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It’s been a busy time in my home City of

late; we’re in the middle of the month long

Brighton Arts Festival and last weekend a

large section of the music industry turned

up on my doorstep for the 6th edition

of The Great Escape (see report in this is-

sue). Apart from having the pleasure of

just having to stroll down the road, rather

than get on a plane, to meet with friends

an colleagues from various countries, I

was happy to be vindicated by several del-

egates who now have their own tales of air-

borne attacks, over my loathing of the rats

of the air – yes, again, seagulls! One had his

car completely re-sprayed in that fetching

shade of recycled Gull Lunch, another had

his own lunch stolen off his plate whilst

dining alfresco near the front, and most

horribly, I am reliably informed by Pip of UK

Trade and Investment that she had to sup-

ply a change of clothing to an unfortunate

lady delegate who was splattered from

head to toe by another of the incontinent

winged bastards! – Fashion statement? – I

don’t think so! – So it’s not just me! – Right,

I’ll lay of that for a while now…

It’s a fact that music events have come

increasingly to depend on sponsorship

to subsidise their activities, and of course

music for huge brands music is a vital area

for marketing, but now and again music

companies are not so happy about the

way giants like Coca-Cola go about their

business; one of the sponsors of The Great

Escape was Relentless, the energy drink

owned by Coca-Cola, the logo was promi-

nent throughout the Conference and Con-

cert venues and in the streets of Brighton.

The brand has a strong association with

music via its marketing and sponsorship

activities, but it appears that after attempts

at negotiation about the use of the brand

name Media Village Entertainment, own-

ers of the Relentless Record Company, now

a subsidiary of EMI are suing Coca Cola.

The fizzy drinks giant is not having a good

time over its choice of names of late, hav-

ing had to back down on their plans to

trade mark and use the term ‘No Half

Measures’ in the UK with respect to the

cultural activities classification. The trou-

ble started in 2008 when the mark ‘No Half

Measures’ was used to brand the Relent-

less activities within the music business,

an area where No Half Measures Ltd. has

a long established reputation. A series of

legal exchanges took place over a thirty

month period as the giants tried to dis-

miss Dougie’s claim, now vindicated by

the Intellectual Property Office. He com-

mented, “We are extremely pleased with

this outcome, it has been a long and at

times fraught encounter however we feel

completely vindicated in our decision to

stand up to one of the biggest businesses

in the world.”

So, although the music industry may need

the support of the big guys with the deep

pockets, it’s nice to see the ‘little guys’ win

now and again, after all it’s them that give

the business its character and develop the

artists and the music that make it what it

truly is.

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Finally, you’ll be glad to know that your

hard working editor’s efforts on your

behalf as I jet around the world attend-

ing events to glean information for your

eager consumption have been recog-

nised…. It was with a tear in my eye and

the unresolved intention to say that I

owe it all to my readers, that I stepped up

at the Yearly Music Conference Awards

(YMCA’s) at the conclusion of The Great

Escape to accept the ‘Conference Junk-

ie of the Year’ award - the fact that my

name was misspelled hardly diminished

my feelings of pride and joy!

As ever Ladies & Gentlemen…. The

News.

Isle of wight Festival Capacity Increase agreedAllan McGowan am@vip-booking.com

Local councillors have agreed to grant

permission for The Isle of Wight Festival

to boost capacity, allowing for a further

20,000 people for this year’s edition

from 10 to 12 June. This will bring full

capacity up to 90,000 for the three-day

event’s 10-year anniversary this year.

The extra capacity will mainly allow for

more backstage crew and security.

Organisers Solo submitted the applica-

tion to the Isle of Wight Council under

the Isle of Wight Act, which safeguards

the council over clean-up costs for large

events. Not all councillors were happy

about the decision. Councillor Geoff

Lumley, representing East Newport res-

idents expressed concern over the rise

in numbers, saying it was, “...a step too

far” but the Conservative-led council

decided that the island could cope with

the increase in numbers.

Foo Fighters, Kasabian and Kings of

Leon are playing at the sell-out event

this year.

Promoter John Giddings of Solo told

VIP-News:

“It’s fantastic that the island has rec-

ognised what the festival does for it

and how it advertises them globally. It

doesn’t necessarily mean that I would

sell another 20,000 tickets, the capacity

includes all staff /security /police etc,

this year we will not sell over 65,000. We

sold out at Christmas and it is better to

have a hot show, and create demand

for the future. It’s unbelievable that we

have reached 10 shows already we were

young once! I became a festival promot-

er by mistake, but it is incredibly enjoy-

able and hopefully will continue to be.

Getting a licence in perpetuity will save

a lot of time every year, (it helps to have

married a lawyer...)”

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UK Music is the umbrella organisation

founded two years ago, headed up by

Feargal Sharkey that was formed to rep-

resent the collective interests of the UK’s

commercial music industry. The organi-

sation involves itself with matters con-

cerning and involving: artists, musicians,

songwriters and composers, major and

independent record labels, music man-

agers, music producers, music publishers

and music licensing companies. The aims

of UK Music are to “… understand, explain,

promote, protect and nurture the UK’s

commercial music sector so that its inher-

ent value grows and its positive knock-on

effects reverberate ever further and ever

deeper.”

uK Music’s membership is comprised of:

Association of Independent Music (AIM),

representing 850 small and medium sized

independent music companies; British

Academy of Songwriters, Composers and

Authors (BASCA), with over 2,200 song-

writer members; BPI representing over

440 record company members; Music

Managers Forum (MMF) representing

more than 425 managers throughout the

music Industry; Music Producers Guild

representing and promoting the interests

of all those involved in the production of

recorded music – including producers, en-

gineers, mixers, re-mixers, programmers

and mastering engineers; Music Publish-

ers Association (MPA), with 250 major and

independent music publishers, represent-

ing close to 4,000 catalogues; Musicians

Union (MU), representing 32,000 musi-

cians; PPL, representing 45,000 perform-

er members and 5,750 record company

members; PRS for Music, representing

70,000 songwriters and composers and

music publishers.

Until now though there has been no or-

ganisation representing the live music

sectors main trade associations and rep-

resentative bodies, this omission has now

been rectified with the formation of the

UK Live Music Group. UK Music has an-

nounced that the live music sector is to

join the board – ensuring that, for the first

time, one umbrella body will represent the

UK’s entire commercial music industry. The

members of the UK Live Music Group are:

AA - Agents Association

AFO - Association of Festival

Organisers

AIF - Association of Independent

Festivals

CPA - Concert Promoters

Association

ILMC - International Live Music

Conference

NAA - National Arenas Association

PSA - Production Services

Association

we:Live - independent venue and

promoter association

The group will meet every six weeks and

have nominated Paul Latham of Live Na-

tion Entertainment to be their representa-

tive on the UK Music board.

Feargal Sharkey, chief executive of UK Mu-

sic said: “This is a fantastic development

for UK Music. The coming together of the

UK Live Music Group is hugely significant

in itself - establishing a unique and power-

ful voice for the sector. Having their input

at board level will be a huge asset for this

organisation and we hit the ground run-

ning next week, with the publication of

some groundbreaking research on music

tourism.” (See below)

Paul Latham, COO International Music at

Live Nation Entertainment and UK Live

Music Group chair said: “I think it is long

overdue that live music was represented

within a wider sphere and UK Music is the

most appropriate forum. Too many times

decisions are made at a parochial level

that have far-reaching consequences for

our industry. Through the voice that is UK

Music we would hope to become a force

for pro-active change.”

Music tourists Contribute £864m a year to the uK economy:

UK Music has called for a ‘live music tour-

ism strategy’ to increase overseas visitor

numbers. On May 16th UK Music published

Destination: Music – the first study of its

kind to scope the economic contribution

of music festivals and major concerts to

tourism throughout the UK. Drawing on

unprecedented access to more than 2.5m

anonymous ticketing transactions, the re-

port’s main findings are as follows:

• Large-scale live music across all regions

of the UK attracts at least 7.7m attend-

ances by domestic and overseas music

tourists.

• Collectively they spend £1.4bn during

the course of their trip. This is a positive

contribution of £864m (GVA) to the na-

tional economy and equivalent to 19,700

full-time jobs.

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• Although 5% of all music tourists come

from overseas, they contribute 18% of to-

tal music tourist spending.

From these findings UK Music has issued

a list of recommendations to Government

(see below) – including the implementa-

tion of a national live music tourism strat-

egy, with the immediate goal of increas-

ing the number of overseas music tourists.

The research follows the Government’s

Plan For Growth, published alongside

the Budget. This specifically identified

the UK’s creative industries and tourism

amongst sectors with the greatest poten-

tial to drive economic growth.

The Government’s Tourism Strategy, pub-

lished in March 2011, included a National

Brand Index Survey which ranked the UK

as fourth in the world for being an “inter-

esting and exciting place for contempo-

rary culture such as music, films, art and

literature”.

Feargal Sharkey, Chief Executive of UK

Music said: “I am hugely excited by the

findings of this research. Its message is

crystal clear: music provides a huge boost

to UK tourism, it drives growth, it sustains

thousands of jobs across all regions and

it enhances our lives. I am optimistic that

policy-makers will view this data and ac-

knowledge there is even more we could

achieve, especially when it comes to at-

tracting overseas visitors. The rest of the

world clearly recognises the importance of

music to the UK. It is time we did similar.”

Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey said:

“This report demonstrates the world-wide

reputation the UK music sector enjoys and

the contribution it makes to our economy.

People are travelling to and within the UK

to see our musicians and bands perform

while many overseas festivals feature Brit-

ish artists among their headline acts. This

underlines the fact that the UK music indus-

try is one of the strongest in the world.”

Research on Destination Music was un-

dertaken by Bournemouth University’s

International Centre for Hospitality and

Tourism Research. Research leader, Pro-

fessor Adam Blake said: “This is the first

Feargal Sharkey, chief executive of UK Music

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time that a comprehensive study of music

tourism has ever been undertaken in the

UK. The data on where music-goers come

from confirms that large numbers of them

do travel around the country to go to mu-

sic events, and significant numbers come

from overseas. However, it is important to

note that our definition of a music tourist

is hugely conservative, and that we did not

analyse the vast numbers of non-ticketed

or smaller capacity events. Subsequently,

the true value of music to UK tourism will

be much higher.”

The full report will be available at:

www.ukmusic.org

The full list of recommendations is as follows:

UK Music strongly recommends that a national strategy is re-

quired to unleash the full potential of live music to contribute to

the UK’s tourism economy. Our aim should be that music fans the

world over choose the UK as the most favoured destination for live

music events and music attractions.

• Clearly, we must do more to attract greater numbers of over-

seas music tourists – they spend a quarter more in the UK than

the ‘average’ overseas visitor, and constitute 18% of music tour-

ism spending even though they only account for 5% of the music

tourist population.

• The Government’s new tourism policy allows for the creation of

‘thematic’ tourism bodies based around a particular type of holi-

day (caravanning, boating or walking). This should pave the way

for the creation of the first ever “live music tourism body” to pro-

mote music tourism within the UK.

• Tourism authorities and local economic partnerships should

capitalise on the unique musical strength and heritage of each re-

gion and nation with specific campaigns and packages including

transportation and accommodation.

• A comprehensive ‘music tourism map app’ should be designed

which can help potential tourists design their own musical tour to

cater for every musical taste, incorporating iconic places, histories,

and opportunities to attend live music events.

• Central Government should address concerns over the difficul-

ties that overseas performers encounter with the UK’s visa system,

and work with their counterparts in other countries to ease diffi-

culties that UK performers encounter when seeking entry to other

countries to tour and perform.

• Central Government should work with the music industry to

ensure that fans have an industry-approved facility to trade and

sell on any tickets to live music events which are surplus to their

requirements.

• The success of the ‘top end’ live music scene owes much to the

health of the grassroots and intermediary music scene. Central

Government should encourage live music at the grass roots by ex-

empting small venues from the licensing regulations in the 2003

Licensing Act.

• Regional and city planning authorities should ensure a balanced

mix of small, medium and large capacity venues in each region or

major city for a seamless progression route for musicians as their

musical careers advance.

• In recognition that this study, though the most comprehensive

ever undertaken, only captures a proportion of the music events

that take place in the UK, we recommend further research on the

value of live music to the tourism economy. As well as incorpo-

rating data from smaller capacity music events, it could analyse

the significance of music attractions in drawing tourists, other live

events where music is a significant element, such as opera, musi-

cals, and street carnivals, and crucially, track trends to see whether

music tourism in the UK is growing.UK Music strongly recommends that a national strategy is required

Music tourists Contribute to UK economy

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According to the organisers 15000 people,

2,500 delegates and 12,500 punters at-

tended this sixth edition of the event that

many publications and reviewers refer

to as the UK’s answer to SXSW. Certainly

The Great Escape achieves that same feel

of “..what am I missing now?!” that the

Texas event generates. Thankfully it is not

as gigantic as SXSW, but even so those

with wristbands hoping to see the better

known acts either found themselves in

massive queues or were better off taking

pot luck on the act they’d never heard of in

a neighbouring venue– often a rewarding

experience as the programming of TGE is

very good. The gold delegates band cut

very little ice with door staff who were

either uninformed of the importance of

those displaying them, or they were just

too busy to care – very reminiscent of

SXSW in the last few years.

However, that said, there was a lot that was

right about what went on in Brighton this

May 12 to14th. The panels were all well at-

tended and just as importantly, relevant.

Yours truly chaired a panel on Eastern Eu-

rope, going up against a keynote speech

by ex EMI Chairman Tony Wadsworth

of the BPI, a couple of parties and who

knows what else – and still we discussed

elements of a very big subject in front of

a good sized audience. The numbers of

parties, mainly given by international con-

cerns increasingly go up against the panel

programme – again a similar situation to

that in Austin. Faced with the choice of

free beer and a sausage or fish and chips

as opposed to a panel discussion that may

or may not hit the spot, selection can be

tricky! As it happens though over the

three days of the CMU-programmed Great

Escape convention with over 100 industry

leaders taking part in talks, debates and

interviews there seemed to be very few

badly attended sessions. The main themes

concerned themselves with developing

and monetising new talent in the digital

age.

Highlights of the convention will be availa-

ble on SoundCloud from later this month.

www.soundcloud.com/cmu

Economist Chris Carey of PRS had started

off the conference with a report urging

caution reminding the audience at his key-

note that the saviour of the music indus-

try, the way to make money while CD sales

dropped, the live music industry stuttered

last year. In the UK, live music revenues

dropped by 6.7%, after a decade of growth

that saw income increase by 9.4% in 2009

and 13% in 2008 whilst in Europe the pic-

ture was worse – with arena music gigs

seeing a 16% drop .But festivals were up,

including the Eastern European events,

and delegates were sent off to do business

over the next couple of days reassured by

Chris’s conclusion that, “I don’t think this is

a disaster, I think it is a blip, I’m not wor-

ried, about the future of live music.” With

a lack of big name live acts touring last

year, things look set to change in 2011. This

sense of optimism continued through to

the end of the event on Saturday night in

the late night gathering place of the del-

egates, the crowded and raucous Queens

Hotel Bar.

Highlights of the showcase and festival

gigs included Australia’s Jezabel, Moss

from the Netherlands, the UK’s Dry the

River, and many others – the standard of

acts was definitely high.

VIP-News asked a few of the delegates for

their opinions of this edition:

Martin Elbourne:Great Escape co-founder:

I found this year a lot smoother and a lot

more relaxed. The Convention side felt full

and relevant, and crucially from an indus-

try point of view there seemed to be a lot

more significant players at the event, more

than any other event I’ve been to in the last

year, and they seemed to be both having a

good time and also being quite optimistic

about the future. So for me it felt like a real

turning point.

Guna Zucika:Brainstorm Management & Record Company

- Latvia:

This was my 3rd Great Escape, I attended

the first year, last year and this one. The

growth of the event was obvious – in

terms of communication prior to and

during the event, networking possibili-

ties, people attending, etc. As per results

regarding the Latvian band BrainStorm I

work with – I usually say, give me some 2

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months after any particular industry event

to be able to inform of any real outcome. I

can tell you that the Great Escape in 2010

was great for us – I got BrainStorm to play

China’s leading festival Modern Sky and

arranged a comeback sold out club show

in Helsinki. Additionally I was glad to see

more delegates from Latvia attending the

event – this is a good sign for my tiny lovely

country to become more visible on an in-

ternational scale. I also was thinking about

all the panels I have heard regarding East-

ern Europe and usually they are concen-

trated on how international acts can get

to play in those territories, but there hasn’t

really been anything on one of the artists

coming from Eastern Europe and having

a career outside the region - case stud-

ies, challenges, quality, etc. There are few

examples, including BrainStorm who have

succeeded to a certain point. The most

prominent example is TATU from Russia of

course, but also Vanilla Ninja from Estonia

had few years success in Germany, plus Ro-

mania’s DJ’s, etc. Now especially with the

proposed CETEP programme it would be

nice to have such panel.

»What I really like about itis that the event does not try to do too much; just the right amount of bands, the quality

of the bands performingis top notch«

- Adam Lewis

Adam Lewis:The Planetary Group - US:

I had taken a couple of years off from The

Great Escape, mainly because I was tired

of getting rained on! (Weather was good

this year and last – Ed.) However this year

was fantastic, the event has really grown.

The international participation has as well.

What I really like about it is that the event

does not try to do too much; just the right

amount of bands, the quality of the bands

performing is top notch. Highlights in-

cluded The Jezabels, Cloud Control, Said

The Whale, The Holidays, Team Me, Little

Red, The Heartbreaks.

All the shows were quite full. I do worry

about the number of wristbands sold, since,

as a delegate, it was often impossible to get

into some shows. However, with planning

this worked out. Business wise, I expect to

be working with several bands from the

festival and was very happy to see the buzz

that our clients, The Jezabels, received.

Fer Isella - Producer:Buenos Aires - Argentina:

A plane took me to London, then a train

to Brighton. Buenos Aires, my homeland,

was feeling far away at that time. But only

to enjoy one of the richest and most won-

derful experiences I have lived in my pro-

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fessional career: The Great Escape. Thanks

to the “Young Creative Music Entrepreneur

Award” of 2011 by the British Council, I was

able to attend this amazing event, where

the audience enjoys live bands playing as

early as 11am at small venues, and where

music biz pro’s from around the world

meet to debate about the current state

and future of the music industry. Exiting

live shows, peers with beers, pier with

games, music conferences, fish & chips

and people enjoying more than 70 live

bands throughout the charming streets of

an always sunny Brighton.

Talented music industry thinkers like An-

drew Dubber (Bandcamp), Ian Rogers (Top-

spin), Dave Haynes (Soundcloud), Chris

Swanson (Secretly Canadian Records), Mark

Jones (Wall of Sound) debated over the cur-

rent ways of promotion and distribution

for independent artists. It was a wonderful

experience that I will never forget!

www.ferisella.com

Josh Little:Acumen Business Law - Brighton, UK:

A flying start for Acumen Media Law, with

a legal presentation on Thursday morn-

ing. 51 hours, many business cards, sev-

eral beers and an increasingly strange se-

lection of canapés later and we wrapped

up our convention with a room full of

industry drinking cups of tea and eating

cakes at our Mad Hatter’s Pop Quiz. All in

all, I would say it was a mighty success-

ful weekend. Festival Highlight: watching

a Danish man with a beard sing a note

perfect rendition of Wuthering Heights.

Convention Highlight: bringing Acumen’s

Legal Sound Check to the Great Escape

for the first time. Requests for next year:

let’s get the artists more involved in the

convention.

Fer Isella

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yearly Music Conference awards:

The day-time events of The Great Escape concluded in the Conference Hub in the

Dome, on Saturday with the presentation of the YMCA’s.

The winners were:

Special Legend Award

- Seymour Stein

Best Conference Bag

- Eurosonic (Netherlands) - Ruud Berends received this.

Best Delegates Trip

- Lobster Tour Prince Edward Isle (Canada)

Least Boring Trade Fair

- Womex

Best On Line Experience

- Canadian Music Week

Conference Junkie of the Year

- Allan MacGowan (told you they couldn’t spell it! – Ed.)

Best Agent For Breaking New Acts

- Lucy Dickins (International Talent Booking)

Martin Elbourne Award for the Best Boutique Event in Canada

- M For Montreal

Best New(ish) Event

- Tallin Music Week (Estonia)

Best Line up for Breaking Acts

- South By South West (USA)

Best Export Office

- Australia

Best Hotel

- W Hollywood

Best Delegates Bar/Party

- The Queens Hotel in Brighton

The Moose Jaw Random Award for General Conference Randomness

- Tony Scott - Guilfest UK

Seymour Steir - winner of the Special Legend Award

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European ticketing market leader CTS

EVENTIM AG announced on May 13 that

Nick Blackburn has been appointed Chair-

man of EVENTIM UK Ltd.

Nick Blackburn was previously Chair-

man and CEO of See Tickets in the UK. He

joined Really Useful Theatres in 2001 with

a remit to grow a new ticketing business.

The business became See Tickets, which

after quickly growing into the number

two position in the UK was successfully

sold to Stage Entertainment in early 2008.

Prior to his involvement with See Tickets,

Nick had been a director of Ticketmaster

for 13 years where he was largely respon-

sible for their growth in the UK. Since

leaving See in September 2010, he has

acted as a consultant to such companies

as Last Minute.com and Universal Music.

As the new Chairman of EVENTIM UK,

Blackburn will be responsible for EVEN-

TIM’s business development in the UK

and Ireland. He said, “I am very excited to

be joining such a successful company at

a time when they are looking to develop

their business in the UK. EVENTIM has al-

ways been at the forefront of technologi-

cal advance, and I believe the EVENTIM

system really has an edge over the com-

petition in terms of attractive features

and impeccable performance.”

Klaus-Peter Schulenberg, CEO of CTS

EVENTIM, commented: “Nick Blackburn

has been a driving force in ticketing in

the UK for more than two decades, and

we are happy he has accepted our offer to

become Chairman of our UK operations.

His appointment underpins EVENTIM’s

claim to be one of the leading ticketing

services providers in the UK.

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In planning its 22nd edition this year, Mu-

sic & Media Finland conference is again

looking to bring together over 700 repre-

sentatives of music and related industries,

including over 100 international delegates

from all over the world. Taking place in the

intimate and picturesque setting of Tam-

pere, Finland on October 20-23, the event

comprises a variety of networking and

business opportunities, seminars, key-

notes and of course, showcases.

Live music has a key role at Music & Media

Finland; the delegates can attend a full

range of high-quality showcases at the

Lost in Music Festival, where around 100

hand-picked Finnish and international acts

perform during the three conference days.

With all venues within walking distance,

delegates have a chance to catch a good

number of shows on each festival day.

For the global music community, Music &

Media Finland offers a unique chance to

connect and enter into new business with

participants from all over the world, but

especially with key executives from the

emerging Russian and Baltic music mar-

kets as well as the Nordic countries. Lost

in Music is a unique chance to showcase

talent to music business people from all

sectors of the industry.

The conference itself provides the partici-

pants with a platform for networking and

keeping up with the current developments

in the industry. Ms. Anu Aittoniemi, the Ex-

ecutive Producer at the company behind

the conference says, “We work very hard to

offer insight to the multifaceted business

of music through a carefully selected line-

up of panelists and keynote speakers. Each

year the conference also highlights some

of the greatest pioneers who have helped

shape our business.”

Previous speakers and Celebrity Guests of

Honour at Music & Media Finland include visionaries such as Seymour Stein (Sire

Records), Barry Dickins (ITB), Terry McBride

(Nettwerk Music Group), Jonathan Pone-

man (Sub Pop), Jonathan Forster (Spotify),

Tommy Ramone (The Ramones), Tom Sil-

verman (Tommy Boy), David Fricke (The

Rolling Stone) and many more.

Read more about the event and sign up by

June 30 for an exclusive international dele-

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dia.fi. Music & Media Finland is produced

by Suomen Musiikki & Media-Tapahtumat

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national program is funded by the Ministry

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istry of Education and Culture, the Ministry

for Foreign Affairs of Finland, ESEK, LUSES

and the Finnish Institute in London.

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With the 2011 Festival Season soon

to be in full swing Manfred Tari

looks at the plans of various festivals

and Green Organisations to increase

their efforts to make our major mu-

sic events Cleaner and Greener.

wacken Open air:

The world biggest metal festival promoted

by ICS Festival Service in partnership with

RegionNord Office and the Academy for

Agriculture and Landscape Architecture

in Osnabrück will undertake a number of

measures for the restoration of its festival

site after the event.

The 200-hectare Wacken Open Air site for

is intensively used for the event. Depend-

ing on the weather conditions it takes sig-

nificant efforts by farmers to restore the

festival site for their purposes. The Acade-

my Osnabrück will now set up a 250 square

meter test area in order to investigate the

carrying capacities of new ground mix-

tures and seed variations.

Besides this the scientists aided by farmers

and a new geographical information sys-

tem will set up an analysis that evaluates

an optimised cultivation of the site after

the event. Additionally ICS Festival Service

will be supplied with a virtual map that

enables the promoter to best plan and lay

out visitors and transport routes on the

site. The project will last three years and

with funding of 118.000 Euros from the

Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU -

Federal Foundation for Environment) The

results of the examination will eventu-

ally also be made available to other festival

promoters.

Green Footsteps at roskilde Festival:

Green Footsteps is the title for the cam-

paign for sustainable measures at Roskilde

Festival. The festival is already well known

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for undertaking measures that includes

social elements alongside environmen-

tally friendly activities Among other ac-

tivities Roskilde Festival supplies sleeping

bags and tents left by visitors on the site to

homeless people organisations.

Furthermore this year Roskilde Festival al-

ready offers 6 so called ‘Green Camps’ for

visitors, special camping areas for visitors

that commit themselves to more environ-

mentally friendly behaviour. Festival goers

that choose to stay in these are asked to

commit to rules such as :

“The camp must organise and run some

‘fun’ green activities each day to involve

and inspire other festival guests.

The camp must have some kind of original

or unusual theme and a catchy slogan that

reflects ‘Green Footsteps’ green feet. Eve-

ryone should be able to see immediately

that it is a Green Camp.

The green activities during the festival

must be documented through photo-

graphs and video. The goal being to cre-

ate a video that can inspire future festival

guests to a green camp life.

VIP-News spoke to Marie á Rogvi, Roskilde

Festival project manager about current

activities and other sustainability meas-

ures for the upcoming edition of Roskilde

festival.

VIP-News: Roskilde, Oya and the Way Out West intend to develop an organic food range that will be available at the festivals and also in normal shops. Can you please provide me with some information on this project?

Marie á Rogvi: We are currently working

with Oya and Way Out West to improve

the exchange of knowledge between fes-

tivals on how to get even greener - and yes

eventually we will also cooperate on get-

ting organic and sustainable products to

the festivals.

VIP-News: What percentage of the food consumed by Roskilde visitors is organic?

Rogvi: We actually haven’t counted, but

it’s an area in which we think there is space

for improvements. In the area around the

Sustainable Stage (Odeon) we only have

ecological and Fair Trade products - food,

drinks etc. - and this area works as a test

area for the rest of the festival, so we try to

get even better.

VIP-News: What kind of organic food is served at Roskilde for festival visitors?

Rogvi: All dairy products, popcorn, veg-

etarian meatballs with potato salad and

green salad, normal and luxury falafel in

pita bread with lettuce and homemade

dressing, Tapas dishes, soup, spaghetti,

fruit and vegetables, pizza, drinks, tea, cof-

fee, juice - among others.

VIP-News: Does the catering for the crew and artists at Roskilde-Festival include or-ganic food and if so, what kind of organic food products?

Rogvi: “Dairy products as well, honey, tea,

coffee, sugar, some nuts and fruit - it de-

pends on the riders, but this is actually an

area we are focussing on this year - how to

improve and make it easier.

VIP-News: Are there any new environmen-tal measures or improvements you will implement at this years edition of the Fes-tival?

Rogvi: This year we will also intensify our

focus on transport. The focus is on public

transport, the use of bikes and electric cars.

We make sure it is easier for our audience

and our volunteers to use public transport

to and from the festival. More trains and

buses are operating between the main

station and the festival site and the service

starts earlier this year.

»We rent out bikes to our volunteers so they can use

these instead of cars.Also our audience can

rent bikes so that they can get into Roskilde city in a

sustainable way«

- Marie á Rogvi

We have 13 electric cars, which our vol-

unteers can use during the festival. That

saves us the use of petrol cars. We rent

out bikes to our volunteers so they can

use these instead of cars. Also our audi-

ence can rent bikes so that they can get

into Roskilde city in a sustainable way.

Furthermore we have a bike-event where

the audience can cycle from Copenhagen

to Roskilde Festival and we supply them

with food and music.

This year we have laid out all our green au-

dience activities - we call them Green Hot

Spots. At a Green Hot Spot the audiences

have the opportunity to do a sustainable

act. Examples are: producing energy on

an exercise bike to charge their mobile

phone, buy biodegradable bottles, eat

food made of mealworms (meat without

carbon footprint) etc.

Green footsteps

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This year we also get our own three wind

turbines, so we can produce our own en-

ergy, and we keep intensifying the use of

LED-lamps on our stages.

Again we will carry out our daily trash

collection - every day we go around the

camping area, encouraging the audience

to collect their trash and deliver it in the

trash cars. We call it Green Hour - it lasts

longer, but in this hour we make a little

more noise and excitement about it!

And again, we hand out pocket ashtrays

to make people put their cigarette butts

in these and empty them in the trash cans

instead of on the ground.”

For further information please check:

www.roskilde-festival.dk/uk/about_the_

festival/environment/green_footsteps/

about_green_footsteps/

lowlands Festival

VIP-News spoke to Eric van Eerdenburg,

MD of the Lowlands festival in the Nether-

lands about his motivations to run a more

environmentally friendly festival.

VIP-News: Why do you put ‘green’ meas-ures on the agenda for Lowlands?

Eric van Eerdenburg: Festivals should

be more than a line up. Festivals are the

gathering of likeminded young people.

They are the future of the world. They

have to deal with the big issues of tomor-

row. In the 60s and 70s festivals were the

platform for the issue of the Vietnam war

and how to come to peace. One of the

big issues today is a sustainable world.

As a festival organiser I want to be part of

the solution and not part of the problem.

Lowlands can be seen as a metaphor for

a city for 55.000 people for three days. If

I find solutions for my temporary city and

they work well they can work anywhere. I

want my visitors to be involved and they

are. They expect us to work cleaner. Low-

lands is a frontrunner in choice of line-up

and its festival concept. We want to be a

frontrunner in recognising and tackling

social issues too.

VIP-News: Do you have for a ‘sustainable’ or ‘environmental’ manager for the Low-land event?

Eerdenburg: Not really. We just put the is-

sue on the agenda and keep sustainability

in mind with all the things we do. We have

been working on it for over 10 years and

take things step by step. I think we have

done all the logical and easy things one

can do. Now we are at the point where we

have to fundamentally change the way we

work to do things cleaner and better. Inno-

vate, invest and experiment.

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VIP-News: What kind of efforts in particu-

lar will you undertake to make this year’s

edition of Lowlands ‘greener’?

Eerdenburg: The biggest issue is electric-

ity. We use over 130.000 litres of diesel for

electrical power. We are about to have a

new lease for the festival site. That used to

be 3-year contracts, now we will have a 15-

year contract. This enables us to invest in

a permanent infrastructure for electricity.

That is quite a thing really. We use peaks

of 8 megawatt. We work together with

people that normally do the infrastructure

for big factory buildings to get it right. No

more diesel after this years edition is the

goal, when everything is working we will

have a lot less co2 emissions. Over 300.000

tons of co2 that is ridiculous! It could be a

model for other festivals that have longer

lease contracts for their site. The most im-

portant thing is that you get the business

model right, and that looks very promis-

ing. Greener and cheaper, what else could

one wish?

If that is in place we want to put a solar en-

ergy plant in place on the site as well, but

that will take more time to get licenses to

build - we are a very bureaucratic coun-

try....

Furthermore we are looking at better

waste composting this year, and we are

trying to reduce our wastewater. We are

talking to a factory that takes in urine and

transforms it into fertilizer. We are devel-

oping a vacuum toilet system that works

for outdoor events. We will experiment

this year we hope with a new type of unit

with 20 vacuum toilets.

VIP-News: Do you collaborate with exter-nal partners regarding these issues?

Eerdenburg: Yes, we hire a consultant this

year to organise the expert meetings and

calculates the business models. He tries to

get the right companies involved and per-

suades them to co- invest in our experi-

ments and test cases. There are quite a few

external companies involved in getting

the plans into realistic models.

VIP-News: What kind of waste you have to deal with on the site and how many visi-tors did Lowland have in recent years?

»We have 55.000visitors who all camp

for three days. But from camping the waste is too

diverse to recycle. It will be burnt in a power plant«

- Eric van Eerdenburg

Eerdenburg: We separate our waste from

production and catering on the backstage

side of the festival in paper, glass, plastic

and wood, scrap metals etc. From the festi-

val ground itself we make sure everything

we give out from the catering is com-

postable/ biodegradable. Beer-cups are

from bio-plastics and through a deposit

system 80% is recycled. We have 55.000

visitors who all camp for three days. But

from camping the waste is too diverse to

recycle. It will be burnt in a power plant.

VIP-News: What are the figures on the Low-lands eco-balance sheet?

Eerdenburg: the CO2 footprint is 2679 ton;

that’s officially measured including bands,

audience, and production transport, waste,

food, etc.

(A) Average City with 60.000

people

(B) Lowlands incl. Visitors,

Crew & Guests 60.000

CO2 emissions:

(A) 5277 ton

(B) 2700 ton

Waste:

(A) 314.630 kg

(B) 487.000 kg

Water:

(A) 23 million liter

(B) 10 million liter

Electricity:

(A) 757.030 Kwh

(B) 864.000 Kwh

Greener Festival- another Best Case example:

It is a certification but also a brand. It is very

valuable example for the live music industry

of how to deal with environmental issues in

a smart and clever way. It is also an example

about the relevance of networking and col-

laboration in a part of the music industry as

practised by the recording music industry

or music publishers and copyright collec-

tion societies.

VIP-News spoke to Ben Challis, general sec-

retary of the Glastonbury festival and one

of the founders of the organisation Green-

er Festivals.

VIP-News: When was the organisation ‘Greener Festivals’ founded and by whom actually?

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Ben Challis: It was founded in 2006 by Claire

O’Neill (MD of the Association of Independ-

ent Festivals), it was her research in 2005

that inspired us, myself and Luke Westbury.

Our team now includes Helen Wright who

is our European co-ordinator and Amie

Green, our Australian co-ordinator.

VIP-News: What inspired your engage-ment for ‘Greener Festivals’?

»Last year 47 festivals entered our Greener Festival

Awards scheme, hundreds of festival goers took part

in our Great Big Green ideas competition, we

spoke to hundreds of event organisers at conferences and seminars around the

World and visited a number of Universities promoting

sustainable events«

- Ben Challis

Challis: Whilst a number of festivals in the

United Kingdom have been instrumental

in promoting green living and sustainable

lifestyles for many years, there seemed

to be a need to have a central resource

where event organisers - and festival

goers - could swap ideas and good prac-

tice. A Greener Festival grew out of that

need and the 2005 research undertaken

by one of A Greener Festival’s co-found-

ers, Claire O’Neill, which showed that the

audience going to events was worried

about noise, pollution, waste and increas-

ingly greenhouse gas emissions. Against

a background of increasing recognition

of climate change and the effect of green-

house gases on climate, and a dramatic

increase in planned legislation, we hope

to have helped music and arts festivals

around the World promote sustainable

events and sustainable lifestyles. Last

year 47 festivals entered our Greener Fes-

tival Awards scheme, hundreds of festival

goers took part in our Great Big Green

ideas competition, we spoke to hundreds

of event organisers at conferences and

seminars around the World (Australia,

Hungary, Finland, Belgium, Germany, UK)

and visited a number of Universities pro-

moting sustainable events.

VIP-News: How many festivals usually hand in the application for the Green Fes-tival Award?

Challis: “16 in 2007, 32 in 2008, 39 in 2009

and 47 in 2010”

VIP-News: Just in terms of figures, it looks like many English festivals support the idea behind ‘Greener Festivals’. Are Eng-lish festival promoters and their audience more open minded and concerned about these issues?

Challis: Not really - I think it was initially

that we launched in the UK because that is

where we are based

VIP-News: Do you have an overview of how many UK-Festivals currently have an environmental or sustainability manager?

Challis: Not exactly - its growing and fes-

tivals like Glastonbury and organisations

like Festival Republic do have full time

members of staff - but many small festi-

vals do not. BUT - we feel it is important

for one person to have overall responsi-

bility for environmental issues - with the

support of organisers they can make a

real difference.

VIP-News: Do you work together with or-ganisations such as ‘Green & Clean’ or public institutions?

Challis: Yes, we do - we work with Julie’s Bi-

cycle in the UK and now with Green Events

Germany and the Green Music Initiative in

Germany - we recently provided speakers

for the Belgian Festival’s organisation, for

the British Council in Hungary and for Finn-

ish festival promoters. BUT, we receive NO

government funding of any sort. We are

‘not for profit’ and open to work with any

credible and effective partners depending

on what they want to do.”

VIP-News: What else comes into your mind that may be of interest for other people in this industry?

Challis: Maybe the work of Reverb in the

USA - on greening tours - and the original

research into greenhouse gas emissions

by Julies Bicycle there are links on our blog

to those organisations

www.juliesbicycle.com

www.agreenerfestival.com/blog

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Business NewsManfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com

CTs eventim reports First Quarter results:

For CTS Eventim it is almost a shock; for years the German market

leader was able to continue to report increases in its business,

but the first quarter results for 2011 (Q1-2011) were the first since

2007 not to achieve this.

The revenue went down 21 percent, from 127.8 million Euros in

Q1-2010 to 101 million. To explain this CTS Eventim cited the de-

consolidation of FKP Scorpio and temporary higher spending for

legal consultations due to the ongoing arbitration case with Live

Nation, as well as additional spending for staff compensations

linked with the acquisition of See Tickets Germany in July 2010.

In June 2010 CTS Eventim lowered its stake in FKP Scorpio from

50.2 to 45 percent in order to avoid problems with the German

cartel office in reference to the acquisition of See Tickets Ger-

many. This measure among others resulted in the returns for the

Live Entertainment division dropping 45.9 percent from 89.1 to

48.2 million Euros. The Earnings before Interests, Taxes, Depre-

ciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) within this company segment

went down from 11 to 4.9 million Euros, the Earnings before In-

terests and Taxes (EBIT) from 10.4 to 4.4 million Euros.

In the Ticketing business segment the company as usual deliv-

ered growth figures. The revenue went up from 40.3 to 54.8 mil-

lion Euros, the EBITDA from 14.6 to 18.6 while the EBIT rose from

13 to 16.3 million Euros.

CTS Eventim’s overall company results for Q1-2011 reported

EBITDA of 23.6 million Euros compared with 25.6 million and

EBIT of 20.7, up on 23.4 in the same period a year ago. For the

ongoing business year CTS Eventim determined to focus on in-

ternational expansion plans and the integration of its acquired

companies.

On the Frankfurt Stock Exchange the share went down since the

release of the business on May 16 from 48.98 to 47.60 Euro.

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First Quarter results for DEAG

The Deutsche Entertainment AG

managed to increase its revenue

in Q1-2011 from 20.5 to 24 million

Euros. The EBIT went up from 1.3 to

1.6 million while the company net

result went from 0.3 up to 0.4 mil-

lion Euros. DEAG will reveal a de-

tailed business report with figures

from its various business divisions

on May 31.

DEAG announced that it expects to

maintain a positive business devel-

opment for the ongoing business

year in the upcoming quarters. Ear-

lier this months DEAG announced

that the company would expand it

cooperation with the classical mu-

sic singer Anna Netrebko and her

partner the singer Erwin Schrott. In

2011 the company added one more

concert with the singers on July

2 in Cologne while in 2012 a tour

and further open-air concerts are

planned.

On May 18 when the company pub-

lished its preliminary report the

share stood at 3.16 Euro, on May 13

the share closed the trading week at

3.55 Euro.

live Nation increased turnover and lowered its loss in Q1-2011

Live Nation has been able to increase its

revenue result from $723.4 up to $849.4

million; the company improved its re-

sults in every business section except

the management division Artist Nation.

In the Concerts segment the revenue

rose from $408.1 to $449.3 million,

for Ticketing returns leapt up by 41.7

percent from $209.1 to $296.3 million.

Percentage wise the biggest growth

gainer was the eCommerce division of

Live Nation, which went up 62.4 per-

cent from $18.1 to $29.4 million while

the company reported increased rev-

enue for its Sponsorship department

from $21.2 up to $24.8 million. Only the

revenue gained by Artist Nation went

down, from $69.9 to $54.1 million.

The Operating Loss lowered from $87.7

to $69.0 million. The total liabilities on

December 31 2010 were $1.474.221,

on March 31 this year this figure was

at $1.825.877 billion. In the business

report Michael Rapino commented:

“Our healthy first quarter performance

reflects improvement in ticket sales,

solid growth in our Sponsorship and

eCommerce segments and our focus

on carefully managing our costs.” Re-

garding the outlook Rapino said: “In

the year ahead, we remain focused on

driving the two key parts of our busi-

ness which are adding content and

monetizing the event in order to grow

our higher margin businesses. We’re

continuing to invest in upgrading our

digital infrastructure to improve func-

tionality and adding enhancements to

our eCommerce platform to improve

our core services for fans, artists, sports

teams and venues.”

On May 5 when the business report

was issued the share closed the market

day at $10.87 and until May 20 went up

to $11.00.

Michael Rapino

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CIrCa(feat. Billy sherwood & Tony Kaye of yes)Territory: EuropePeriod: Summer 2011, Autumn 2011Agency: Kultopolis GmbHAgent: Markus SollnerPhone: +49 6861 939980E-mail: booking@kultopolis.comHomepage: www.kultopolis.com

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It appears that the corporatisation

of the live music market in France is

speeding up. Whilst no major acqui-

sitions are currently to be reported

in most European live music mar-

kets, the activities of new corporate

investors have attracted attention to

the French concert market.

The French investment company Fi-

malac Développement announced

at the beginning of May that it in-

tends to acquire a 40 percent stake

in the concert company Auguri Pro-

ductions. Fimalac already owns a 40

percent stake in Gilbert Coullier Pro-

ductions, the French market leader

in the concert business and a 40 per-

cent stake in Groupe Lucien Barrière

that promotes about 2.500 shows

per year via its subsidies Barrière and

Fouquet’s.

Fimalac Développement belongs to

the holding Fimalac and is listed on

the Paris stock market Euronext. The

company also owns a 100 percent of

the venue chain Vega, owners of 20

concert halls, sport venues and con-

ference centres. Vega is the market

leader in France within this business

segment.

Another new market entry is the La-

gardère Media Group who launched

a new division entitled Lagardère

Unlimited Live Entertainment at the

beginning of April. The venture in-

tends to promote tours and concerts

and will also hold a stake in the com-

pany that runs the Zénith concert

hall in Paris. In 2010 the Lagardère

Group returned a turnover result of

7.9 billion Euros and, due to its finan-

cial strength and media power, is

considered by other live music par-

ticipants as a very serious player that

will accelerate the consolidation of

the French live music market.

Also corporate players are focusing

on the ticket market in France; at the

end of 2010 Vivendi Universal took

over the ticketing provider Digitick.

According to media reports Vivendi

Universal paid 45 million Euros for

the company, supposed to be the

market leader for so-called e-tick-

ets. In November 2010 Live Nation

bought the French ticketing com-

pany Ticknet, which according to

the company is the second biggest

ticketing company in France. Live

Nation also owns the festivals Main

Square Festival in Arras in the north

of France and Garorock in Marmande

in the southwest. In 2010 Garorock

attracted more than 50.000 visitors

up on the 41.000 in 2009 while the

site of the Main Square Festival in

the centre of the Arras can hold up

to 30.000 visitors.

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Please take a moment to refer to the dates and details below for

3 of our Artists:

I am looking to surround the following 1 date for:

JOSE FELICIANO & Band

• Hasselt, Belgium on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011

(Exclusive Belgium Appearance)

The Artist is OPEN and LOOKING FOR OFFERS for the 3 or 4 days in

front-of, and the 3 or 4 days in back-of August 14th.

For additional information please visit: Jose Feliciano

www.worldentertainment.net/artist-information/jose-feliciano

I am looking to surround the following 3 dates for:

ALAN PARSONS ‘LIVE’ PROJECT

• Motril, Spain on Friday, Aug. 5, 2011

• Gibraltar, on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011

• Zofingen, Switzerland on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011

The Artist is OPEN and LOOKING FOR OFFERS for the following

dates in August:

• Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011

• Monday, Aug. 8, 2011

• Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011

• Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011

• Friday, Aug. 12, 2011

• Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011

• Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011

For additional information please visit: Alan Parsons ‘Live’ Project

www.worldentertainment.net/artist-information/alan-parsons/

I am looking to surround the following date for:

THE ORCHESTRA starring ELO former members

• Uffenheim, Germany on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011

• Linz, Austria on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011

The Artist is OPEN and LOOKING FOR OFFERS for the following

dates in July and August:

• Friday, Jul. 29, 2011

• Saturday, Jul. 30, 2011

• Sunday, Jul. 31, 2011

• Monday, Aug. 1, 2011

• Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011

• Friday, Aug. 19, 2011

• Sunday, Aug. 21, 2011

• Monday, Aug. 22, 2011

For additional information please visit: THE ORCHESTRA starring

ELO former members:

www.worldentertainment.net/artist-information/the-orchestra/

Kind Regards,

JOYCE MAKINAJIAN

Executive Assistant to Mr. John Regna

Manager of Jose Feliciano, Alan Parsons and The Orchestra

WORLD ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATES of AMERICA, Inc.

Telephone: (407) 993 - 4000 Ext. 101

Fax: (407) 993 - 4444

Cellular: (201) 394 - 8229

E-mail: Joyce.Makinajian@WorldEntertainment.net

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Black Circles are a power-trio with experience in their ranks and

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Origin: EnglandStyle: Alternative rockTour period: -Territory: -

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