Mick Hucknall American Soul Album: October 29 That’S How Strong My Love Is Single: October 29
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CoverV4_cover template 17/09/2012 16:00 Page 1 38 9776669776136 THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC www.musicweek.com 21.09.12 £5.15 MICK HUCKNALL AMERICAN SOUL Hucknall Music Week Ad 2_Hucknall Music Week Ad 2 14/09/2012 14:52 Page 2 MICK HUCKNALL AMERICAN SOUL ALBUM: OCTOBER 29 THAT’S HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS SINGLE: OCTOBER 29 AFTER A PHENOMENAL 25 YEAR CAREER WITH SIMPLY RED, MICK HUCKNALL RELEASES HIS BRAND NEW SOLO ALBUM AMERICAN SOUL FEATURES HUCKNALL’S PERSONAL FAVOURITES OF THE GENRE THAT INSPIRED HIS CAREER INCLUDING CLASSICS SUCH AS I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU, I’D RATHER GO BLIND & THAT’S HOW STRONG MY LOVE IS ALBUM WILL LAUNCH WITH FULL MARKETING & PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN INCLUDING TV PERFORMANCES & NATIONAL TV ADVERTISING SELL-OUT ROYAL ALBERT HALL SHOWS IN SEPTEMBER AND FULL UK TOUR IN 2013 WWW.MICKHUCKNALL.COM BIT.LY/AMERICANSOUL Cover v4_cover template 18/09/2012 17:53 Page 1 38 9776669776136 THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC www.musicweek.com 21.09.12 £5.15 BIG INTERVIEW ANALYSIS FEATURES 08 12 17 Mick Hucknall on his new Who are A special look at one of UK record American Soul, which the most successful music live music’s most respected marks a return to Warner producers of the past year? execs, Barry Clayman OBE NEW UK MUSIC RESEARCH SUGGESTS LIVE MUSIC ACT IS SET TO STIMULATE NATIONWIDE BOOM Stage set for live music explosion LIVE over the next year, many for the NOW EDUCATION I BY TIM INGHAM first time. For bands and artists currently without local venues it PROCESS BEGINS ritish venues could host in could have an incredible effect.” UK MUSIC’S RESEARCH showed excess of 300,000 more The Live Music Act will no that more than half (51%) of small Blive music performances longer require premises to apply to venues in England and Wales each year in the wake of the Live their local authority for a licence to currently hold a licence from their Music Act becoming law. provide live music, so long as the local authority to stage live music. New research shows that 17% music takes place between 8am However, 78% of all small premises surveyed were unaware of UK pubs, bars, clubs, hotels and 11pm to audiences of no of the passing of the Live Music and restaurants in England and more than 200 people. Act and what it could mean for Wales currently without an Music Managers Forum CEO their business. entertainment licence plan to Jon Webster said: “Very few Both UK Music and the begin hosting live music after the artists have progressed to stardom Musicians’ Union have pledged to Act is sworn in on October 1. without a significant period of undertake a process of education That equates to 13,000 gigging in smaller bars and clubs. for both venues and artists in the premises across England and “Performance opportunities are an essential - Performance opportunities are an wake of the Live Music Act Wales. If all of these went on to some would say the essential - stage in the essential – some would say the coming into force. stage the average number of development of musical careers” essential stage in the development “The MU will be working on performances per year amongst of their musical careers.” guidance so that everyone knows JON WEBSTER, MUSIC MANAGERS FORUM their rights,” said John Smith, MU small venues that already own a Minister for Culture Ed general secretary. “For many licence, it would mean an Vaizey said: “We are committed seasoned and accomplished additional 312,000 live music wake of the Act. The survey, put “If this baseline survey is to seeing the Live Music Act musicians, live performance is the performances every 12 months. together by UK Music with the proved right, it will have a implemented quickly and sustenance of their careers.” Meanwhile, 24% of premises market research group at massive impact on grassroots efficiently. I am delighted that UK Music will also conduct a which currently own a licence – Bournemouth University, music,” UK Music CEO Jo early indications show it will survey of venues 12 months after representing a further 23,000 questioned 1,000 venues in Dipple told Music Week. energise tens of thousands of the Live Music Act is passed, to venues – say they plan to increase England and Wales with a “Potentially, 36,000 venues will new live music performances, quantify the effect the change in their live music schedule in the capacity of fewer than 200 people. stage more live music than before exactly as we had hoped.” the law has had countrywide. The Grim reality: much more music as Radio 1 restarts the morning The new face of a younger audience rave song in Berlin can we play over an eight-year tenure. listeners went up.” BBC Radio 1’s on Radio 1 – that at 8am?’ But I think if there’s Grimshaw admits that his Grimshaw joined the Breakfast show, said to expect a a story or if I went to see a song ratings are likely to fall at first, corporation in 2007, presenting Nick Grimshaw, revised format [live] that’s not on the playlist, but hopes to eventually win over shows on television channel has promised the from predecessor there’s definitely leeway, and I Moyles’ army of loyal listeners: “I BBC Two and Radio 1, for the industry more music Chris Moyles’ think there should be, to allow think you expect to lose listeners BBC’s former teen strand. He when he takes over trademark jingles me to have that control.” because Moyles has got such a then went on to present the the 6.30-10am slot and parodies. Moyles, the longest-serving huge market. It’s a big change, so station’s weekend breakfast show on Monday He intends to Radio 1 Breakfast Show host in I think that’s going to scare from September 2008 before (September 24). have a hand in the playlists and history, added a million listeners people… But I’m more moving to his evening slot and Speaking to Music Week on will ask his bosses if he can play to the audience in his first concerned about doing the show co-hosting the Sunday 10pm-to- his new appointment, 27-year- certain tracks in the daytime. He quarter on-air back in 2004. He that I want to do and doing it midnight show with Annie Mac. old Grimshaw – who fits with said: “I’m not going to go in and eventually dragged the show to a well. I’d feel worse if I [made] I See Nick Grimshaw interview, the Beeb’s plan to try and capture be like, ‘Oh I heard this mental steady 7 million-plus listenership something awful and then the pages 10-11 02-03 NEWS V4_News and Playlists 18/09/2012 18:37 Page 2 2 Music Week 21.09.12 www.musicweek.com NEWS EDITORIAL COOKING VINYL GUNS FOR TOP 10 WITH SUGGS & CO. ‘Q4 Madness? Entwistle blows on BBC wastage Bring it on’ “IN AROUND TWO YEARS’ TIME, my aim is to have restructured RELEASES Cooking Vinyl hopes to partners being finalised elsewhere. the BBC – with fundamental implications for A&M (Audio & score a Top 10 with I BY TIM INGHAM Madness Madness have enjoyed a busy Music), Vision and FutureMedia… we will need to integrate all summer in the spotlight, playing three disciplines – definitively. We need people from all three ooking Vinyl is confident the London 2012 Olympic to work more closely together to imagine ourselves into the that new Madness album Closing Ceremony alongside The space where a new kind of content is possible.” C Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Who, Take That and the Spice I hope the ‘content’ referred to by the BBC’s new director Da, Da can top 100,000 sales - Girls. They also played two hits, general, George Entwistle, turns out to be a fresh, media- and emerge victorious in the It Must Be Love and Our agnostic experience the like of which we’ve never seen before. I congested Q4 product battle. House, on the roof of fear the ‘integration of all three disciplines’ given glancing The label has signed the [The Liberty Of Norton Folgate, Buckingham Palace at the mention during his inaugural speech on Tuesday sounds rather album, due for release on October released in 2009] and we missed Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in June. more like consolidation. 29, on a world services deal, it,” Cooking Vinyl director Rob The band worked with For an organisation which sliced 70 hours off BBC Four’s which sees it enter a joint venture Collins told Music Week. “Madness Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, music and arts programming in the last year - and which has to with Madness’ own Lucky 7 are an amazing band in the The Cranberries) amongst others find total additional annual savings of £700m by 2016/2017 - Records. Cooking Vinyl has tradition of The Kinks and a on Oui, Oui, Si, Si, Ja, Ja, Da, Da, that has to be a worry for the music industry. enlisted Hungry & Woods national treasure.” whilst British pop artist Sir Peter director Wolfie (Bloc Party, Jarvis He added: “We’re wearing our Blake designed the LP’s artwork. “Entwistle has already made an impressively Cocker, Gallows) for their radio boxing gloves for Q4 - we’re “There are a lot of fans that spartan move - chopping 13 execs from the BBC plugging, Dawbell PR for online going to take them all on! For will come back with this record, and print press and Non Stop Cooking Vinyl, for an indie, this and a lot of new fans we can management board.