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McGowan’s
Musings
As I glance at my notes for this Autumnal
howeverit seems that Morrissey’s Memoirs
editionof Reeperbahn Campus, I have not
issueof VIP-News, I see that I’ve scribbled
(it’s not called that, I’m just doing it again…)
been to Amsterdamfor the Dance Event,
down the words, ‘Mention Morrissey in
is set to be one of the best ever selling music
nor to Music& Media in Tampere, Finland,
Musings’ – yet another perfect piece of
autobiographies. It just shows how dedicated
the reasonbeingthat although I have
alliteration . But I’m so taken by this that
and loyal fans can be, look at that John
been to both these fine events before and
I’ve forgotten why it’s there – oh yes! His
Lydon, Johnny Rottenno longer, he is the
would very much like to go again, both of
book, documentinghis memories of his life
latest European artist to recently be officially
these international industry gatherings took
and career, has apparentlyoutsold the new
declared an Icon by the US collecting society
place at thesame time as MaMA in Paris,
BridgetJones novel. Somehow a connection
BMI, having enjoyedsignificant success in the
which I did attend. I also didn’t make it to
between the two seems quite fitting,
US, especially on American radio. However,
CMJ in New York for the same reason! The
David Bowie, an undoubted icon himself I’m
fact that these four important Conference
sure you’d agree failed to pick up anything at
and Showcaseevents took place over the
the recent Q Awards.
space of the same 5 days is a very real demonstrationof how crowded the music
The point is that we music fans seem to need
industry conferencecalendarhas become.
these figureheads and heroes, or perhaps,
It’s not unlike the Festivalsituation, and I’m
used to; according to Gene Simmons of
aware of at least two other events in the
Kiss, we ran out of legendary artists in 1984,
planning. It reminds me of when I realised
challenginghis Team Rock Radio interviewer
that the event had becometoo big when I
to name one superstar bigger than their
had breakfast in Austinat SXSW and realised
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music, and not just somebody that’s recorded
that all around me were spending more time
one or two records since that year. Just dying,
talking about what they didn’t see rather
particularly if you’d only released a couple of
than what they had!
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records isn’t enough, so Kurt and Amy don’t qualify. So, although Elvis and Jimi, John and
Still we have some reports for those of you
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George, Freddy and others have passed on,
that didn’t make these events, and let’s face
The Stones, The Who, a couple of Beatles,
it, we can’t go to everything can we? The
Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Kiss (?), and a few
business would grind to a halt – or would
othersare still hanging around, are they
it? Anywaythe good news is that as Tom
blocking the staircase? Is it all just a matter
Silverman of Tommy Boy Records and The
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of time – are there any post 1984 artists that
New MusicSeminar in New York assured us
you consider to be legends – I’d be interested
on the Value of Music panel at MaMA - The
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the word! Anyway, that was a bit of a ramble, so back to business. Since last we were in touch,
So, on that thought, Ladies and Gentlemen
I have been to Hamburg for an excellent
– The News!
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Changes in the FKP Scorpio Stockholm Office Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
It has been a fantastic year for FKP Scorpio in
the Swedish festivals and booking the
Sweden. The summer festivals have been very
internationalacts. Stephan Thanscheidt is
successful, topped by the sold-out premiere
now responsible for the entire programing
of Bråvalla Festival and the record breaking
for FKP Scorpio’s festivals in Germany and
attendance at Getaway Rock Festival. Sold
Sweden. Gunnar will continue as a consultant
out shows with Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey,
to FKP Scorpio selecting the national acts to
Justin Bieber, The Tallest Man on Earth and
its festivals.
many more showed that the regular concert
business has also developed positively. After
Folkert Koopmans, founder and CEO of
some readjustments in the Hamburg office,
FKP Scorpio Konzertproduktionen GmbH,
FKP Scorpio is now making another move
comments: “The positive trend at our Swedish
towards expansion by repositioning its
festivals shows that we are on the right track.
Stockholm team:
Now is the time to take the next step and set
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the course for the future. I am very excited In the future Folkert Koopmans together
about giving two promisingteam members
with Rickard Nilsson and Marcus Lossell will
the opportunity to build up the concert
be responsible for the concerts and tours.
business with me. Scheduled concerts with
DavidMaloney, former Head Promoter at FKP
Bastille, Youth Lagoon, Aluna George, The
ScorpioSweden, is leaving the company to set
Lumineers etc. show the directionour office
up his own company: Maloney Concerts. FKP
will take.”
Scorpio Sweden and Maloney Concerts have
signed a long-term cooperation agreement
David Maloney adds: “I have always wanted
and will work close together on both shows
to start my own company concentrating on
and festivals. Maloney Concerts has already
promotingshows. Folkerts encouragement
shows on sale with Michael Bubble and J.
and financial support gives me the opportunity
Cole.
to pursue my dream. I am lookingforward to
Stephan
continue to work closely with my FKP Scorpio Thanscheidt,
head
of
festival
friends and colleagues.”
bookings, who was recently named Managing Director FKP Scorpio Konzertproduktionen www. maloneyconcerts.se GmbH will be taking over the responsibilities
www.fkpscorpio.com
from Gunnar Lagerman in programing
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Live Music Business Awards MaMA takes place in October 2013
Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
The fourth Live Music Business Awards were presented at the Live Music Summit Roger Daltrey received the Outstanding Contribution prize, not just for being a member of a legendary band as the singer of The Who, but for his work for his charity, the Teenage Cancer Trust. Others honoured at the Ceremony were...
National Promoter Of The Year: DHP Family Regional Promoter Of The Year: Orchard Events, Wales Indie Promoter Of The Year (Local Impact):
Jamie Finn, No-Wave (Folkestone)
Best Venue Teamwork Stadium:
Wembley Stadium
Arena:
The O2, London
Theatre/Concert Hall:
Wolves Civic, Wolverhampton
Campus:
Manchester Academy
Major Club:
Corporation, Sheffield
Club:
Under the Bridge, London
Best Festival Cap 40,000+:
Glastonbury
Cap 15,000-39,999:
Latitude
Cap under 15,000:
Bloodstock, Derbyshire
Agent Of The Year:
Alex Hardee, Coda Music
Artiste Manager Of The Year:
Kwame Kwaten, ATC
Tour Manager Of The Year:
Glen Rowe (Muse)
Best Record Label Partner:
Claire Haffenden, Universal Music
Unsung Hero:
Graham Lambert, Tour Rep, SJM
Concerts Spectacle Of The Year (Best Production):
Muse at Emirates Stadium, London
Breakthrough Artiste:
Ben Howard
Best Festival Performance:
Biffy Clyro at Reading
Greatest Brand Impact:
Relentless
Roger Daltrey
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Value of Music Tourism to the UK Economy Revealed Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
A new report into the size of the music tourism industry, by UK Music
The average live music audience is comprised of 41% music tourists
and Visit Britain, has identified that 6.5 million music loving tourists
Music tourists from overseas spend, on average, £910 while attending
attended a festival or gig last year, generating spend of £2.2 billion
festivals and £602 while attending concerts (average tourist spend is
in the process.
£600).
UK Music were assisted by the members of the UK Music Live Music
Domestic music tourists spend, on average, £396 while attending
Group in this analysis. The UK Music Live Music Group is comprised of
festivalsand £87 while attending concerts.
representatives from the following organisations: Overseas tourists account for 6% of music tourism visits but a huge 20% of music tourism spend.
The Association of Independent Festivals The Association of Festival Organisers
London attracts 28% of all music tourists to the UK, with 1.8m
Concert Promoters Association
visitingthe capital
Agents Association International Live Music Conference The National Arenas Association Production Services Association
In addition to calling for an overarching strategy to encourage more music fans from overseas, Wish You Were Here also suggests towns and cities should promote themselves by making more of their musical heritage – as Liverpool already does with The Beatles.
Musicians Union
It also recommends developing and extending the Music is GREAT
The Music Managers Forum
component of VisitBritain’s already successful GREAT Britain You’re Invited campaign.
The study reveals that tourists at live music events not only add
Paul Latham COO Live Nation International Music said: “Wish
billionsto the UK economy but also offer astounding regional tourism
You Were Here” can hopefully persuade the powers that be that
benefits , motivating Britain-wide travel. Music tourism provides
musicis already a powerful tourism tool that is generating more
a massive boost to the UK’s nations, regions and local economies,
than £2bn in spending and boosting local economies all over this
includingat least 24,000 jobs each year.
country. Imagine what could be achieved with a little more backing
The Wish You Were Here report demonstrates the incredible pulling
and supportfrom our friends in Westminster.”
power of live music and its potential to fuel tourism throughout the country. VisitBritain’s ambition is to attract a total of 40 million overseasvisitors by 2020, which music tourism will look to contribute more to over the coming years. Wish You Were Here also reveals: Direct spend by music tourists – buying tickets, paying for transport and accommodation – was worth £1.3 billion. Further indirect music tourism spend – additional spending along the supply chain generated by music tourists – adds a further £914m, making a total spend of £2.2bn.
Paul Latham COO Live Nation
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Jo Dipple - CEO UK Music
for Britain to have strong live music, making our mark as performers across the world. “I see international visitors at my gigs all the time waving their flags. Fans that have dedicated their time and money so I try to give them all that I have every performance. I love the thought of them going back to their home towns across the world with that lasting memory of me performing on stage.” The new UK Music and VisitBritain study follows a recent and sustained spike in interest around music tourism. Over the summer many senior politicians, including Prime Minister David Cameron, creativeminister Ed Vaizey and shadow minister for culture Dan Jarvis, referred to the music industry’s potential for attracting overseas visitors to events such as Glastonbury and Bestival. Culture Minister Ed Vaizey MP said: “Music is without question an essential element of Britain’s tourism appeal, and it is this ability of the UK’s music industry to attract tourists from near and far to our shores that is celebrated in this report. The huge financial contribution to the UK economy by the millions of music tourists to the UK annually
makes it very clear that when combined, the music and tourism
UK Music CEO Jo Dipple said: “It’s clear our music industry is
industriesare powerful drivers for growth.”
doinga great job for the British economy, encouraging 6.5 million touristswho generated £2.2 billion last year. Music tourism created
The report also indicated that music tourism also sustained 24,000
over 24,000 jobs. Just think what we might achieve with policies
jobs.
that specificallytarget the music tourist in this country and abroad? Our opportunities are limitless. Consider the record demand for
The analysis, conducted by Oxford Economics, took a relatively
Glastonbury2014. The love of music is a powerful driver for growth.”
conservativeapproach. The report confined its investigation of music tourism to ticketed live music events held in venues with capacities
VisitBritain CEO Sandie Dawe commented: “This report confirms
of at least 1500 that were exclusively centred around live music –
that the UK’s music scene has significant international appeal and
WOMAD, the Notting Hill Carnival and Beatles tours of Liverpool, for
that music tourists spend lots of money and travel across the whole of
example, were not included.
Britain. This will act as a catalyst for us all to ramp up our activity and forge better relationships with festival organisers, promoters, venues
Domestic music tourists were defined as anyone travelling at least
and producers to raise awareness of our amazing music scene across
three times their normal commute to attend the concert or festival.
the world.”
That meant in some cases they had to travel distances up to 47 miles
to qualify. Similarly, a strict definition was applied to overseas music
Brit award winner and GREAT ambassador Jessie J added:
tourists: only those that purchased a concert or festival ticket from
“Musicfor me is the only global language. It’s such a huge thing
an overseas address prior to the live music event were counted in the study.
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2014 European Border Breaker Awards Announced Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
The winners of the 2014 European Border Breaker Awards have been
most promisingacts to reach audiences beyond their home base and
announced, once again celebrating new artists who have enjoyed
to break into new international markets”.
cross-border success in Europe. Each winner will be presented with a gong at an event during next year’s Eurosonic festival, where one will
Further European Commission News:
also be presented with a Public Choice Award, based on online voting
Besides the EBBA’s, the EC also supports the ETEP and CEETEP Pro-
during November and December.
grammes (See reort in this issue.), but there are more projects which
And the winners are...
could be instigated. Both Reeperbahn Campus in Hamburg, and the
GuGabriel won the European Border Breaker Award
Winners: GuGabriel (Austria)
Kodaline (Ireland)
Lukas Graham (Denmark)
Jacco Gardner (Netherlands)
Woodkid (France)
Envy (Norway)
Zedd (Germany)
Icona Pop (Sweden)
Asgeir (Iceland)
Disclosure (UK)
Revealing the list of winners for the latest edition of the EC Culture Programme-funded Border Breaker initiative, Androulla Vassiliou, EuropeanCommissioner For Education, Culture, Multilingualism And Youth, told CMU: “Without music, life would be a mistake, said
MaMA Event in Paris (see reports below) involved representatives of
Friedrich Nietzsche some time ago”.
the European Commission in panel discussions. The next round of culture funding from the EC will be spearheaded by the Creative Eu-
He went on: “Musical tastes might have changed a bit since his
rope programme, and it is important for the music industry to make
day, but music is still a universal language that touches everyone,
the architects of Creative Europe aware of its cultural needs and ap-
regardlessof age or background. The internet has made it easier
plications, and to understand as much as possible about the workings
than ever to access music, yet, paradoxically, it is much harder for
of these culture funding opportunities, and their administration and
artists to break through and achieve lasting success. The European
allocation. Having been involved in both events, I feel that progress
Commission supports the EBBA Awards because we want to help the
was definitely made on this. Watch this space! (ED.)
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> CONFERENCE REPORTS Bernd Neumann opened the Reeperbahn Festival 13
Reeperbahn Campus and Festival 2013 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com Having had the privilege to present some very impressive German acts in Hamburg, one major point that impressed me at Reeperbahn was the growing strength of local artists. Stephan Thandscheidt pointed this out when remarking on the fact that he presented 21 German acts on the bill at FKP Scorpio’s Hurricane Festival, having previously added no more than 9. This demand for home grown acts is highlighted by yje success of the last tour by Die Toten Hosen (see article in this issue). But it’s not just Germany, European acts are on the rise! - ED
Delegates: 3.046 including 450
Companies and organisations:
B2B Events: 150 including
Journalistsand 2.596 professionals
1.200 (excl. journalists).
- 85 conference panels, talks &
from the music and digital economies.
keynote Best represented industry
- 20 showcases
Countries Represented: 34
segments:
- 10 matchmaking events
The largest delegations came from:
- Label, Recording Medium (270)
- 2 award shows
- GB (111)
- Booking (253)
- rest: parties, receptions, workshops
- DK (102)
- Management (225)
- CH (80)
- Event, Convention, Festival (224)
- AT (51)
Festival visitors: 25.000 (excl. Delegates)
- CA (50)
- Publishing (189)
- NL (50)
- Agency (165)
Programme items all in all: 600
- NO (36)
- Media (133) - excl. Journalists
- 370 single shows/concerts
- FI (34)
- Venue (112)
- 80 arts programmes
- US (32)
- Distribution (96)
- and 150 B2B Events (see above) Venues: 70
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> CONFERENCE REPORTS
BVD president Jens Michow
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BDV & Musikmarkt Reveal 2012 Market Survey Result Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
The German Promoter Association and
droppingseven percent from 32,30 to 30,20
non music events such as cabaret/comedy,
the trade paper Musikmarkt presented
Euros.
theatre and circus shows. The accumulated
at the newest consumer study on the
market volume for music events considered
marketperformanceof the German Live
Not surprisingly, considering these figures, the
within this study is 69,7 percent with a
EntertainmentMarket at the Reeperbahn
total number of visitors decreased from 32,9
revenueof 2,315 billion Euro, for non music
Festival Campus.
to 30,1 million, nevertheless the number of
events 30,3 percent with 1,007 billion Euro.
shows visited per year remained stabile with The market research was carried out by GFK
3,7 per person. Stefan Zarges saw one of the
In an analysis of the market share between live
(Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung) and it
explanations for the general drop off, Editor
music revenues and the reported turnover for
is the fifth edition of the survey undertaken
in Chief of Musikmarkt to be the European
recorded music, the live music sector attained
in cooperation with BDV and Musikmarkt.
Football Cup in 2012, while BVD president
63 percent compared to 37 percent. In terms
The survey itself is based on the results of
Jens Michow and others pointed out that less
of a comparison between genres, rock and
questionnaires filled out by 3.000 consumers
tours with international top artiststook place
pop music produced the biggest market share,
in April 2013.
in 2012. However, Zarges and Michow both
with 31 percent. Classicalmusic and opera
agreed that high ticket prices are another events faced a decline of six percentand in The newest figures reveal a minus 16 percent
essentialfactor to be consideredas influincing
2012 only gained a market share of 24 percent
decline in turnover, from 3.9 Euros in 2011
the results of this study.
compared to 30 percent one year before.Also
to 3.3 billion in 2012. The number of tickets
the market share for musicals went down
sold also shrunk from 121.1million tickets to
The highly detailed survey furthermore
from 22 to 19 percent, while festivalsmoved
110 million, with the average price per ticket
elaborateson the mix of live music events and
up from 12 to 14 percent.
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MaMA Welcomes More Visitors Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com This fourth edition of the MaMA Event has moved on the event
are interested in French talents or entering the French music market.
organisersambitions to establish the event alongside the other
... In terms of the visitor results, Mama has been able to in-
international industry events. The aim to attract the French and
crease all its key figures.
internationalmusic industry to the centre of Paris shows definite signs
- 3800 professionals participated.
of being achieved. International attendance by both professionals and
- 1578 companies (compare to 1467 in 2012, plus 8 percent)
public increased for this edition. MaMA 2013, offered more than 60
- 2617 trade visitors with a share of 30 percent from abroad
conferences, debates and workshops over the course of 3 days, and
(2112, plus 24 percent)
100 concerts open to public and professionals alike in some twenty
- 400 accredited journalists (250, plus 60 percent)
venues and atypical locations within the Montmarte and Pigalle
- 9091 concert visitors (6454, plus 40 percent)
neighbourhoods.
- 61 nationalities were represented (34 in 2012, or +80%). Most prominent was the rise in attendance from Africa, Asia,
The French Conference and showcase festival MaMA has quickly
and Latin America.
establisheditself to become a valuable outlet for the domestic music business in France in Europe.
Public attendance amounted to 9091 people
The number of international visitors is still a smaller percentage of
(6454 in 2012, or +40%)
visitors when compared to other industry events, but this is growing. Nevertheless Mama on its fourth edition is still a relatively young
With these figures bringing good news, Mama also benefited
event and therefore highly successful in terms of its relevance for the
from the sunshine in Paris. It was a very lively atmosphere in the
music industry in France and especially for those from abroad who
main conferencelocation Trianon and in most concert locations.
MaMA Paris
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> CONFERENCE REPORTS
Yes, drinks in the venues are only half as expensive as the ones in Cannes, nevertheless7. - Euro for half a pint is still a bit cost intensive comparedto prices in Groningen or Hamburg… But foremost and besides all business activities, Mama became a hot spot for political issues that matter for the French music industry. Among other highlights was the panel: “What Ambitions and Support For The Export Of French Music?”. A highly interesting debate that also has its meaning for visitors from abroad, as it also covered a discussionabout the extension of an existing tax break for French record labels for other music sectors that invest in talent. Also of interest was the panel “New Means Of Recording and BroadcastingLive Performances”. This panel as well revealed an interestinginsight view on the lobbying efforts and general discussion on how and if concert promoters should benefit from so called
Hamed Shahi SSC Group
neighbouringrights on concert recordings and broadcasts as is is already granted and covered by the copyright law in Germany for
Shahi: I did dig into the strategies of the French Music Export Office
instance.
this year and am really impressed about how hard and consistently they work.
VIP-News asked some of the international visitors for their opinions of the Event:
Silver: Understanding the vitality of the French live scene and meeting people from a surprising number of other countries was great.
Ingo Beckmann - Target Concerts (DE): I really enjoyed it, met interesting and new people. And discovered good music.
Bohnet: I have seen some excellent bands. The wonderful, dark Robi, the magnificent Helena Nougerra, a really impressive gig by Moriarty
Hamed Shahi SSC Group (DE): I have visited Mama from the first
and guests Mama Rosin and Christine Salem. Lovely new acts like
year onwards and I am happy to see the event growing.
Saint Michel and St. Lô. The Swiss act Anisen, as well as Owlle from France. The ‘old’ Déportivo with an impressive come back set. I was
Jeremy Silver, MusicMetric.com (UK): Mama seems to grow up each
disappointed by the concert of Tomorrow`s World by Monsieur Air, JB
year and this year it seems to have been bigger and bolder than ever.
Dunckel, from whom I expected more.
Thomas Bohnet, Target Concerts (DE): MaMa 2013 has been
VIP-News: Any suggestions to the organizers of Mama what
more interesting this time as the showcases from my point of view
to change in the future or do you conclude that everything is
have been better than last year with more exciting artists.
well settled as it is?
Greg Parmley, Intellitix (UK): Mama is fast putting itself on the
Beckmann: It´s nice as it is with space and time for spontaneous
map alongside the other leading international music conference, like
activitiesand not too many obligatory meetings and programme
ILMC, Eurosonic and Reeperbahn. The conference programming this
items.
year was extremely interesting, and who wouldn’t like a quick mid week break in Paris in the sunshine, catching up with old friends and
Shahi: I’d be happy to see a more international program. 80% was a
making new acquaintances?
very French program meaning it is not really made for exporting into non-French-speaking countries - from my perspective. Mama seems
VIP-News: What new discoveries or observations have you
much more a national congress then an international platform.
gained from your visit to Mama2013? Silver: Put your speakers up in better class of hotels please - otherwise Beckmann: Music from France (and also the people working in the
they get grumpy and are harder to work with!
biz) is opening up minds and hearts, becoming more internationally
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- both from the language and the musical genres, which will raise
Bohnet: Everything was well organized. Clubs and venues have been
awareness and offer plenty more opportunities in the future.
in walking distance and they were also not so overcrowded.
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Music & Media Finland Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
The 24th Music & Media Finland conference
and right now it doesn’t seem to get any
was held in Tampere from October 17th to
easier with the autumn shows selling slowly.
19th. Over 700 delegates from a total of 16
However, at the same time Fullsteam has
countries attended Finland’s most important
actually done extremely well: we have gone
music industry event.
from the previous average of 650 shows per year to approx 1100 shows in 2013, and the
As usual The Industry Awards took place as
Euros go hand in hand with this, so we have
part of the event, celebrating the key players
practically almost doubled our business this
of the Finnish music industry in 22 categories.
year. I have been surprised about this myself
A wide range of music industry professionals
as to be honest. I did expect a good year, but
select the nominees and winners.
now 2013 will actually be better than I could have ever expected and the best year we
Fullsteam Ahead! This was a good year for Fullsteam, the
have ever had.
Juha Kyyrö - Fullsteam The Overview in Finland:
Companyreceived the following five Awards at the Gala:
biggestand the most versatile domestic
Although it has been a great year for Full-
rosterwith 300 individual artists. Fullsteam
steam, the indications are that not everyone
Promoter of the Year: Juha Kyyrö
were responsible for 1,100 shows including
is enjoying the same sort of success, there
Agency of the Year:
international acts and festival bookings in
Manager of the Year: Virpi Immonen
2013.
are
Production Manager of the Year:
The highlights of the year included Justin
ing and losing money.
Pekka Kupiainen (from the company’s
Bieber, System of a Down, Lana Del Rey, The
subsidiary Staff & Stuff.
National, Sigur Rós, Knife Party, Macklemore
As for the festival market, Ruisrock and Il-
Indie Label of the Year:
indications
that
other
promoters,
includingLive Nation and Eastway are suffer-
& Ryan Lewis, A$AP Rocky, My Bloody
osaarirock did very well this year and were
Fullsteam also had three other nominations
Valentine, Pet Shop Boys, Rush, Yoko Ono
the most successful in Finland. Flow, Jurassic
Production Manager of the Year Heikki
and many more. With two recent gold record
Rock, Tuska Open Air and Pori Jazz also did
Häkkinen , A&R Person of the Year Niko
certifications, also the label side continues to
well. But Provinssirock struggled, and Live
Kangasand Agent of the Year Toni Ritonen
flourish and produce fresh and exciting new
Nation’s new festival Rock The Beach was
were all ranked in the top 3 in their categories.
music.
apparently a financial disaster, with rumours
Year 2013 has been highly successful for
Fullsteam co-founder and MD, Juha
indicating that the event may not continue
Fullsteam with around 70 % growth in both
Kyyrö told VIP-News:
next year. The new-scandal festival Weekend
revenue and the number of shows compared
In general this year has been very challenging
Festival sold out, but there were reports of
to last year. The Company represents the
for the festivals and promoters in Finland,
organisational problems.
of losses between 1 and 1,5 million Euro,
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Finland to be Guest international partner of The Great Escape 2014 Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com The Great Escape will return to Brighton from the 8-10 May 2014,
introduced to the UK market and gathering wide press coverage in
presenting festival-goers with over 400 new artists, from local to
British media, the results have truly been great. With this in mind,
international acts, across 35 different venues throughout the city.
we feel it is the right time for us to partner with the biggest industry
Running alongside this is the Great Escape convention which hosts a
event in the UK and showcase the wide variety of talented Finnish
variety of insightful industry talks, panel debates, targeted networking
acts to the international music industry family.”
sessions and keynote interviews for industry professionals and music
business fans. In 2014, the lead international partner of The Great
The Finnish programme at The Great Escape is produced by Music
Escape will be Finland.
Finland. Music Finland is the organization dedicated to promoting awarenessand the success of Finnish music at home and abroad.
“We are proud to be the lead country at The Great Escape in 2014.
MusicFinland creates and manages a wide variety of services,
The Finnish music industry has actively created connections and built
marketingprogrammes, events, networking opportunities, training,
awareness in the UK over the years”, commented Music Finland’s
consultancy, support, research, information and funding programmes.
ProjectManager Riku Salomaa. “In the last two years, the UK has
The activitiesaim to maximize success for Finnish music and music
been the focus country for the exports of Finnish music. With more
companies, and increase Finnish music export revenue.
than 60 Finnish artists, songwriters, composers and music products
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GreenEvents Europe 2013 to take place in Bonn/Germany Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
Tireless in his work to continually improve the practices of the live
Greener Arena – What can they do to promote sustainable events?
musicand event industry, and to educate all involved in the importance
Upcycling – Save money and resources by converting worthless into
of green issues, Holger Jan Schmidt contacts us to announce the next
valuable things.
major GreenEvents conference:
Electricity and power – Try out new concepts small scale that can be moved to the „real world“.
Yourope and GO Group are once more heavily committed to Europe’s
GreenEvents Technic Forum – Technical solutions to special
leading conference for sustainability in the live music and event
problems.
industryGreenEvents Europe in Bonn/Germany on nov 25 and 26
Camping and waste – How festivals can join forces to make things
2013.
better Audience Attitude – Do people behave better in a clean
As in previous years the conference will offer high-level input by
environment?
speakers of international reputation without neglecting practical
Good Catering – Smart solutions and good practice.
relevanceand direct applicability. The event will feature speakers
„Down The Loo II” – Human left-behinds and smart mobile and
from spearhead institutions such as Green Music Initiative, Green
sustainable solutions for events
FestivalAlliance, Powerful Thingking, Slow Food Youth, Fareshare and
Plastics – Do we produce too much, can we avoid it? Consequences
Energieagentur NRW.
for us and the planet Degrowth and events – Alternative concepts for triple bottom line
Experts and scientists from Bucks New University, Cologne University,
Talking Cups – Biodegradable vs. multi-use – which are more
Ökoinstitut e.V. and Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen will take
sustainable?
part alongside top panellists from major events including, Roskilde Festival, Rock Am Ring, Shambala Festival, Way Out West, We Love
GreenEvents Europe is funded by the www.sue-nrw.de/Foundation
Art/We Love Green Festival, Rock For People , Cabaret Vert Festival,
for Environment and Development North Rhine Westphalia, and
Exit Festival, Open Air St. Gallen and Evangelischer Kirchentag.
partners are: go-group.org - GO Group (Green Operations Europe),
Find information on the latest program (subject to changes)
www.yourope.org - Yourope (The European Festival Association)
here and check here for www.green-events-germany.eu/The_
www.ibit.eu - IBIT, Internationales Bildungs- & Trainingszentrum für
Speakers_2013.51.0.html
Veranstaltungssicherheit www.bfn.de - Bundesamt für Naturschutz
For the first time a Beginner Workshop on green event management
www.bucks.ac.uk - Bucks New University
for participants with little or no knowledge will be offered prior to the
www.greenmusicinitiative.de - Green Music Initiative
regular conference on Sunday nov 24th, afternoon. Followed by the
www.bahn.de - DB Deutsche Bahn
GreenEvents warm-up on Sunday evening.
www.musikwoche.de/kostenlos - Musikwoche
www.green-events-germany.eu/Registration.greenevents.0.html
Contact:
Register here and check special offers for Yourope members, students
Holger Jan Schmidt · Sounds For Nature Foundation e.V.
and companies who send more than one delegate.
Auguststr. 18 · 53229 Bonn
Topics discussed with all parties involved (promoters, venues, suppliers
Tel.: +49 (0) 228 20 70 80 7 · Fax: +49 (0) 228 20 70 80 8
etc.) are The waste business – How it works and what the value of the waste
www.soundsfornature.de
collected at events is Catering without meat – Is it possible? Effect
www.green-events-europe.eu
on the footprint and consequences for event organizers.
www.go-group.org
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Nominations announced for 2nd Green Operations Award:
wonderfulideas and great efforts almost every other day. And so we
After the success of the go-group.org/2013/01/efa-green-opera-
are happy to present a great long list of festivals nominatedby our
tions-award-winner-2012-revealed/” \n _blankfirst presentation of
jury members. To be honest, it is impossible to award the greenest
the „Green Operations Award“ at the eu.festivalawards.com/” \n
festival in Europe. They are so different in size, venue, audience,
_blankEuropean Festival Awards 2012 with winners We Love Green
philosophyand history. What we do is the true acknowledgement
(FRA) GO Group is once again responsibe for the green category of
and a reward for superb action, innovation or improvement. By
the pan-European festival awards.
preparingthe long list for this second edition I already know that we will have a great winner. There are so many wonderful festivals with
GO Group takes care of the selection of the Green Operations Award
impressive initiativesin this list – I can’t do more than applaud to
jury, long and short list selection and the presentation of the award
those. All winners already!“
winner. This is the definition for the „green oscar“ of the European festival This is the long list (in alphabethical order) of 18 festivals from
scene:
ten European countries nominated by the GO Awards jury members:
Green Operations Award European Festival Award for Green Excellence
2013.bestival.net/info/environment-and-responsibility”Bestival (UK)
The Green Operations Award is an annual award presented by
www.cabaretvert.com/lecabaret.php”Cabaret Vert (FRA)
Yourope and the GO Group. Its target group are festivals that have
www.campbestival.net/”Camp Bestival (UK)
made a significantcontribution to or achievement towards developing
www.croissantneuf.co.uk/”Croisant Neuf Summer Party (UK)
more sustainable events. Examples for respective achievementsare
archiv.fusion-festival.de/2013/en/2013/home/index.html Fusion (GER) www.hurricane.de/de/infos/gruen-rockt/”Hurricane/Southside (GER) www.ilosaarirock.fi/2012/english/environment/principles. php”Ilosaarirock (FIN) www.labbsessies.nl/indiansummerlabb/”Indian Summer Festival (NL)
practisesand systems introduced at their own event, the development of good practices, which they have shared with other events, a specificinnovationor continuous improvements over a number of years. The Award is given out by a panel made up of experts that are not directly linked to any specific festival with the exception that the previous year’s winner will be invited to cast a vote for the following year’s award only.
malmofestivalen.se/about/sustainability”Malmø Festival (SWE) www.northside.dk/index-en.html” \n _blankNorthside (DK)
The Green Operations Award – Jury 2013 reads like this:
oyafestivalen.com/environmental-work/ӯyafestival (NO)
Teresa Moore (www.bucks.ac.uk/” \n _blankBucks New University, UK)
www.rockforpeople.com/home/”Rock For People (CZ)
Claire O’Neill (www.agreenerfestival.com/” \n _blankA Greener
www.ruisrock.fi/en/info/”Ruisrock (FIN) www.shambalafestival.org/essential-info/designing-out-disposables/ ”Shambala festival (UK) www.smukfest.dk/content.asp?id1=227&id2=678&id3=680&id4=0” Smukfest Skanderborg (DK) www.terraneofestival.com/info/ekologija-i-drustvena-odgovornost/ ?lang=en”Terraneo (CRO) www.tollwood.de/english/environmental-activities/”Tollwood Festival (GER) www.wayoutwest.se/en/sustainability”Way Out West (SWE)
Festival, UK) Linnéa Svensson (www.greener-events.com/” \n _blankGreener Event Foundation, NOR) Marie Sabot (of last year’s winner: www.welovegreen.fr/”We Love Green, FRA) Jacob Bilabel (www.greenmusicinitiative.de/” \n _blankGreen Music Initiative, GER) Holger Jan Schmidt (www.green-events-germany.eu/” \n _blankGreenEvents Europe, Yourope, GER) The short list, selected by the jury will be announced together with the other short lists of the EFA in early November. The winner of
Green Operations Award coordinator and Yourope’s anchorman
the Green Operations Award will be announced and presented dur-
for green issues Holger Jan Schmidt (www.green-events-
ing the European Festival Awards ceremony in Groningen on Wed
germany.eu/” \n _blankGreenEvents Europe) says: “What I have
January15 2014 . The ceremony will be held at the Oosterport on the
learnt in those first almost three years of the GO Group is that the
openingnight of next year’s www.festival.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/”
festivalscene is the true spearhead of the green events movement
\n _blank EurosonicNoorderslag festival and conference.
in Europe. I come across new actions, initiatives and events with
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Shut Down for Konzertagentur Seliger Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com Berthold Seliger
In particular, amongst other observations, he points out that this goes for instance for the ticketing business that is making more money on system and service charges than even the artists and promoters who are actually making concerts and live events happen. Due to these and other concerns Seliger concludes that he considers the “diversity of culture in danger” But even though Konzertagentur Berthold Seliger won’t continue in the future, Seliger announced that in January 2914 he will launch a one man office for “Music, Texts and Strategies”. In fact writing is something that Seliger has been doing for years now. Besides writing a company newsletter very different from any others,
After 25 ½ years company founder and owner Berthold Seliger has
he occasionally publishes articles in the Berliner Zeitung and various
recently announced that he will shut down his self named company
other magazines and newspapers.
at the end of the year. In a press release he refer to reasons such
In terms of the master class of writing, Seliger even wrote a book,
as “society, business-policies as well as considerations of a private
entitled ‘The Business Of Music’ and he is currently on a reading tour
nature”.
of this. He just recently held his first reading at Reeperbahn Festival
The news itself is actually a bit of a surprise. Seliger explains that
in Hamburg. In his book Seliger elaborates on subjects such as ‘Live
his decision has nothing to do with the business performance of his
Industry’, ‘Record Industry’, ‘Copy? Right!’ ‘Gema’, ‘Sponsoring’,
company. In fact he claims that the ongoing business year is one of
‘The Social Situation’, ‘Music Journalism’ and of course ‘Politics’. In
the best in the company’s history.
particular in that chapter Seliger underlines that he is one the very
But besides his pure business activities in the concert industry, Berthold
few protagonists of the live music business who clearly expresses his
Seliger is also known for his very distinctive comments and personal
thoughts and concerns regarding this matter.
analysis of the live music sector in general. In his monthly company
If you a have chance and if you are able to understand German, take
newsletters alongside information about artists, concerts and tours he
the opportunity to visit one of the dates of Seliger’s upcoming book
also wrote sharp critiques on general political issues, music industry
readings in November 2014 in: it will be worthwhile!
developments and even media reports.
19. CH-Zürich, El Lokal
Bearing this in mind he also extensively explains his reasons for
21. CH-St. Gallen, Palace
closingdown his company in his statement. Arguing that the
23. Geislingen, Rätschenmühle
‘businessof music’ in the last ten years has evolved “massively in the
24. A-Ebensee, Kino
wrong direction”, resulting in small companies having less and less
25. A-Wels, Schlachthof
opportunities to “co-determine” in the face of these developments.
28. Bielefeld (t.b.c.)
He refers to the fact that a few global monopolistic companies
29. Düsseldorf, ZAKK
dominateboth the recorded music business and the live music sector.
30. Köln, King Georg
KKT Reports Record Results for Die Toten Hosen Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com German concert agency Kikis Kleiner Tourneeservice (KKT) has
manager of DTH and Kiki Ressler; the company, based in Berlin,
announcedthat it achieved record results with Die Toten Hosen’s (DTH)
has since become one of the leading concert agencies in Germany.
recent tour “Krach der Republik” (Noise Of The Republic). The tour sold
BesidesDTH, KKT also represents domestic acts such as Beatsteaks,
770.000 sold tickets for 36 concerts and a total gross of €35.6 million,
Fettes Brot, Einstürzende Neubauten and Mouse On Mars.
making this the most successful outing ever for the band. International artists on the KKT roster include Royal Republic, Panteón KKT was founded in 1990 by Die Toten Hosen, Jochen Hülder, the
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Rococo and Triggerfinger.
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Die Toten Hosen at Tempelhof-Airport Berlin 08.08.2013
Interview with Kiki Ressler Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com
VIP-News: Has this been the most successful kkt tour with die
who is doing the technical preparation for many tours and partially
Toten Hosen?
attends the artists on tour. Furthermore we have the accountancy
– Kiki Ressler: Yes. These figures just belong to the second part of the
department, the team-assistant and the reception.
“Krach der Republik” – Tour. In the first part of the tour in November/ December 2012 we had already sold 290.000 tickets. In the whole
Is the company structure different from other agencies?
period of the tour over 12 months, we’ve sold about one million
– I think that we offer a more comprehensive service, focusing as well
tickets in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
on the entire production of artists. Most of our German artists expect this kind of service and a more individual support. That may be the
Besides Die Ärzte and Die Toten Hosen (DTH) you have already
biggest difference to other agencies that are booking international
built up other successful artists such as Beatsteaks or Fettes
acts into Germany. And in terms of international acts, these kind of
Brot. Please elaborate on the artist and booking philosophy of
production issues will mainly be decided in the home base of the
kkt and what’s required before you take an artist on?
particular artists.
– We’re not focused on a special genre. The live-performance of a band is much more relevant for us than the sales figures, it needs to
KKT is one of the very few German agencies that book some
convince us. I believe that a straightforward live-performance will ever
of their acts abroad. Do you do so only on request by artists or
be important in the long term and this will also lead to tickets sales.
do you even consider expansion with international bookings in the future?
Currently KKT handles the bookings for only one DJ, DJ Exel
– That entirely depends on what the individual bands want and also
Pauly. Are you up for adding more DJs to your roster?
what opportunities we have to place them internationally. No matter
– Sure, but in the last two years our little office was so busy with these
how international their music / lyrics may be, most of the German
two big tours by Die Ärzte, which we also sold 800.000 tickets for,
bands still got the reputation of coming from the ‘Banana-republic
and the one by DTH, that unfortunately we could not take on any
of rock ‘n roll’. As you could well imagine, that doesn’t make things.
new acts. But we will catch up on that now. Do you already have any tours and shows for 2014 in the Please tell us about the team behind KKT...
pipeline?
– Kathrin Schierz, Birger Lüdemann, Humberto Pereira and myself
– Yes, we’ve got tours with Fettes Brot, Triggerfinger and Royal
make up the booking-team, our production manager is Tino Ullrich,
Republic.
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ETEP & CEETEP 2013 Reach New Levels Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com The only successful support program for popular music on a European level receiving European Union funding has once again improved its results. The European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP) is organised
For Ceetep-Acts the Festival figures were: Rock For People (8), Sziget
by Eurosonic Noorderslag, and supported by pan-European festival
(4), Heineken Open’er Festival, Pohoda, Slovenian Music Week and
organisation Yourope, and the public broadcasting radio station
Tallinn Music Week (each 3).
networ k, the European Broadcasting Union The EBU is the main mediapartner for the this program and its sister program Central
The most booked artists are:
Eastern European Talent Exchange Program (CEETEP).
Villagers (IE) 11
Palma Violets (UK) 11
The overall results for the current edition of ETEP report 324 shows
Jake Bugg (UK) 11
SKIP&DIE (NL) 10
by 103 artists from 23 different European countries. In the previous
Efterklang (DK) 10
Rangleklods (DK) 9
year the program resulted in 287 shows. For CEETEP the organizers
Kodaline (IE) 9
AlunaGeorge (UK) 9
reported 32 shows by 22 artists from 12 different European countries,
Netsky (BE) 8
Mo (DK) 8
up on the 27 shows in 2012.
C2C (FR)
The Festivals that booked most ETEP artists are Reeperbahn Festival
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(24), The Great Escape (22), Sziget (13), Pukkelpop & Lowlands (12
ETEP was launched in 2003 and has received European Union funding
each), Benicàssim Festival, Les Nuits Botanique and Vienna Waves
since 2012 which will continue till 2015. Currently 80 festivals take
(10 each), Best Kept Secret festival, Europavox, Pinkpop and Roskilde
part in the programs, by 2015 it is expected that this number will
Festival(8 each).
increase to 100 festivals.
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