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Ayax Scott ing the announcement of thei follow- deal, ' ' ■ ~T.5pî, Kingfisher up that day fell at 45p£2.18. to S CLUB 7 HEAD THE NEW POP AGENDA lions than the previously It's fantastic to see the success of S Club 7 with their début Asda-Kingfisher merger.industry I must sequently picked up later last week doessingle it again.shooting And in this at numberdespite one,the totalas that lack man of supportSimon Fuller from ' ilowingight pursue suggestions tabling thata bid Kingfisher for the Radio One, whlch seems to me to bear more resemblance to ""rmarket,dismissed althoughby analysts. this has course,a Student the Radio BBC stationdid give than them a thenational vital youthexposure station. needed Of to • See analysis, pli captureprogramme, the nation'sMiami 7. kids The viaprogramme their own has children's become TV one of the Musictoget summer Chrysalis hislory repeats ilself thatworld's old mostfavourite, successful Blue Peter. kids slots to date, overtaking even MusicboostinTVschedules télévision Is due for a boost as jethro Tull kick off new label Not ail pop acts are so fortunate, however, and most now withacross new the sériés,summer one-off schedules pro- toThe the Chrysalis future Groupby launching is heading a labelb artislshave to such have as so Al, much N-Sync, going Mero, for them Adam to beRickitt successful. and Simon With grammes and festival and concert with its very first act, Jethro Tull. Cowell's new all-girl group ready to assault the charts, the coverage.BBC2 kicks off the season with originalBesides Chrysalis Tull, who label signed in 1968, to his-the compétition is going to be tierce, but at least the next six livemore and than recorded 11 hours music of coverage from the of tory is further repeating itself at the Themonths real looktest rosycornes for whensome youpop-flavoured cross these teen acts acts. over to the Glastonbury festival later this isas-yet-unnamed being headed byventure former because Chrysalis it wider market. Boyzone and Backstreet Boys started out just hasweek. commissionedMeanwhile, Channel the LynxFour MikeRecords Andrews, executives Eldridge Roy Eldridge was made and like the above, but have achieved Worldwide récognition by VoodooInitial Films, Eclipse which willconcert be aired from on managing director of Chrysalis icw Ltjain, rrom left: Eldridge, youngdeveloping fanbase. a more mature sound wîthout losing their initial or around the August 14 total byRecords EMI whenin 1991 it was and fully recruitedacquired Andersen,ht, Jethro Lewis Tull's and lanAndrews The Boyzone Spécial, Just For You, which attracted around performanceséclipsé in Cornwall from Fatboyand features Slim, yearAndrews later. as marketing director a about following the departure of Phil 6m-7m viewers on ITV, ensured that their latest greatest hits CariNew Cox sériésand Faithless. include BBCl's The new label, which plans to sign ChrysalisCokell as Group's managing Hit Label,director whlch of Backstreetpackage album Boys' would Millennium storm toCD the had number the benefit one spot. of incredible The Songwriters' Cltcle from Later firstlong-established release on Augustacts, will 24 issuewith theits wiil now be overseen by Eldridge and exposure via MTV Worldwide. That a kids act sold almost half Cooper.With Jools The Holland five-part, producer Friday-night Mark new Jethro Tull album j-tull dot corn. Andrews.Chrysalis Group'sSteve Lewis,music ceodivision of a million albums in the US last week shows the power of TV sériés brings together some of the sinceThis will they be ended the band's their three-decadefirst release says he was looking for a niche the exposure. Companies now.seem to almost ignore radio and talkworld's about best-known the inspiration songwriters behind to relationship with the original EldridgeHit Label - thencould running operate management in, while blâmeconcentrate them? on the TV and teen magazine route, and who can their songs and jam with other ChrysalisChrysalis label. Group chairman Chris consultancy R&M Entertainment with Even in other areas of the market there are TV opportunities airsmusicians. on July 2.The first programme Wright points out the band never JethroAndrews Tull and - suggestedwith clients to includingWright a once again, with the return of Jo Whiley's chat show and Meanwhile, Channef Four Is to Chrysalistuliy left continuedthe company to publish because their label was needed for héritage acts. music,Channel which Four's has Acetate. to be good Any TVfor generatesthe industry. an However,interest init ambient music and visuals under tionsongs. stone "Jethro of Chrysalis. Tull are theIf it founda- hadn't ^ Eldridge believes there is a gap in seems a long time since a Top Of The Pops appearance was heon f0r the fa-' ■ ■ ■ There are a lot of artists who feel vital to a single's chances of success. theJuly launch10, followed of The a Hipmonth Hop later Years, by it get a slightly alienated by a lot of record Tilly Rutherford's column Is a personal view three programmes tracing the his- selves,"itarted he says. producing records ot thosecompanies mature now," artists he says, who "Itcontinue will be The idea for the new label carr oneto tour who'll and treat want them to work with with respect.' some- MUSIC WEEK 26 JUNE1999