MAGNA CHARTA 2019 EURO Ticket Sales TOP 50 CLUBS

1 118,018 Ancienne Belgique Brussels, BELGIUM 26 8,485 Koko London, UNITED KINGDOM 2 79,349 York Barbican York, UNITED KINGDOM 27 8,145 Konzerte Disco , GERMANY 3 54,080 Palladium Cologne, GERMANY 28 7,987 SWG3 , UNITED KINGDOM 4 51,454 Glasgow Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM 29 7,573 The Liquid Room Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM 5 49,518 Tele Club Yekaterinburg, RUSSIA 30 7,549 LKA Longhorn Stuttgart, GERMANY 6 41,893 King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM 31 7,411 Fabrique Milan, ITALY 7 30,831 Grosse Freiheit 36 Hamburg, GERMANY 32 6,471 The Green Room Dublin, IRELAND 8 24,298 O2 ABC Glasgow Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM 33 6,254 Gloria Cologne, GERMANY 9 21,825 , GERMANY 34 5,965 Im Wizemann Stuttgart, GERMANY 10 16,283 Tonhalle Munich, GERMANY 35 5,479 Academy 2 Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM 11 16,050 Alcatraz Milan, ITALY 36 5,346 Erfurt, GERMANY 12 15,078 E-Werk Cologne, GERMANY 37 5,181 The Garage (Attic Bar) Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM 13 13,950 Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, GERMANY 38 4,963 Fabrik Hamburg Hamburg, GERMANY 14 11,939 Manchester Academy Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM 39 4,947 Werk 2 Leipzig, GERMANY 15 11,623 Whelans Dublin, IRELAND 40 4,924 Queen Margaret Union Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM 16 11,561 Alter Schlachthof Dresden, GERMANY 41 4,836 Capitol Betriebs Mannheim, GERMANY 17 11,502 Electric Ballroom London, UNITED KINGDOM 42 4,740 IndigO2 London, UNITED KINGDOM 18 11,488 The Queens Hall Edinburgh, UNITED KINGDOM 43 4,588 Northumbria University Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 19 11,298 Sage Gateshead Gateshead, UNITED KINGDOM 44 4,447 Omeara London, UNITED KINGDOM 20 11,121 Royal Carré Theatre Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS 45 4,327 The Columbia Theater Berlin, GERMANY 21 11,068 Huxleys Berlin, GERMANY 46 4,295 Luxor Cologne, GERMANY 22 10,984 Garage Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM 47 4,283 Strom Munich, GERMANY 23 10,423 AB Club @ Ancienne Belgique Brussels, BELGIUM 48 4,065 Princess Theatre Torquay, UNITED KINGDOM 24 9,961 Oran Mor Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM 49 4,055 Harmonie Heilbronn, GERMANY 25 8,623 Saint Luke’s Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM 50 3,945 Backstage Munich, GERMANY

All figures are for tickets sold in Europe as reported to POLLSTAR for shows played between 2/1/18 and 1/31/19. Ancienne Belgique Ancienne Belgique Celebrates ‘Best Year Ever’ By Gideon Gottfried

n the heart of the Belgian capital of Brus- Charlotte Adigéry, Steve Gunn and Black Midi. sels lies Ancienne Belgique, the leader of “2018 was our best year ever,” Overbergh Pollstar’s Top European Club charts with said. “We surpassed 300,000 paying visitors, 118,018 tickets sold, according to Pollstar the highest number since our 40 years of IBoxoffice reports. The venue has operated being around. AB organized over 400 shows under various names and guises since the be- last year, aside from hosting content from Emiliana Torrini’s self-titled effort (Rough ginning of the 20th century. Today, Ancienne our external promoters and friends, like Live Trade Records). Belgique, often know simply as AB, features a Nation, Greenhouse Talent, Peter Verstraelen One of Overbergh’s favorite gigs at the ven- 2,000-capacity auditorium, which can be con- Agency, Nada, etc.” ue was last year's concert by then-70-year-old figured to serve a range of artists and events. Located within walking distance of Brussels’ Turkish protest singer Selda Bağcan. “We sold “We like to inspire our audience and be public transportion, AB is easily accessible. 1,000 tickets and introduced her to a whole an opinion leader rather than just a regular The club offers a warm interior as well as new audience in Belgium,” said Overbergh. concert hall,” the venue’s artistic director Kurt superb sound and lighting. Its in-house team “Apart from that, we were able to reach out to Overbergh told Pollstar. His philosophy shows of promoters prides itself on working closely the Turkish community. We had received a re- in his programming, which includes event with artists. According to Overbergh, many quest from a woman named Selda, who told us series, public Q&As with artists, “adventurous projects that resulted in international album that her father had named her after the singer, music” festival BRDCST and more. releases were born at AB, including José so we arranged a meeting.” The concert vault- The lineup for this year’s BRDCST, sched- James’ Yesterday I Had The Blues (Blue Note ed Bağcan onto Overbergh’s list of favorite live uled for April 4-7, includes The Comet Is Records), Echo Collective’s Echo Collective acts of all time – which also includes Radio- Coming feat. Shabaka Hutchings, K Á R Y Y N, Plays Amnesiac (K7!), and The Colorist & head, Patti Smith and Nick Cave. s

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