as Usual’ is not the right term to describe
2011 over the royalty rate for the event. According to media reports
the current market situation for the Swedish concert business. The
Sweden Rock agreed to pay around 600.000 SEK. This year’s edition
concert market appears to be gradually proceeding to conversion and
of the metal festival, which started in 1992, held in Norje in South
consolidation. Even when market participants report a healthy ‘general
Sweden at the beginning of June attracted a record 33.000 visitors for
interest’ for live music events, the settings of the business infrastructur
a bill including Kiss, Europe, Saxon and Status Quo.
seem be altering, in some cases drastically, and in othersslowly, as for instance with the changing landscape for Swedish festivals.
Despite the success of this festival, the festival market in general in Sweden has changed significantly within recent years. In 2011 the
With the absence of a recognised promoter association in Sweden the
Arvika Festival, also launched in 1992, had to file for insolvency two
most accurate indicator for the economic performance of the concert
weeks before the festival went ahead. Purchased tickets have not
industry in this country is delivered by the copyright collection society
been reimbursed. One year before, the long lasting Hultsfred Festival
Stim. In 2012 the contribution to the society’s income generatedfrom
also collapsed financially shortly before its 25th edition. These two
the live music sector contributed 8.2 percent of the overall revenue.
incidents led to uncertainty among festivalgoers for other events.
1.1 percent better than one year before. Stim declares in its annual report that it gained from the two main divisions, ‘Other Live Music
In 2013 the Peace & Love Festival held since 1999 in Börlange, became
Logged’ and ‘Unlogged’ a combined sum of 102.5 million SEK. Other
the most prominent victim of collapsed music festivals in Sweden
live music segments are Classical Concerts (7.1 million SEK) and
untilnow, having officially become the biggest festival in Sweden
Church Concerts (2.1).
with 40.000 visitors in 2009. But for this year’s edition with Depeche Mode headlining, the organizers only sold 9.000 tickets in advance,
At the beginning of the year Stim reached an agreement with the
this togetherwith previously assembled debts caused financial
metal festival Sweden Rock., following a legal battle fought since
collapseThe festival management declared insolvency at the end of
Peace and Love festival collapsed
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> INDEPTH STORY > THE CONCERT MARKET IN SWEDEN KB Malmø
Thomas Johansson Live Nation
May, shortly before the event was supposed to take place at the end
end of June the open air event pulled more than 51.000 visitors with
of June, with the newspaper Dalarna reporting that the organisation
headlining acts such as Rammstein, Green Day, Avicii, Macklemore &
suffered a loss of 75 million SEK. According to the administratorticket
Ryan Lewis, Volbeat, In Flames, and Mando Diao.
holders might be able to claim back between two to ten percent of the original ticket price at the beginning of 2014.
The company furthermore promoted the metal festival Getaway Rock at the second weekend of August in Gävle, 100 km north of Uppsala.
A Swedish concert agent explained that historically many festivals
This festival was launched in 2010 and shifted 13.500 tickets to set a
in Sweden had been promoted by non-profit organisations. Other
new visitor record featuring artists like System Of A Down, In Flames
festivalsin Sweden that went bankrupt this year include the Sundsvall
and Deep Purple.
Gatufest, and Siesta Festivalen in Hässleholm , which like Peace & Love was cancelled at short notice. Its website informs ticket holdershow
For seven years The Live Nation subsidy Luger promoted the Way Out
and when will be able to claim compensation. Both festivals actually
West-Festival in Gothenburg, which also set a new visitor record with
work closely together with the Swedish branch of Live Nation.
more than 27.000 tickets sold for a line up including among others Alicia Keys, Hakan Hellström, James Blake and Public Enemy.
The Sundvall Gatufest actually went ahead as scheduled in Mid July but was forced to file insolvency at the end of August. The city festival
In 1999 Live Nation bought the company EMA Telstar, whose founder
sold 33.000 tickets but apparently needed to sell 10.000 more to
Thomas Johansson is still the managing director of Live Nation
break even. The loss amounted to 10 million SEK.
Sweden. The company also owns the promoter Luger and is the biggestpromoterin Sweden. Besides the three festivals previously
Nevertheless, several other Swedish festivals went ahead. The
mentioned FKP Scorpio founded and headed by Folkert Koopmans
newest market participant in Sweden is the aggressively expanding
also operates a concert promotion office in Sweden. Just recently
Germanconcert promoter FKP Scorpio. Until 2010 CTS Eventim held
at the end of August, (see above) FKP Scorpio announced a newly
the majoritystake in the Company,, but lowered its stake below 50
appointedmanagement team in order to expand its business activities.
percent to avoid difficulties with cartel authorities when it acquired Ticket Online, the German branch of See Tickets. This enabled CTS
On the arena level the newly build Friends Arena in Stockholm
Eventim to de-consolidate FKP Scorpio within its business report.
opened in October 2012 and is able to host sport and concert events for 65.000 persons. Until the end of the year concerts with Elton
Regardless of this, in the meantime, the Company became the biggest
John and Black Sabbath are scheduled. Other arenas relevant for the
European festival promoter, now running now 18 open air events in
concert industry are the 14.000 Scandinavium in Gothenburg and the
Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. In
15.500 Malmo Arena.
2011 FKP Scorpio started to promote the Hultsfred Festival having
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purchased the brand from the administrator, relocating the festival
The club circuit in Sweden is also well developed. In particular the
near to Stockholm with headliners Portishead, Artic Monkey and My
Malmo based concert promoter KB (Kulturbolaget) managed by
Bloody Valentine. According to media reports 10.000 tickets were
Todde Lundgreen has expanded since 2011 and opened two new
sold, 4.000 short of the break even.
offices in Gothenburg and Stockholm.
But while the revamped Hultsfred fell short of expectations, out of the
Notable venues among others are the 850 capacity KB Club in Malmo,
blue, with the premier edition of the Bravalla festival in Norrköping,
Debaser Medis in Stockholm (1.850) and Pusterwick in Gothenburg
FKP Scorpio managed to stage the biggest festival in Sweden. At the
(750).
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AEG Cleared to Manage North London’s Wembley Arena Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com As
musicshows, the Hammersmith Apollo (See
“AEG’s opportunityto increase venue hire
CompetitionCommission formally gave the
expected,
early
this
month
the
below). Also through AEG Live the company
prices would be limited because factors such
all-clear for AEG to manage North London’s
is also a significant concert promoter itself.
as capacity, availability, brand, reputation and
Wembley Arena. The venue’s owner Quintain
These competition concerns resulted in
personal preference are more important to
Estates And Development PLC appointed
the deal beingpassed to the Competition
acts booking the venue. Negotiation on the
AEG’s Facilities UK business to manage
Commissionlast March.
venue hire price takes place after the venue
the arena late last year, Live Nation having previously overseen the running of the space.
booking has been confirmed”. In July a preliminary report said that the regulatordidn’t believe that an AEG business
He added: “We also considered whether
That appointment was criticised by some,
operating the Wembley Arena would result
AEG would have an incentive to reduce the
who pointed out that AEG already operated
in “substantial lessening of competition ”
quality of the venue after [taking over the
London’s other major arena venue, The O2
in the live entertainment space. That
running of Wembley Arena] and found that
Arena in the old Millennium Dome complex,
conclusionhas now been confirmed as the
doing so could damage AEG both in financial
and also was co-owner of one of the city’s
Commission’s final ruling. Martin Cave, who
terms and also in relation to its reputation at
biggest theatre venues for comedy and
chaired the inquiry, told reporters yesterday:
its other venues”.
AEG now manage Wembley Arena
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Hammersmith Apollo Becomes Eventim Apollo Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
I always take particular notice of the changes
The name change is no doubt intended to
Whatever,
to what used to be called the Hammersmith
further awareness of the Eventim name in
cooperatingto refurbish The Apollo, restoring
Odeon – after all I was born in the West
the UK, and possibly elsewhere. The German
many of its 1930s art deco features under
Londonborough of Hammersmith , not of
ticketing firm’s CEO Klaus-Peter Schulenberg
the guidance of Foster Wilson Architects .
course in the one time cinema, become
announced: “With this name sponsorship,
Work began in July and will continue until
concerthall, but in the nearby Queen
we are making a commitment to the quality
early next year, although events are due to
Charlotte’sHospital – I just thought I should
of the experience that music and comedy
resume in the venue imminently.
declare an interest before reporting on
fans will enjoy at the Eventim Apollo, and
the most recent change of name of this
also to the quality of the ticketing services
AEG Live’s COO Colin Chapple said: “When
illustrious venue, made even more famous by
Eventim is offering to the British fans. We
AEG Live and CTS Eventim purchased the
the title of the Motorhead album, ‘No Sleep
are here to stay. And while Eventim may not
business twelve months ago we knew the
till Hammersmith.
be a household name in the UK yet, we are
venue needed some serious TLC. Both of our
determinedto make it one!”
companies are synonymous with delivering a
The current co-owners of the Hammersmith
the
companies
have
been
high level of customer comfort and quality
Apollo - AEG Live and CTS Eventim -
Not to be outdone, partner AEG also has
in our venues and at AEG, it’s in our DNA to
announcedlast week that the renovated
its own ticketing service, AXS.com, which
ensure we continually innovate and invest in
venuewould forthwith be known as the
havingtill recently been mainly centred in
our properties - keeping our venues current
Eventim Apollo. Last year AEG Live and CTS
the US launched last year in the UK, initially
and up to date, and ensuring our fans needs
Eventim’s joint venture, Stage C, bought
to handle ticket sales for the live giant’s O2
are being met”.
the Apollo as part of HMV’s sale of its live
Dome complex. However it has gradually
division, the MAMA Group.
been expanding since, and now competes directly with Eventim.
Hammersmith Apollo is now named Eventim Apollo
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Export Scheme Launched to Promote British Music Overseas Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
A new scheme to help independent music companies grow their
The Music Export Growth Scheme has been created by UKTI and BPI
overseasexport markets has been launched on 12 September,
to help address this issue, offering small and medium-sized music
followinga meeting at Downing Street with the music industry
companies with the potential to achieve increased international
chaired by the Prime Minister.
success the opportunity to apply for grants ranging from £5,000 to £50,000. The grants will support their marketing overseas and the
The Music Export Growth Scheme will allocate millions of pounds of
promotion of specific artist releases.
grants to independent music companies and will be run by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the Government organisation that supports UK
BPI Chief Executive Geoff Taylor commented:
business overseas, and BPI, the trade body that represents British
“Independent labels are an important part of what makes British
recordedmusic businesses.
musicso special. With global interest in UK artists at such high levels, we want to ensure that indie artists and labels have the best
Business Secretary Vince Cable said:
possiblechance to achieve success overseas.“We are delighted that
“The British music industry is a real success story. We are world
governmenthas listened to calls from BPI and AIM for export support
leadersin creative talent and our music has been exported all over the
that will help British music do even better around the world.”
world.“It’s not just about enjoying the music. This worldwide success means jobs and economic growth back in the UK, so the Government
The scheme, which will be funded by UKTI, will make up to £3m
must do all we can to back our winning sectors and ensure their
of grants available over the next three-year period – with the
futuresuccess. Today’s money will do just that by helping hundreds of
potentialfor further funding following the scheme’s first annual
small and medium sized businesses to export more.
review. Applicationswill be open to all UK independent record labelsand musicmanagement companies meeting the application
Many smaller to medium-sized music labels, distributors and
criteria. Decisionson individual awards will be made by a panel of
managementcompanies, which are often independently owned,
music industryexpertswith marketing expertise from organisations
achieve remarkable success when launching their artists in the UK.
includingthe Music Managers Forum (MMF), representatives of
However, their limited resources and the sheer cost of marketing
independentrecord labels and BPI. The scheme will be administered
overseasmeans it can be a real challenge for them to replicate this
by BPI.
success internationally. This, in turn, creates the risk that significant commercial opportunities may be missed, not just for these companies
Chief Executive for UKTI Nick Baird said:
and their artists, but ultimately for the wider UK economy through
“Mumford and Sons, Ed Sheeran, One Direction and, of course, Adele
lost exports.
are just some of the British artists who dominate music charts around the world, contributing over £100m to the UK annually through
Alison Wenham
Geoff Taylor
Vince Cable
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sales of their music overseas as well as promoting our arts and culture.
“I’m delighted by this announcement, as, I imagine, many other
The Music Export Growth Scheme will help smaller to medium-sized
independentmusic companies will be. British labels have a fantastic
music labels establish more UK artists internationally and help us meet
track record when it comes to bringing through great new music, but
our target of getting another 100,000 British businesses exporting –
it can be so frustrating when you know you’ve got a really special
an increase which could add £36 billion to the economy.”
band on your hands but don’t always have the means to raise their profile internationally as quickly as you would like.
As well as encouraging labels to promote their artists in emerging and established international markets, the scheme also aims to increase
“There’s clearly is a huge appetite for British music overseas, so if this
the number of music labels and music managers with successful
new scheme helps to feed this, it can only be good news for anyone
internationalexperience, while further raising the visibility of British
that loves British music and wants it to do well.
music in overseas markets. Preference within the scheme will be given to companies seeking to Alison Wenham, Chairman of AIM commented:
promote new artists who are in their first three years of recording.
“As the UK’s only trade organization dedicated exclusively to the UK’s independent music sector, AIM is delighted that the British
London-based duo Public Service Broadcasting, who are signed to
Governmenthas acknowledged our organization’s repeated calls over
their own label, Test Card Recordings, commented:
many years to support the valuable commercial contribution made to the UK economy by British music’s success overseas. We look forward
“This seems a really practical way of helping artists at a time they most
to working with the BPI in furthering the opportunities this initiative
need it. British music gets lots of headlines around the world, but if
will bring to the UK’s vibrant music industry.”
you’re a newly-signed artist with a smaller label on tight budgets, it can be hard to connect with the audiences that are potentially
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Korda Marshall, who has a played a key role in developing the early
out there for you. This scheme will hopefully help – a few thousand
career of many artists, including the likes of Muse and more recently
pounds or more may not transform your prospects overnight, but it
Mercury Prize winners Alt-J, is the Founding Chairman of leading
could help pay for a tour slot or a media showcase that could make a
indielabel, Infectious Music said:
real difference when you are trying to break through.”
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Loveparade Duisburg
Basigo – Safety Science for Major-Events without Promoters Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
Basigo is an abbreviation and stand for “Bricks for Security of Major
The majority of these organisations are public funded, with just a
Events”. It is the first survey of its kind on a national level after the
few commercial service providers officially participating on a minor
fatal tragedy of the Loveparade in Duisburg. The costs of the survey
level. Until now only one company that could be considered as a
amount to 5.5 million Euro - a reasonable sum, both on paper and
venturelinked to the live music industry has taken part. That is I.B.I.T.
practically for all those actively involved.
(InternationalEducation and Training Centre for Event Security) and its managing director Sabine Funk. She is deputy chairman of the
In fact besides Loveparade the initiators of the study refer also to
InternationalSafety Training Association (ISTA) and Manager of the
the incident of the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium in 2011. Both
Association for security and crowd management planning (VSCM)
are obviouslymusic events. However, with all due respect to
and furthermore a board member of the YOUROPE Event Safety
scientificmethodology, it seems somewhat surprising that no live
Group (YES Group).
musicpromoteror promoter association is officially involved in the consortiumresponsible for this research project.
Taking the public background of the majority of active partners for this study into consideration, I.B.I.T apparently has the role of
Included in the consortium are, among others, the Federal Office
gatekeeperfor the German live music industry, but also I.B.I.T. can
for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, the fire departments of
not be considered as a company that regularly promotes music events
Munichand Berlin, the German Police University, the Institute for Media
on a larger scale.
Research at the University of Siegen, the SupercomputingCentreof
In March 2012 when the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
the Research Centre Jülich, the Association for the Promotionof the
agreed to finance the budget for Basigo, the former coordinator of
GermanFire Protection and the University of Wuppertal.
the project Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Fiedrich emphasized the need and
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relevance for such a survey. He was quoted in a press release with
“Despite the declaration and explanation of the interests of
the statement: “Only by closely linking the different expertise from
the promoter , the consortium was not prepared to cover the
practice, science and industry, can these objectives can be realized.”
correspondingexpenses.’ says Schlatter. The Basigo consortium requestedthat the festival promoter supply extensive data and staff
Well, a first attempt to fulfil this self declared approach failed shortly
efforts for its researchwork, but apparently forgot that someone has
afterwards. Daniel Schlatter, MD of IVVM Schlatter, a company who
to cover these costs...
handles for administrative works for promoters such as FKP Scorpio or the biggest German festival Wacken Open Air, reported what
However, at least this year, Schlatter finally reported that the
happenedwhen the Basigo consortium wanted to take the Chiemsee
consortiumapproached him again. It seems that in the meantime the
Reggae Festival under scrutiny.
scientists may have realised that it might be helpful for the study to also include a proper music festival within their research.
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MUSIC IN SHARES
Music in Shares Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
DEAG Growth in Results, Staff and Subsidies At the end of August the corporate concert company DEAG released
to strengthen the digital strategy of DEAG. She has worked previously
its half year business results. For the first six months of the ongoing
as MD for Viva TV and is currently the CEO of FriendScout24 GmbH.
business year (H1-2013) the company reported a revenue increase of
Additionally Hendrik Schisler joined DEAG as a marketing manager.
45,3 percent. The revenue went up from 65.8 to 95.6 million Euro.
Schisler previously worked for PayPal, eBay and Walt Disney GSA.
In the second quarter only, (Q2-2013) the declared revenue reached
In mid September DEAG then announced that it had founded a
the level of 67.1 million Euro. The Earnings before Interests and Taxes
joint venture with Katrin Edtmeier named Blue Moon Entertainment;
reached 5.2 million Euros.
Edtmeierholds 15 percent and DEAG 85 percent. Edtmeier has been the managing director of Wiener LS Konzertagentur from 2002 until
At the beginning of September, DEAG announced that Martina
2013.
Bruder had been appointed to become a member of its supervisory board. Bruder replaces Christine Novakovic and bring in her expertise
On September 23 the DEAG share stood at 3.90 Euro.
in order
ADE Teams Up For Greening Dance Music Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
Environmental friendly raving is the main theme of another topic
With this in mind, the first panel, entitled ‘Learn from the trailblazers’,
on the agenda of the upcoming Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) on
deals with topics such as ‘food, electricity, waste, water, pee and poo,
October16. ADE Green is chaired by Jacob Bilabel, founder of the
hospitality and mobility’.
Green Music Initiative and includes prominent partners such as ID&T, ADE itself of course, the Go Group and involves the expertise of
ADE goers get access to the event but this informative session is also
representatives of Burning Man, Julie’s Bicycle, Mysteryland, Boom
open for non-registered ADE delegates. Nevertheless a registration
Festival, Shambala Festival and A Greener Festival among others.
for non-ADE-visitors is required, interested persons need to apply upfront at adegreen@amsterdam-dance-event.nl with a short text,
As with every other part of the music industry, green related issues
explaining why they consider themselves eligible to join ADE Green.
can make a difference. In particular the set up and production of live events touches on various areas where sometimes even small amendmentscan help to improve the ecological break even.
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