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Some of the VIP crew have recently re-
turned from long and wide corridors of
Tempelhof. The almost monumental pas-
senger areas of this legendary Berlin air-
port are now the new home of Popkomm,
and facilitate the business of internation-
al music business people rather than the
devious journeying of the international
spies and men and women of mystery of
yesteryear – although, come to think of
it I have met a few characters at various
music conferences who might quality for
the latter descriptions! In fact if I’m hon-
est I do get the “What exactly do you do?”
query myself every now and again – still
as I’m not even sure myself what I want
to be when I grow up how can I expect
anybody else to know? Anyway, I didn’t
make it to Popkomm myself, as I was dou-
ble booked into a cabin with a sauna by
a lake in Finland – don’t ask! Bit you’ll be
glad to know that you will find reports on
the return of Popkomm in this issue.
I will however be heading to Hamburg to
take part in various panels during Reep-
erbahn Campus in the next few days, fol-
lowed by a trip to ‘You Are In Control’ in
Reykjavik at the start of October, then to
Paris for the MaMA event in mid October
– again details are in this issue and we’ll
report back from all of these events in the
October issue.
Some of the panels in these upcoming
conferences will no doubt address live
music topics, festivals, touring, ticket
prices and the like, and it’ll be interest-
ing to see, considering certain develop-
ments whether the sector continues to
be referred to in the upbeat tones which
we have become used to. Following a
summer of cutting ticket prices Live Na-
tion’s 4th quarter returns are expected to
make even more distressing reading, par-
ticularly for shareholders, than the ‘disap-
pointing’ 3rd quarter figures. AEG, who
seemed to be quietly getting on with it
have just been sued by Michael Jackson’s
mother, who is seeking unspecified dam-
ages alleging the firm failed to provide
life-saving equipment and oversee a doc-
tor who was hired to look out for the pop
star’s well-being as he prepared for what
were intended to be his comeback con-
certs in London.
Even HMV who seemed to have sorted
out the shortfall problems in their core
music retail business by moving into live
with the purchase of the Mama Group are
having their problems (see report in this
issue). To add to it all, UK Collection So-
ciety PRS are proposing to raise Perform-
ance Royalty Rates, at the moment UK
promoters pay 3% on concert returns, in
other territories this is a lot higher, with
Italian promoters for instance paying
10%, so there are fears that this could rate
could escalate dramatically, responses to
an industry open consultation document
are due in the next month.
In the light of all this Music Tank, a busi-
ness development network for the UK
music industry, owned and operated by
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the University of Westminster which
sets up regular panel events engaging
with industry, innovation and change
across the music business, are present-
ing a session in London, at PRS head-
quarters, called ‘Saving the Golden
Goose’ investigating the present situa-
tion for live. (see story in this issue) This
will I feel be the first of many such scru-
tinies over the next few months.
However, lets not go out on a complete
downer, as far as we can see at VIP,
there are areas of the live business that
still seem to be ticking over quite nicely,
most of the problems seem to be at the
top end, where cash strapped punters
feel that they are not getting value for
money, but the grassroots live business
has generally continued to offer good
value for money. So, all of you in that
sector keep up the good work!
Right, while I get back to seeing if I can
get away with being an international
man of mystery, here is the News!
AeG live refute Jackson lawsuitAllan McGowan [email protected]
AEG Live has responded to Katherine
Jackson’s filing of a lawsuit filed which
accuses the live music major of liability
for the death of her son Michael.
Mrs Jackson’s lawsuit claims that the
promoters had a contractual duty of
care of her son in regard to the ‘This
Is It’ London residency. She maintains
that they failed to to oversee Michael
Jackson’s well being when they hired
Dr Conrad Murray, the medic accused
of causing the late king of pop’s death.
The lawsuit concludes that AEG put
a “desire for massive profits” before
Michael Jackson’s well being.
In a short statement yesterday, AEG’s
lawyers called Mrs Jackson’s lawsuit
“inaccurate, unsubstantiated and mer-
itless”. They stressed that Murray had a
professional relationship with Jackson
before he began work on their ‘This Is
It’ show, and that he was hired as the
singer’s personal physician at the star’s
request.
The statement says: “The lawsuit is inac-
curate, unsubstantiated and meritless.
Dr Murray was Mr Jackson’s longtime
personal physician. AEG did not choose
him, hire him or supervise him”. Having
pledged to fight the Jackson family’s
lawsuit, AEG added: “In honour of our
professional relationship with Mr Jack-
son and his estate, we will make no fur-
ther public statements”.
AEG Live
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According to the promoters the kick off for
the newly formed Berlin Music Week was
successful, though for many foreigners and
even Germans the set up of Berlin Music
Week, combining Popkomm, A2N (All To-
gether Now) and Berlin Festival under one
roof still seems complex.
After last year’s cancellation Popkomm
took place on September 8 to 10 in the
former airport Tempelhof. The organizers
reported satisfactory visitor and exhibitor
figures. According to the promoter of the
convention, Popkomm was visited by 7.500
trade visitors and 10.000 normal visitors
on the open to public day re-instated after
many years.
Spokespersons for the stands of Aus-
tria and Switzerland said that they were
pleased with their results, also the Swed-
ish and Finnish stand organizers seemed
to be satisfied with their presence at Pop-
komm, while the feedback from the Dutch
stand was negative. The current edition of
Popkomm proceeded with the absence of
stands for France and the UK, previously
long established regular stand participants
at Popkomm.
The lay out of the massive Tempelhof air-
port necessitated lengthy walks; also the
the stands location was one very long tun-
nel in the part of the building where the
airport gate ways were located. As a result
companies and countries who had their
stands located in to the middle part of the
building gained more footfall than those
located towards the end of the left and
right of the terminal gang way.
On the airfield and in the airport hangars
the Berlin Festival also took place. On Sep-
tember 10 festival ticket holders could also
access Popkomm. But also on the public
day, not many people found their way to
the stands on the left and right extremes
of the terminal gang way. Also the sign-
posting caused some problems, at least for
Popkomm and A2N, as some visitors simply
couldn’t find stands or conference rooms.
The second edition of the Berlin Festival
promoted by Melt Booking in visitor terms
was a success, reporting around 20.000
visitors. This is the first festival event to suc-
ceed in Berlin; previous attempts by other
festival promoters have never managed
to install a proper festival in the German
capitol.
Due to architecture and lay out of Tem-
pelhof the set up for this festival was quite
unique. One main stage directly located
under the roof topped airfield in the mid-
dle of the building and two side stages in
the hangers within the gigantic building
made this festival very special.
The event was very well produced and in-
stituted various measures to ensure high
safety standards. Since the fatal disaster
at the Loveparade in Duisburg, much has
changed in Germany. Limited capacities
in the two hangars on the opening day of
Berlin Festival on the night of Friday Sep-
tember 10, an incident at the entrance of
Hangar 4 led to drastic changes to the fes-
tival program.
Melt Booking had set up separate gates 20
metres before the hangars in order to con-
trol the flow of people into the hangar. In
a press release regarding the incident the
promoters wrote: “Since a lot of people
were denied entrance at hangar 4, a very
few festival goers vented their displeas-
ure via aggressive behaviour towards the
security and the police resulting in uncon-
trolled activity in front of the pass gate at
a late hour. This consequently led to the
police’s recommendation to discontinue
the event even though the hangar itself
was not overcrowded at any time, and the
authorities’ regulations and requirements
regarding the hangar’s capacity were satis-
fied.”
After the incident Melt Booking resched-
uled many concerts and even cancelled
some of them, just to make sure of avoid-
ing a repeat situation. But what comes out
of this shows how seriously safety meas-
ures are being taken in Germany since
Loveparade One visitor wrote a readers
letter to Pop100 after a report on the inci-
dent at Berlin Festival, saying that he was in
the group of people that wanted to enter
Hangar4 and at no time did he have the im-
pression that he was in any danger. He de-
scribed the situation as normal for festivals
when people are queuing up.
After the incident Melt Booking undertook
enormous efforts, printed over night leaf-
lets about the changes in the line up and set
up trouble shooter counters where punters
could receive their money back when they
wanted so. However, as a result, on the
second day the Berlin Festival continued
smoothly and only a minority claimed their
money back due to the significant changes
in the line up of the event.
Berlin Music week, Popkomm and Berlin FestivalManfred Tari [email protected]
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Hopefully you will be reading this just
before this increasingly important event,
Sept 23-25, if so try and come along, if
you’re reading it whilst in Hamburg please
come along to the panels mentioned be-
low, three, perhaps four, will be hosted by
your’s truly so come and say hello.
If you are looking for “New International
Music” in Germany, 180 bands and solo
artists from 20 nations will appear in
clubs and venues, most of which are walk-
ing distance from each other, during the
Reeperbahn Festival. On the occasion of
the fifth anniversary of the Reeperbahn
Festival the First Mayor of Hamburg, Chris-
toph Ahlhaus, will welcome the guests.
Following this the State Minister Bernd
Neumann (Photo), Federal Government
Commissioner for Culture and Media, will
hold a speech on the importance of fund-
ing for Popular Music in for Germany. Sey-
mour Stein, who discovered international
stars like Madonna, the Ramones, Talking
Heads, The Cure or The Pretenders, will
then open up the in-depth discussion with
his keynote “Memories of Germany… and
others” on Thursday, 23.09.2010, 3.00 p.m.,
at the Schmidt Theater.
Reeperbahn Campus aspires to be a new
fixture for all professionals of the creative
industries in northern Europe and will
present some 70 events .
Music City Hamburg: In 1997 the tradi-
tional industry meeting point “Music City
Hamburg” was established. This is where
the local, national and international mu-
sic industry meets up to discuss current
topics. This year’s topic: “National and
international networking”. During the in-
formal get-together Peter Smidt (NL, Crea-
tive Director EuroSonic and Manager Pop
& Rock Buma Cultuur) will introduce the
EuroSonic Nooderslag Festival to the audi-
ence. Moderator Olaf Furniss (UK, Born to
be Wide) will then take a short (outside)
look at the music scene and music industry
in Germany. Thursday, 23rd of September,
7.00 p.m., Grünspan.
Also on Thursday 23rd, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm, I
will have the pleasure of moderating three
panels. Starting off with:
‘Do They Ever Listen to Music?!’ will look
at how the music industry features, or
doesn’t, alongside other cultural industries
in the workings of diverse national and re-
gional political and administrative bodies
throughout Europe. Panelists: Peter Smidt,
NL (Eurosonic Festival) Phil Patterson, UK
(UK Trade & Investment), Egbert Rühl, DE
(Hamburg Kreativgesellschaft) and Aline
Renet, FR (Prodiss - Veranstalterverband)
reeperbahn CampusAllan McGowan [email protected]
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Festival season 2010/11; 4:00 pm-5:00 pm,
the name is pretty self explanatory and I
will be joined by international festival pro-
moters, Stefan Lemkuhl, DE (Melt!) Christof
Huber, CH (Sankt Gallen Open Air), Rikke
Oxner, DK (Roskilde Festival), Rob Challice,
UK (Association of Independent Festivals),
and Eric van Eerdenburg, NL (Lowlands).
We will consider the trends of the festival
season 2010, look at how the business did,
and, most important, what are the results
for the upcoming season.
The Sound of Politics, 5:15 pm-6:15 pm,
is the second stage of an experiment – a
Transpanel format consisting of a series of
single performances that allows expand-
ing an idea and a process of understand-
ing over 3 different events: C’n’B – Creative
Business Convention, Cologne – Reeper-
bahn Campus, Hamburg – You are in Con-
trol, Rejkjavik. This uses ‘fishbowl’ format
involving panellists but bringing on-stage,
into the ‘fishbowl’ audience members who
wish to contribute to the ongoing discus-
sion.
The first step: at C’n’B - June: addressed
The Sound of…Creativity - Production,
Distribution, Communication of Music and
Creative Content.
In Hamburg the Second step moves on to:
The Sound of…Politics - Social Responsi-
bility and Political Influence of Music. Pan-
elists include Benny Adrion, DE (Founder
of Viva Con Agua), Zhou Yunpeng, CN
(Chinese folk singer), Kolbrun Halldors-
dottir, IS (artist, journalist, Minister for the
Environment (2009), Minister for Nordic
Cooperation (since 2009), President of
the Federation of Icelandic Artists (since
2010), and Jacob Bilabel (Green Music Ini-
tiative.
The Third and final step will take place at
You are in control (see separate story be-
low – Ed.) – September, Reykjavic, and will
conclude with - The Sound of…Change -
Music and Creatives as Game Changers.
Reeperbahn Campus in cooperation with
Network Europe will invite all Reeperbahn
Campus delegates to meet agents, book-
ers, promoters and talent buyers from all
over Europe on Saturday 25.09., 12 - 4 pm,
at Restaurant Medusa.
Network Europe is the only international
association for agents, bookers, promoters
and talent buyers, and is represented at
Reeperbahn Campus by several members.
This Speed Meeting session (or, if you wish,
Match Making, or One-on-Ones) of course
also offers the opportunity to Speed Meet
with all other Reeperbahn Campus del-
egates who participate.
Network Europe members that attend
Reeperbahn Campus are: Alessandro
Ceccarelli (Estragon Lab, Italy), Attilio
Perissinotti (Virus Concerti, Italy), Chris
Burr (S.O.F.A. Agency, Switzerland), Chris-
tian Bilda (x-why-z, Germany), Christoph
Storbeck (Striker Entertainment, Italy),
Hilde Spille (Paperclip Agency, The Neth-
erlands), Mattias Albinsson (Headstomp
Productions, Sweden), Nuno Saraiva (Art-
House, Portugal), Rob Berends (Paperclip
Agency, The Netherlands), Sabine Waltz
(IBD Booking, Germany), Sasha Vadillo
(x-why-z, Germany), Thomas Ryjord (Polar
Artist, Norway) and Tom van Dingenen
(Quiet Concerts, Belgium). .
German Music Conventions Join up for
Reeperbahn Event:
There has been a definite rise in the
number of German music business confer-
ences in the last two years, and with the
return of Popkomm this year, much discus-
sion has revolved around the competition
amongst the events. But cooperation ap-
pears to be the way of the (foreseeable)
future, as three of the annual events have
decided to cooperate via a new joint ven-
ture called ‘Drei Dimensionen’ (Three Di-
mensions).
Reeperbahn, Berlin Music Week and Co-
logne’s c/o pop will be hosting an event
next Saturday as part of Hamburg’s Reep-
erbahn Festival. The idea is to individu-
ally promote each location’s vital music
scenes and trade associations, whilst fur-
ther developing German music culture
and jointly presenting it on an interna-
tional scale.
Reps from the Three Dimensions will be
revealing more about their collaboration
at the Campus Lounge at the Reeperbahn
Festival on Saturday at 6pm.
More about the Reeperbahn Festival is on-
line at:
www.reeperbahnfestival.com
Reeperbahn Festival
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Live Nation have announced that one of the UK’s premiere con-
cert venues, the Manchester Apollo will officially be changing its
name to O2 Apollo Manchester with immediate effect.
The O2 Apollo Manchester will add to the existing O2 Academy
portfolio, which has been in operation for just over 2 years. The
O2 Apollo Manchester is owned and operated by Live Nation
and becomes the 15th venue in the Live Nation / Academy Music
Group partnership. The Grade II listed venue will undergo a full
interior re-decoration in keeping with its Art Deco style. O2 cus-
tomers will get the same benefits, which include access to tickets
48 hours before general release on O2 Priority.
O2 Apollo Manchester has been a mainstay of the British touring
circuit for decades, attracting Best Venue nominations and pre-
senting shows from every major rock, pop and comedy act on the
touring circuit. With both fully seated and part-standing formats,
the venue increases its footfall and presentations year on year.
Paul Latham, COO International, Live Nation commented, “It gives
me great pleasure to announce this partnership with O2 and it fa-
cilitates our investment in one of the greatest music venues in the
UK. Concert fans deserve the best and this partnership delivers
that and so much more”
Manchester Apollo Becomes O2 Apollo ManchesterAllan McGowan [email protected]
The O2 Apollo Manchester
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On September 23 at PRS headquarters in
London a Music Tank panel will investigate
the present situation for live, addressing
the possibility, or more likely the probabil-
ity, that the music industry’s dependence
on live returns to make up shortfalls in oth-
er areas is finally taking its toll. Although
on the surface all seems well at present
with the UK boasting the most success-
ful live market in the world, with six of the
world’s top ten earning venues, and com-
bined tickets sales of £2.9million for the
first half of 2010, this session is based on
the premise that if looked at more closely
things aren’t all they seem.
The panel outline notes that ‘With more
and more people looking to get in on the
action and with artists’ growing depend-
ence on touring revenue, booking fees
have risen, ticket prices have followed and
just as night follows day, the past twelve
months has seen a surge in the number
of tours, concerts and festivals under
perform or even be cancelled.’ The ses-
sion will ask what can be done to give the
public a better experience. The panel will
include artist managers, booking agents
and promoters.
VIP will report on the outcomes of this dis-
cussion in the next issue.
Full details on: www.musictank.co.uk
PRS Tariff Increase Proposals:
Live Nation chief operating officer
Paul Latham is unable to attend
the gathering at Copyright House
but Music Week reports that he
has written to the organisers to
contribute his opinions on one of
the main topics he wishes to see
discussed, namely PRS For Music’s
proposals to increase the tariff live
music has to pay to songwriters
and composers.
He writes, “The bounty hunters
that are PRS are looking for a big-
ger slice of a pie that they already
get more of, given theirs is a flat
3% of the box office income. Thus
in all the time ticket prices have
been rocketing those who genu-
inely deserve to be rewarded for
their endeavours have benefited
while at the same time other par-
ticipants in the equation have seen
their margins compromised.”
He adds, “If it really was an attempt
to deliver more to songwriters I
would question why nearly 12p
in every £1 collected goes to the
overhead of PRS….in such austere
times that would be the first place
to look I would think.”
PRS are waiting to receive indus-
try responses to a consultation
document available on www.
prsformusic.com/customercon-
sultation before presenting their
proposals to the industry.
Saving the Golden Goose:An Investigation of the present State of liveAllan McGowan [email protected]
Voting is now open for the UK Fes-
tival Awards which will take place
alongside the UK Festival Confer-
ence at the O2 Dome on 18 Nov. The
long lists for each category will go
live today at:
www.festivalawards.com
Everyone who votes will be entered
into a draw to win tickets to the 2011
editions of every festival, which
wins a prize at this year’s awards.
Recently appointed Festival Awards
MD James Drury said: “It’s been a
fantastic season, which has further
demonstrated the British love of
Festivals. The UK Festival Awards is
the chance for the public to tell the
industry, which were their favourite
events. Last year 500,000 votes were
cast and we’re expecting even more
people will get involved this time”.
Festival Awards Voting OpensAllan McGowan [email protected]
Paul Latham COO Live Nation
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On September 10th the O2 World Berlin
celebrated its 2nd birthday, having at-
tracted over 2.75 million people to 266
events in its first two years.
Detlef Kornett, , and Mike Keller, O2 World
Berlin share their positive look back.
CEO Anschutz Entertainment Group De-
tlef Kornett said, “We are quite happy
with the numbers for these first two years.
Our goal has always been to attract three
million visitors and host 300 events over
the first three years – we will reach those
numbers at a much earlier stage. One of
the reasons for the success is surely the O2
World’s wide-ranging appeal since a great
number of our visitors come from Berlin’s
surrounding areas. We are especially
happy to see that the demand for our
premium-products such as event suites
and premium-seats continues to grow.
The turnover in premium sales has dou-
bled compared to year one which proves
that our premium products that were not
self-explanatory eventually established
themselves in the marketplace and were
embraced by satisfied customers.”
»It is our objective to be evenmore flexible and responsive
to market requirements«
- Mike Keller
General Manager Mike Keller comments,
“Over our first two years of operation
we have learned a lot and, by now have
identified the potentials for adaption and
innovations. It is our objective to be even
more flexible and responsive to market
requirements. That is why we have devel-
oped a ‘half-house-configuration’, which
accommodates between 5.000 and 8.000
people. With this, the O2 World will create
more interest not only for small concerts
but also for company-events, fairs and TV
productions. In addition to that, we have
managed to increase the standing room
capacity of the ground level by up to
1.300. Standing room is particularly popu-
lar at rock and pop concerts as well as at
dance events and we are highly delighted
about meeting the customer’s demand.
My greatest debt of appreciation goes to
all of our O2 World partners, especially to
our founding partner and suite-holder
O2, the promoters, service providers and
public authorities, as well as to the whole
Anschutz Entertainment Group team for
the constructive and successful collabo-
ration in the first two years.”
In 2010 the Anschutz Entertainment
Groups founded the Anschutz Entertain-
ment Group hilft e.V. to support several
non-profit organizations in Berlin. The
charity currently promotes projects of
Grenzkultur/Shake!, the doctor’s and den-
tal surgery for homeless people at Stral-
auer Platz of the MUT GmbH, the Arche in
Friedrichshain, as well as the initiative fit-4-
future and other selected projects in close
proximity to the O2 World. Money will only
be donated to found specific activities or
acquisitions, not projects in general.
Two years of O2 world BerlinAllan McGowan [email protected]
You are in Control, an international
conference exploring digital busi-
ness developments in the music,
media, arts and gaming industries,
will take place for the fourth con-
secutive year in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The conference is hosted by Ice-
land’s creative industries and aims
to empower attendees with knowl-
edge on how to maneuver in the
fast changing digital distribution
world.
You Are In Control brings together
prominent players from all the
creative industries in a cooperative
fashion to answer some of digital
debate’s most burning questions:
How to expand the pie so everyone
receives their fair share? What unites
design, music, films, visual arts and
gaming? How do business models
already overlap and what does the
future hold?
Speakers confirmed for 2010 in-
clude Yancey Strickler, cofounder of
Kickstarter, Benji Rogers, creator of
PledgeMusic.com and Christopher
Peterka, founder of the consultancy
firm Gannaca.
Creative Industries Conference in IcelandAllan McGowan [email protected]
O2 World Berlin
Mike Keller General Manager O2 World
Reykjavik, Iceland
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Even during periods without events in the
Arena, the area surrounding the O2 World
attracted numerous visitors. Over 60.000
people attended the sand-sculptures-
exhibition Sandsation and the Beach-Vol-
leyball European Championships had over
20.000 spectators on the spot.
The “Ausbildungsplatztag - 2010” (appren-
ticeship training position day) which was
held in cooperation with the Job Centre,
welcomed 5.000 adolescents on the arena
plaza in front of the O2 World, who were
looking for apprenticeship training posi-
tion. The O2 World-team supported the
Job Centre in the execution and organi-
zation of the plans and provided the area
free of charge.
This year, for the first time, the O2 World
Ticketing department took over the tick-
eting services for three external events;
the track and field event ISTAF at Olym-
piastadium, Sandsation and the Beach-
Volleyball European Championships. O2
World Ticketing was responsible for the
complete organization and implementa-
tion of the ticket sales including the set-
up of the events in the O2 World-ticketing
system, the sales process of the in-house
call centre, the maintenance of events on
site, running the box offices and market-
ing- and promotion- activities. For the
ISTAF 45.000 tickets were sold by the O2
World’s selective distribution. The col-
laboration with the ISTAF will continue in
2011. The expansion of this business field
is planned.
So far the O2 World has played host to:
Metallica, Herbert Grönemeyer, Tina Turn-
er, Lady Gaga, Elton John, Paul McCartney,
Alicia Keys, Udo Jürgens, Leonard Cohen,
Beyoncé, Neil Young, Coldplay, NOKIA
Night of The Proms, Britney Spears, Die
Toten Hosen, KISS, Michale Bublé, Wet-
ten, dass..?, ECHO 2009, MTV Europe Music
Awards, Nena, boxing matches of Vitali Kl-
itschko against Samuel Peter and of Arthur
Abraham against Jermaine Taylor, Bas-
ketball Final Four, Rihanna, Saltimbanco,
Peter Gabriel, The Black Eyed Peas, Green
Day, Depeche Mode, Fleetwood Mac,
Muse, a-ha, Mario Barth.
Up-coming event-highlights include: “We
Are One” with Paul van Dyk, Armin van
Buuren and Underworld, Sting, Santana,
Supertramp, Linkin Park, Marius Müller-
Westernhagen, David Garreth, Peter Maf-
fay, Simply Red, Mario Barth, NOKIA Night
of The Proms, Michael Flatley – Lord of the
Dance, Die Fantastischen Vier, Joe Cocker,
André Rieu, Roger Waters – The Wall, Kylie
Minogue and much more.
In past issues we have mentioned the ac-
tivities of Pledge Music who work with
artists in the raising of fan funding. Pledge
helps artists and bands design a specifical-
ly tailored fundraising campaign to raise
money for their next release and encour-
ages the artists to participate with their
fans by creating exclusive content and
experiences. The list can be anything from
DJing at your house party, to attending a
rehearsal, or even a movie and dinner with
the band. At present 1473 acts are using
the Pledge facility.
Most recently long established band, Gang
of Four released Content, their first set of
new songs in 16 years, funded entirely over
the internet, via Pledge having gathered
417 pledges of money. “What I’ve been
thrilled by over the years is that our music
still seems to make sense to our audiences,
however old they are,” Andy King said in a
statement, “and these days they’re mostly
under 30.”. They also sold signed T-shirts,
hand-written lyric sheets, and box sets in-
cluding phials of band-members’ blood.
Fans also bought cassette Walkmans with
bootlegs of Gang of Four’s first gig, costing
£175. The band have been issuing updates
throughout the creation of the record, as
well as downloadable ephemera like old
gig posters and reviews.
Pledge founder Benji Rogers told VIP-
News, “ Things at PledgeMusic have really
been moving from strength to strength.
We’ve been excited and humbled by both
the amazing calibre of artists and also their
seemingly endless creativity in the way
that they communicate with their fans.
Since launch our success rate amongst art-
ists has hit 77%, which we are constantly
trying to improve upon and the platform
is scaling wonderfully to cater to the
number of bands that are now coming to
us. We are now working with both signed
and unsigned artists and have some key
appointments in both the US, UK and now
Australia & are now running campaigns
landed in five currencies. We couldn’t be
happier though we could all use a bit more
sleep.”
Pledge Music work with Gang of FourAllan McGowan [email protected]
Benjii Rogers - Pledge Music
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This year’s edition of The Summit, the event organised by live
business magazine LIVE UK, takes place on 6-7 October at the
Radisson Blu Portman Hotel in London’s West End, and is followed
by the inaugural Live Music Business Awards (LMBAs), which will
present accolades across 25 categories, ranging from Best Venue
Teamwork and Agent of the Year to Unsung Hero and Best Record
Company Partner
HMV’s CEO Simon Fox, who led the take-over of venues and festi-
vals owner MAMA Group earlier this year by the High Street music
retailer, will be the principle keynote speaker at LIVE UK The Sum-
mit. (See story below)
Other major speakers at the event will include John Giddings
of Solo, agent for artistes such as Madonna, U2 and the Rolling
Stones; Neil Warnock, worldwide CEO of The Agency Group; Soni-
sphere festival co-founder Stuart Galbraith of Kilimanjaro Live;
CAA agent Emma Banks, Primary Talent International agent Dave
Chumbley and See Group CEO Rob Wilmshurst.
Summit registration costs £315 + VAT, with a special rate of £275 +
VAT available until 10 September.
See www.livemusicuk.com and www.livemusicawards.com
According to a report in UK Newspaper
The Daily Mail, HMV has lost a tenth of its
value after warning that its push into live
music events had failed to live up to its
billing.
Although CEO Simon Fox is scheduled
to give a keynote speech at The Summit
event in London (see above story in this
issue), which was expected to be ‘bullish’,
recent events have not been positive for
the books and music retailer.
HMV’s first foray into the festival market
with the High Voltage festival featuring
ZZ Top and Foreigner in London’s Victoria
Park in July was not a success, Fox was re-
ported as saying, “‘Our expectations for a
brand new, year-one festival were just too
high.”
Last year’s £46million purchase of Ham-
mersmith Apollo venue owner Mama
Group was seen as a bold and initially ef-
fective move to revive HMV’s fortunes by
moving into the more buoyant live music
scene. Having already branded several
major venues with the HMV tag, Fox said
his aim for the company is to “have a venue
in every major city”, and provide a compre-
hensive service for music fans. In the press
release for The Summit (see above) in ref-
erence to his keynote speech, the follow-
ing quote from Fox is used, “Not only will
what HMV achieves in the live sector have
a huge impact, if successful, but it will also
change the shape of music marketing and
distribution for the wider music industry.”
However the initial results of business in
the concerts and festival world have not
provided the boost needed to offset the
loss of 89-year old HMV’s music business
to the internet. Sales at its music store
chain fell a massive 14.9 per cent between
May and September, even worse than City
analysts had expected.
However, to be fair to Simon Fox, it is still
early days, he made a bold move and it’s
difficult to imagine what other sector, oth-
er than live, in the overall music business
he could have targeted to recover HMV’s
fortunes. Let’s see what happens in the
longer run.
reports Indicate Big losses at HMVAllan McGowan [email protected]
The Summit Introduces live AwardsAllan McGowan [email protected]
hMv
John Giddings will keynote The Summit in London
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It’s quite a unique set up, the framework
for the AVO Session’s in Basel, Switzerland;
the list of acts of top artists playing in an
exclusive environment in the Festhalle of
the Basel Fair, the number of broadcasts
of live music recordings taken from the
AVO Sessions and the fact that the AVO
Sessions even have their own fan club of
local heavyweights that support the ses-
sions financially.
A look at the current list of artists playing
the 25th anniversary edition of the AVO
Sessions reveal that this concert series is
taken very seriously. The opening con-
cert on October 22 features Jamiroquai
and Roy Ayers, followed by Robert Plant
and the Band of Joy on October 23, Sheryl
Crow on October 25, Ray Davies and Ra-
zorlight on October 26. Further concerts
until November 14 include artists such as
Mary J. Blige, Joe Jackson, Anastacia and
Jessye Norman.
The line up of previous editions featured
such prominent names as Chuck Berry,
Pink, Natalie Cole, Tom Jones, Diane Krall
and upcoming artists such as Emiliana
Torrini, Amy Mc Donald or Stefanie Heinz-
mann.
VIP-News spoke to Beatrice Stirnimann
and Matthias Müller of the AVO Session’s
about their history and the development
as a media format.
VIP-News: Who had the idea for the AVO SESSION Basel and how did it all get start-ed?
Matthias Müller (President): I founded
the festival in 1986 together with two
colleagues. Today I am happy to run the
Avo Session Basle in its 25th jubilee edi-
tion together with Beatrice Stirnimann, as
the other founders are not working in our
company anymore. We started as a five-
day-festival in five different locations and
it was quite informal if you compare it to
today’s 30 TV-recorded concert highlights.
VIP-News: Looking back, what has changed in terms of the early years and recent editions for the Avo Sessions.
Beatrice Stirnimann (CEO): In the first
years we only covered jazz, blues and
gospel. After a while we integrated world
music, singer-songwriting and in the past
years our main focus turned towards pop,
rock and soul. But we will never forget our
roots, which are based on jazz, blues and
gospel. This year we are happy to present
Jamie Cullum and Dianne Reeves playing
the same night what means a lot of fun
for us.
VIP-News: You have many top artists play-ing your events. Due to the limited size of the Festsaal Basel, how do you finance these concerts?
25 Years of AVO Sessions in BaselManfred Tari [email protected]
The managing director of the Post-
hof in Linz died on September 3.
Since 1985 Werner Ponesch had
been one the driving forces behind
the Posthof venue in Linz in Austria.
He leaves a wife and three children.
Ponesch was a very passionate mu-
sic manager who also launched the
independent record distribution
company Ixthuluh.
The Posthof whicht celebrates its
25th anniversary in 2008 is current-
ly considering setting up a farewell
tribute concert for Ponesch.
werner Ponesch Passed AwayManfred Tari [email protected]
Werner Ponesch
Avo Session
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Matthias Mueller: The reason why huge
acts like Mary J. Blige, Pink or Robert Plant
accept to play our small 1,530-seats venue
is our image. We managed to prove to art-
ist managers and agents that we are a very
reliable partner. The artist receives a very
nice fee (calculated per seat it might be
one of Europe’s highest), and additionally
the artist can get interesting added value
like huge promotional impact due to our
TV broadcasting clients in 40 countries on
all 5 continents. This is especially interest-
ing for Acts with new products like Jamiro-
quai in this year, who will launch his new
CD at our event in a pre-listening show.
VIP-News: Please tell us about the network of supporters. Who are these people and what are there motives?
Beatrice Stirnimann: We have a group of
commercial sponsors who can buy a limit-
ed number of tickets. They pay an upfront
fee to be part of the festival. Further, we
have a very prestigious members club. We
have a lot of applications for participation
but keep the club limited to 40 people.
They support us in order we are in the po-
sition to afford our most expensive artists.
Said support by Basel residents is unique
and I doubt that such a members’ club
consisting of festival fans could be found-
ed in another city.
VIP-News: How is the supporters network involved in the development of the AVO SESSIONS?
Matthias Mueller: The festival format,
program and concept is our idea and crea-
tion. We are quite experienced in balanc-
ing artist’s needs and requests and realize
whether an artist fits our format or not.
Therefore, a direct contact between artist
and sponsor is not necessary.
VIP-News: Does the supporters network also have an impact on the booking poli-cy?
Beatrice Stirnimann: Not directly, but if
they have an input, we are happy to have a
drink with them.
VIP-News: How many people are working full time and how is the company struc-tured?
Matthias Mueller: For all operational work
it’s Beatrice who is in charge with a team of 9
full time managers. So I have the privilege to
focus on the program and special projects
or to help wherever we have a problem.
VIP-News: Does it become more difficult to convince artists to accept the production settings?
Beatrice Stirnimann: No, we used to have
more problems in the earlier days when
our format was not yet known. Today,
all big agencies and many different art-
ist managers have experienced our high
standards of production and they usually
are very happy here.
VIP-News: Which stage riders and produc-tions caused you to raise your eyebrows?
Matthias Mueller: James Brown wanted to
use a helicopter to come to town from the
airport. As I explained to his manager that
it would take the same time from the air-
field to the helicopter as it takes to get to
the venue via car, he accepted our stretch
limo… But basically, if an act accepts to
play our format, he does this for a special
reason and we always found ways of com-
promise so far. Our production director is
Christoph Stahel, who is also in charge at
the Montreux Jazz Festival, so this is a very
experienced and relaxed guy.
VIP-News: The AVO Sessions are widely ex-ploited media wise in terms of broadcast ar-rangements. You even managed to estab-lish your own media format. Can you please explain the settings for this part of the AVO Sessions; how does it work and how long did it take to develop this format?
Beatrice Stirnimann: This is a long story
and without all the legends that have al-
ready played our festival, we would never
have reached this level. A lot of our success
is based on a system of classical WIN-WIN
situations. If the artist gets what he wants,
he is prepared to grant rights to the festi-
val in order that the festival can finance the
high production costs of such high level TV
recordings. We do not earn money from
the broadcasts; we just want cost recovery
for us and for the artist. We want to control
what happens so that the artist can trust
us.
VIP-News: Has the demand for live concert recordings by TV stations risen in the re-cent past and how many media partners do you work together with?
Matthias Mueller: No, the number of slots
for live music has decreased so you need
to offer the TV channels more for less
money. That’s what they get: More quality,
more variety of genres and a very reliable
service. On the other hand we can create
a huge impact for acts with new products
what makes our festival sexy.
VIP-News: How much do you have to deal with affiliated partners of artists such as record companies, publishers & manag-ers when it comes to broadcasting agree-ments?
Beatrice Stirnimann: Every artist has a dif-
ferent procedure and system of work. You
have to understand a lot of different com-
panies and personalities. You need to be
able to travel and convince people. Based
on 25 years of successful work we have
achieved what it needs for this.
Beatrice Stirnimann and Matthias Muller with Grace Jones
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VIP-News: In which way have these kind of arrangements evolved in the last of couple of years, in particular since you have to consider more and various media formats for clearance?
Matthias Mueller: You can’t move in gi-
ant steps. Managers need to understand
what’s in it for their clients and then they
push the agents to book their artist at our
festival. But one more time: If you don’t de-
liver the top-level quality at first, you won’t
achieve managers’ attention.
VIP-News: When you are intent on book-ing a certain artist, who do you approach first, the particular concert agent or the manager of the artist or even his record company?
Matthias Mueller: Of course it’s the agent
who is our contact person. In special cas-
es – for example with new products – we
have direct contact with band managers
and record companies. But it’s not our
goal to go around the agent, that would
confuse the process.
VIP-News: Quite early on you developed hospitality packages for corporate clients. What do these packages include and do these arrangements still sell well these days?
Beatrice Stirnimann: You have to put
more into a package than in the earlier
days. But basically it’s the same: The price
earning ratio has to be fair compared to
other music festivals or similar events. The
companies like our event, as they know
exactly what they get. We again sold all
hospitality packages in 2010.
VIP-News: AVO Sessions became a brand for concerts of top artists in a more or less exclusive environment due to the limited capacity of the Festsaal Basel. What does this means for the ultimate fans of certain
artists? Where does the audience comes from and what is your point of view on sec-ondary ticketing platforms?
Beatrice Stirnimann: Fans have to be es-
pecially well informed and have to secure
their tickets fast. We sell out some shows
within minutes or hours. Our sold capacity
is regularly between 97 and 100% of the
whole ticket capacity and this has been
our tradition for years.
VIP-News: Were there any shows that ever caused you sleepless nights?
Matthias Mueller: The worst case was
when we presented B.B.King on Nov 1,
1986. Due to a chemical accident near Ba-
sel all flights and trains were cancelled for
several hours. We did not know until the
afternoon if the authorities would approve
the show going ahead. But B.B.King came,
played and won! This was exactly 25 years
ago by the way...
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Prior to the occasion of its forthcoming
AGM, the German Promoters Association,
known till now as IDKV, have taken the op-
portunity to remind the foreign media and
others that it is constantly updating the
English section of the website www.idkv.
de in order to make information about its
activities and researches readily available.
The forthcoming AGM will see a change in
the present branding acronym from idkv
- to bdv. This changes the old initials to
the actual name Bundesverband der Ver-
anstaltungswirtschaft, which has actually
been in use since 2003. The new domain
will be www.bdv-online.com. The mail-
address will change to info@bdv-online.
com although the old communication
details will still be usable. For further de-
tails visit the website or call Doris at +49
40 4605767
VIP-News spoke to Association President
Jens Michow.
VIP-News: How did the IDKV start?
Jens Michow: First of all please allow me
to correct you regarding our brand: our
association is about to enter into the next
25 years with the new abbreviation: ‘bdv’.
This finally takes into account the fact that
correctly this stands for ‘Bundesverband
der Veranstaltungswirtschaft’. The old
abbreviation ‘idkv’ results from the 80’s,
when the association was founded to rep-
resent agents. When in the beginning of
the 90’s more and more promoters joined
the association, we changed its name to
‘Federal Association for the Promotion
Business’, however without changing the
abbreviation too. So it’s now high time to
bring the abbreviation into accordance
with the name.
VIP-News: Ok, so the ‘bdv’ started as an as-sociation of agents?
Jens Michow: That’s correct. It was started
in 1985 as a bastion against the German
Federal Employment Office. At that time,
the work of agents and managers was
considered to be an illegal employment
service. Punishment and banning from
the profession of many colleagues was the
consequence. Lots of companies gave up.
When they started proceedings against
my agency Michow Concerts, I initiated the
idkv as an alliance against this practice. In
response, we started proceedings against
the Employment Office and in 1989 we fi-
nally secured a ruling by the Federal Social
Court stating that the work of agents and
managers was not all a breach of law. By
winning this extraordinary victory, the idkv
had virtually achieved its aim, but as by
that time more and more promoters had
joined the association, we decided, to let
the idkv become the professional trade as-
sociation and representation of all German
promoters, agents and managers. I know,
that a common association of these three
branches would be totally unimaginable
in the UK or the US. However, it worked
fantastically over here, as the main issues
of all three branches are very similar.
»The German Parliament hearsus whenever industry-related
laws such as ‘withholding tax’, ‘artist social security’ or
VAT- issues are to be changed«
- Jens Michow
VIP-News: What is the AIM for bdv?
Jens Michow: The general aim, or let me
better say target, is to exert constant influ-
ence on an appropriate legal framework
for our industry. We feel responsible for all
our members’ professional issues. We have
developed an influential network to con-
nect with political Berlin and we are lob-
bying on all relevant legal issues affecting
the branch. The German Parliament hears
us whenever industry-related laws such
as ‘withholding tax’, ‘artist social security’
or VAT- issues are to be changed. bdv’s
yearly branch meetings and international
conferences, especially on tax matters, are
legendary.
VIP-News: How many members do bdv have and what types of members?
Jens Michow: Today the bdv represents
more then 330 companies within the in-
dustry. The greatest numbers of them are
promoters, followed by agents and manag-
ers. The level of members ranks from small
one man companies to the big stock listed
companies of the industry, be it the pro-
German Promoters Association IdKV to be Known as BdVAllan McGowan [email protected]
Board of IDKv with Jens Michow in front
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moters of the CTS Eventim Group, DEAG or
the musical company Stage Entertainment
AG, besides one to three single promoters.
bdv now counts nearly every promoter in
the pop and rock field as its members.
VIP-News: What is the most important is-sues that IDKV has dealt with since it’s be-ginning in 1985?
We are proud that we were able to pro-
vide professional education of the young
generation through the establishment
of an official apprenticeship. More then
8.000 (!) young people were approved
as “Event Managers” since 2001. We had
decisive influence in the German tax leg-
islation, mainly the withholding taxation
in the beginning of this century and the
later transfer of the ruling of the European
Court into German Law as well as the art-
ist social security fund legislation, which
we constantly try to keep as practicable as
possible.
We started in the 80’s to develop standard
form contracts for promoters, agents and
managers, which are used today by almost
all companies. Since 1995 we have been
releasing constant statistical data on the
German concert and event market provid-
ing the only statistic information available
to the branch.
Just now we are working on the foundation
of a bdv-collecting society in the interest
of more efficient recognition of the ancil-
lary copyright of the promoter. This will be
unique in Europe. Our members are paying
the monthly artist social fund contribution
via an association ruled organisation. This is
a unique relief on administration.
And finally we succeeded in establishing,
with LEA - The German Live Entertain¬ment
Award, a highly renowned media event,
which inimitably gathers every participant
of the branch for one night in one location.
By this, LEA has become ‘the’ yearly Ger-
man meeting point for the whole industry
and a most helpful voice for all issues of
our business.
VIP-News: What is the biggest challenge for bdv in the years to come?
Jens Michow: Every year brings new chal-
lenges. If you had asked me five years ago,
I wouldn’t have dreamt of what we have to
deal with today. One of my personal aims
is that the withholding taxation system
gets totally abolished as in the Nether-
lands for example. I can’t see any reason,
why at least European artists and produc-
tion companies shouldn’t be taxed in their
country of residence as is common proce-
dure for all other companies.
I am personally most involved as a lecturer
in business education - be it in business
schools or universities like the Pop-Acade-
my Mannheim or the high school in Muni-
que. Also the 2 ½ year apprenticeship of the
event manager must become a more highly
recognised qualification in the school sys-
tem responsible for the theoretical part as
well as by the companies responsible for
the practical part of the education. The time
of learning by doing has long expired. The
industry needs real professionals, mainly
with serious mercantile knowledge.
Last but not least: although an association
can’t do much about it: the industry has to
make strong efforts in order to maintain
control over artist fees and in consequence
ticket prices. In Germany for two years in a
row we have been faced with a substantial
downturn in the turnover of the concert
and event market. So far, it might not have
led to severe consequences for many pro-
moters, as sometimes less may even mean
more, however: the writing is on the wall!
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deadmau5Territory: UK / EuropePeriod: UK Winter 2010 Europe Spring - Summer 2011Agency: WME - William Morris Endeavor Ent.Agent: Steve HoganE-mail: [email protected]: www.deadmau5.com
within TemptationTerritory: WorldwidePeriod: March 2011 and onwardsAgency: X-Ray TouringAgent: Paul BoltonPhone: + 44 (0) 20 7749 3500E-mail: [email protected]: www.xraytouring.com
Adler’s AppetiteTerritory: EuropePeriod: 1/2/2011 - 1/3/2011Agency: ARM EntertainmentAgent: Dana StrutzPhone: +1 651 483 8754E-mail: [email protected]: www.adlersappetiteonline.com
Groove ArmadaTerritory: Europe / WorldwidePeriod: Europe Winter 2010 Worldwide 2011Agency: WME - William Morris Endeavor Ent.Agent: Steve HoganE-mail: [email protected]: www.groovearmada.com
Admiral TTerritory: WorldwidePeriod: 2010 - 2011Agency: CARAMBA SpectaclesAgent: ClotairePhone: +33 1 4218 1718E-mail: [email protected]: www.caramba.fr
Sass JordanTerritory: EuropePeriod: February / MarchAgency: Paperclip AgencyAgent: Hilde SpillePhone: +31 24 323 9322E-mail: [email protected]: www.paperclip-agency.com
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The March 2010 appointed manag-
ing director for Live Nation Germany
has unexpectedly left the company.
Wessels who brought in his team
from his previous company Music
Pool Europe to launch the company
wasn’t available for a comment on
the move. Currently only shows of
five artists, Steve Winwood, Richard
Marx, Ben Horward and Exit Calm
are announced at LiveNation.de
In the imprint of the website Alan
Ridgeway and Niall Dunphy are
named as managing directors of
Live Nation Germany. Since 2007
Ridgeway is the CEO of the Interna-
tional Music Division of Live Nation.
The latest developments at Live Na-
tion Germany lead to speculation
amongst industry insiders as to Live
Nation’s future plans for the German
concert market. Previously tours and
concerts by Live Nation acts such as
Sting and Shakira have been promot-
ed by MLK and sold via CTS Eventim.
Wessels former company Music Pool
lately belonged to DEAG but is now
in liquidation.
Johannes wessels quits at live Nation GermanyManfred Tari [email protected]
Johannes Wessels
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Popkomm was successfully relaunched in 2010 and reclaimed its
place as the leading platform for the music and entertainment in-
dustry. This was the first time Popkomm took place as part of the
Berlin Music Week. Dr. Ralf Kleinhenz, Managing Director of Pop-
komm GmbH: “This week the city impressively demonstrated its
potential as a creative venue. As the nucleus of the Berlin Music
Week Popkomm positioned itself as an event that not only pro-
vides a forum for artistic creativity and new business models, but
also for supply and demand. The positive mood on the stands was
proof that the new concept and the new location were very well
received.“ 60 per cent of the 470 exhibitors were from abroad, mak-
ing Popkomm the leading international meeting place of the music
and entertainment industry in Germany.
Popkomm Showcase Festival – a major attraction for the public
At the Popkomm Showcase Festival on 8 and 9 September, 60 art-
ists and bands representing an eclectic range of music performed
in front of audiences at 14 venues on the grounds of legendary Tem-
pelhof Airport in Berlin, as well as in the pulsating neighbouring dis-
trict of Kreuzberg. Over a period of two days Popkomm provided
talented musicians from around the world with an ideal platform to
showcase their acts in front of industry experts and music fans. In
the past, Popkomm has launched the international music career of
a number of artists. Some of the bands who performed at the Pop-
komm Showcase Festival have already made it onto the big festival
stage this year too. In addition to performing at Popkomm, Cast of
Cheers, De Staat, Jesse, Rich Aucoin, Spleen United, The Megaphon-
ic Thrift, Therese Aune and Yes Cadets played on stage at the Berlin
Festival on the grounds of the former airport in Berlin Tempelhof.
Peter James, Popbüro Region Stuttgart and VuT board member:
“Happily the effort was worth it – Popkomm and the Berlin Music
Week are the right pairing for Berlin to calmly face up to the chal-
lenges of the future. Keep up the good work!“
Scott Cohen, founder, The Orchard, uSA: “I love the new post-
apocalyptic setting for the conference at the abandoned Tempel-
hof Airport. It is a living analogy of our industry. As the old ways
crumble down a new business rises in its place. Popkomm is back.
Better than ever.”
Sudhir Shreedharan, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, India:
“I think Popkomm 2010 redefined the way in which Indian music
labels export music content and talent internationally. We had a
number of positive meetings and look forward to attending Pop-
komm 2011 with a much larger delegation.”
Rofhiwa Manyaga, Producer Manager, IMEXSA, Independent
Music Exporters South Africa: “Popkomm 2010 was very helpful
for us because we were able to meet people from different cultures,
with whom we will exchange music in the future, among them Ger-
many, Denmark, China, Austria and India.”
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european Talent Broker AB
European Talent Broker is an independent company within the
Swedish music industry. Our main activities are to exclusively repre-
sent record-artists as tour agents, tour producers and/or as manage-
ment. The company represents 10 artists today. (enclosure: roster)
History/ The company Siljemark Production was founded by Lars
Telbrant and Jonas Siljemark in 1992 and grew to one of the bigger
agency’s in Europé within it’s niche during the 1990s, with clients
such as Ace of Base, Dr Alban, E-type, Haddaway, Culture Beat, Red-
nex, Lutricia McNeal and many more. During the autumn of 1997
Siljemark Production merged with Sweden based United Stage and
formed one of the largest agency’s in Scandinavia called United
Stage Artists 2001. Lars Telbrant sells his stocks in United Stage and
founds the new agency and management company European Tal-
ent Broker AB Geographic/ The Company is situated in Rosersberg
just outside of Stockholm, Sweden, its focus is on the World wide
market Activity/ European Talent Broker is a service company for its
client. The agency part of the company’s responsibilities include…
* Booking tours and concerts * Economising the project * Renting of
technical equipment / hiring of personnel * Arranging travel, trans-
port and accommodation * Project direction and co-ordination
* Sponsorships * Consultation in general management with the
project * Consultation in marketing and copyright legislation * Con-
sultation with record companies. Current Roster/ ALCAZAR / Top 3
in Germany, Top 2 in Italy, Top 13 in UK etc during 2001 with the
song “Dancing in the discoteque” ARMY OF LOVERS / New album
out “Le Grand docu-Soup” BOBBY FARRELL / Former member of
Boney M with more than 150 million sold units and hits like “Daddy
Cool”, “Sunny, Ma Baker”, “Rivers of Babylon”, “ Rasputin” and many
more. Bobby is currently working in the studio on his new album
together with parts of the “Army of Lovers/Alcazar/Vacuum” pro-
duction team. This is something to look up for. BOSSON / Top ten
in 10 country’s in Europé with the song “One in a million” DEE / The
sidekick of E-type has gone solo, now with two released singel’s in
the luggage. The new upcoming singel is the titel team from the
American movie “Blade” DR ALBAN / World wide mega star with
over 11 million albums sold. Hits: “Its my life” “Sing halleluja”, “Hello
Africa”, “No coke” and many more. LUTRICIA MCNEAL / 1,2 million of
the debut album “My side of town” and 1,5 million of the first singel
“ Aint it just a way” sold throughout the world. New album released
during 2002 partly produced by Brian Rawling (Tina Turner, Cheer,
Enrique Iglesias etc.) REDNEX / Number 1 in the German chart for 10
weeks with the song “spirit of the hawk” autumn 2000. Other hits
“Cotton eye joe”, “Old pop in an oak”, Wish you where here”. New
singel of the upcoming album is released during march 2002 RICHI
M / Released his debut album 1998 and the second album “Songs of
tomorrow” the year after. Both of them top 20 in the Swedish chart
and was also nominated to the Swedish Grammy Award in the cat-
egory of “Modern dance”. Richi M makes us dance. A few people are
born to make people dance and he is one of them. The first singel of
the new album will be released soon. VACUUM / Biggest territory’s,
Scandinavia and Russia. Biggest hit: “II breathe” Specialization /
Dance & pop oriented festivals Rantarock festival in Vaasa Finland
Beat machine festival / Beiruth, Dubai Gorgy park dance festival /
Moscow / 150 000 in the audience/