sign in sign up
<<
Home , CTS Eventim, Johnny Dee (musician), Live Aid, Oxegen, Weekend Festival Baltic

8

3 15 17 18

13

VIPNEWS PREMIUM > VOLUME 167 > APRIL 2014 10 9

19 4 20

17 14 7

2 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014

McGowan’s Musings

A bit more globetrotting undertaken since the Civil Rights movements, and providing a pow- those who seem to have everything going for last News, with Venice, Paris (twice) Stock- erful to the struggle to bring at- them can be touched by tragedy; however fol- holm (just to look at the Airport…), Tallinn, tention and support to the desperate need for lowing the suicide of ’s girlfriend Helsinki and Edinburgh added to the 2014 social and political change, the Vietnam war L’Wrenn Scott, it seems that Jagger has decid- itinerary. was another demonstration of how musicians ed that work is the best therapy. , and were prepared to speak, or the driving force behind Live Aid, also has had In the last issue we mentioned the effects on sing, out against the perpetration of wrongs, to face more tragedy recently with the death the live entertainment industry of the civil and then came Live Aid, etc. In the UK of his daughter, Peaches. political unrest in Turkey, Thailand and Ukraine singers like Billy Bragg supported the Miners as discussed at ILMC. The continuing problems Strike and took a stand against racism with Well, sorry to concentrate on the darker side in Ukraine and elsewhere have prompted dis- projects like Red Wedge. It seems that artists of life in this issue, but sometimes these things cussions within the in general and music as an effective force for change take precedence, even in the entertainment about the role of the artist in increasingly trou- has a bit of a back seat for some time; business! Not everything is down though, the bled times. Back in the 60’s the term ‘protest maybe it’s harder to rock the establishment sun is shining on Brighton, though I’m sure singer’ was an often-used description, with when you’re rolling along with sponsors etc many people will be dumbfounded and disap- many artists in the US becoming involved in in a business that is perhaps more part of that pointed to hear that I will not be around to establishment than it used to be. The relation- welcome friends from the international music ship between the state and the freedom of in- business to my home town as they flock here dividuals, and music and liberty was however for The Great Escape in a couple of weeks to the fore in discussions inTallinn, at time – I shall be in Dresden and , How- COLOPHON > the opening of the sixth edition of Tallinn Mu- ever I’m sure the ever expanding event (see sic Week – see Report in this issue. report in this issue) will cope without me – just VIP-News is published by: this once! VIP-Booking 145-157 St John Street Also strange to see that the man once consid- London Ec1V 4PW ered by many to be the leading protest singer One last thing, if asked to name the first icon- Managing Director: in the tradition of Woody Guthrie, , ic venues that come to mind, I’m sure many Ronni Didriksen [email protected] being accused of ‘hate speech’ – See report would perhaps mention, Madison Square Gar-

General Manager: in this issue. dens, Shea Stadium, Hammersmith Odeon, Peter Briggs [email protected] and I’m pretty sure, would be The ongoing living proof of how rock and roll up there for a lot of people - however prepare Writer and editorial: Allan McGowan has adapted to pretty much all levels of soci- to see this name consigned to the past with [email protected] ety, (or is it the other way round?), the original others, and say Hi to the SSE Arena. Doesn’t Writer: anti-establishment band, who caused politi- quite have the same ring does it? However I’m Manfred Tari [email protected] cians, church leaders and other pillars of the sure the shows will be good!

For advertising enquiries community to warn citizens to ‘lock up their please contact: Peter Briggs daughters’, , are on the Right, I’m preparing to go to France for Print- [email protected] road again, topping festivals throughout Eu- emps de Bourges, then to Denmark for The +44 870 755 0092 rope. It seemed at one point that these dates Spot Festival, as ever I’ll report back – in the may not happen as we learned that even meantime Ladies and Gentlemen – The News! 2 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014

Bob Dylan

BOB Dylan ‘Hate Speech’ Charge Dropped Allan McGowan [email protected]

French television news station France24 has Ivan Jurasinovic, a lawyer for the organiza- reported that a French court has dropped tion, insisted that the French Croats were the preliminary charge entered in Paris not seeking money or punishment, but last November following what a Croatian rather hoped that Dylan, described as “a organization said was hate speech. The singer who is liked and respected in Croa- Representative Council of the Croatian tia,” would apologize. But, under French Community and Institutions in France main- hate speech laws, his comments could have tained that Dylan had compared Croats to resulted in a year in prison and a fine of up Nazis or the Ku Klux Klan. to €45,000 ($62,000). However the judge ruled that Dylan himself had not authorized The French government filed the charge after the publication of the comments in France, the Organisation complained about Dylan’s dismissing the case on this technicality. comments in a September 2012 interview in That leaves Marc Birnbaum the French pub- magazine in which the singer/ lisher of Rolling Stone in the firing line, The discussed racism in the United Wall Street Journal reported that he could States. He remarked that Afro –Americans now face the prison or fine penalties having could sense if whites had slave-master blood been charged with violating France’s anti- “just like Jews can sense Nazi blood and the discrimination laws. Serbs can sense Croatian blood.” 3 3 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014

Heidi Aho

Heidi Aho Appointed Managing Director of Fullsteam Allan McGowan [email protected]

Fullsteam’s long-term Chief Production Manager Heidi Aho has been appointed as the Helsinki based company’s Managing Director, ef- Juha Kyyrö said, “Heidi has had an important role in Fullsteam be- fective 1 May 2014. Prior to joining Fullsteam in 2008, Aho worked coming the best in . I especially appreciate Heidi’s for Vantaan Festivaalit Oy as festival coordinator at and An- strong leadership skills, and I am convinced that under her lead, Full- kkarock. steam will become an even better cooperation partner and working community.” According to Aho, her main objective is to support the development of Fullsteam’s existing expertise as well as the company’s growth and Fullsteam is an independent music company whose activities include reputation as a reliable actor in the industry. She commented, “Full- event planning, promotion and artist booking, record releas- steam has an amazing staff with an enormous amount of expertise, ing as well as management and publishing activities as separate com- which makes this appointment a great honour. I intend to further panies. Within the last couple of years, Fullsteam has been the largest strengthen Fullsteam’s vision and innovative business culture. The promoter of foreign artists in Finland in the number of shows. In 2013 number of our employees has grown radically during the last couple the company presented altogether over 1,100 . The parent of years and hopefully I will be able to offer support and help to en- company Fullsteam Records Oy made 8.7 million euros in revenue in sure a creative environment in the future as well.” 2013, and currently the Fullsteam corporation employs 23 workers.

Fullsteam’s founder and main owner Juha Kyyrö will continue as HYPERLINK “https://client.ukfastexchange.co.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C= Chairman of the Board and minority stakeholder Johannes Kinnunen a8395146deee4599aaf587ed128a424f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fw will focus on administrative management and public relations in the ww.fullsteam.fi%2f” \t “_blank” www.fullsteam.fi future. Virpi Immonen will continue as Managing Director of Full- steam Management Oy. 4 2014 CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK May 6-10, 2014 Toronto, ON • www.cmw.net VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014

The Concert Market

in Finland Manfred Tari [email protected] An Interview with Juha Kyrro of Fullsteam:

How is the concert market in Finland cur- Does the current market situation de- improve the situation for those kind of rently doing? mands change in your business strategies shows? – Right now I think the concert market is or do you prefer to proceed as usual? – Introducing new artists has always been a struggling a bit. In general ticket sales are – We are very strong in our every-day busi- challenge, but I actually think that currently lower and not many shows are sold out. ness so I think that as long as we keep our the main challenge in the market is to avoid focus on what we can do the best, we will the established artists overplaying the market. According to other players, competition do fine. When there are so many “promoters” trying seems to be growing in Finland. Would to get a slice of the cake, artists tend to come you agree with this? Does it became more difficult to promote back more often, which can lead to unsuc- – There are definitely more and more compa- concerts with newcomer artists and if cessful shows. nies wanting to promote shows, yes. so do you have any solutions in mind to

6 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014

Live Nation apparently is the biggest pro- How important is MusicFinland when it moter in Finland. Is Live Nation as domi- comes to the support of shows by Full- nant as for instance Mojo Concerts is in steam artists abroad? the Netherlands? – Music Finland is one of the joint efforts – By number of shows and artists Fullsteam by the Finnish music industry that I am truly has been the biggest promoter for a few years proud of. now. Live Nation are the biggest in turnover. How much of its business is Fullsteam During the last few years FKP Scorpio has gaining abroad? expanded its business activities in Den- – We are not dependent on it, but helping mark and . Would you be con- artists fulfill their dreams is very rewarding. cerned or rather welcome it if another big But I like to think we are a truly international player would enter the concert market in company. Besides Finland we currently have Juha Finland? offices in Paris and New York. – Well I guess it depends on what their strat- festivals and venues, so I don’t think we need egy would be. I would always welcome a There is no live music organisation within any more industry bodies to be honest. friendly partner who we could work together the membership of MusicFinland. Do you on developing the Finnish market, but obvi- consider this as a deficit or as something What is next on the agenda of Fullsteam ously I can’t say that I would be looking for- that does not really matter for you and Agency? ward to having anyone enter the market try- your company? ing to destroy us for ... – We already have SOA (booking agencies’ as- – Keep calm and don’t let the game change sociation) as well as organizations for we are.

ThE hALL DUO IN NEckArpArk

UNIQUE AND DOUBLY GOOD

STUTTGArT cATchmENT ArEA: mOrE ThAN 3 m ILLION pEOpLE • hANNS-mArTIN-SchLEYEr-hALLE: Up TO 15,500 SpEcTATOrS • pOrSchE-ArENA: Up TO 7,500 SpEcTATOrS • 2014: …ANDré rIEU, ScOOTEr, , SUNrISE AvENUE, JAmES BLUNT, ONE rEpUBLIc, STATUS QUO, mArTErIA, ADEL TAwIL, DAvID GArrETT, DJ BOBO…

Tel. +49 (0) 711/9554-40 [email protected] Fax +49 (0) 711/9554-500 www.in.stuttgart.de

AZ_in_stutt_VIPmag_2014_RZ.indd 1 22.11.13 09:09 7 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 What Expectations for the 2014 Festival Season? Allan McGowan [email protected]

But if an article in The Observer is to be believed the future prospects Dermot O’Flynn, director of Eufest of certain festivals are strengthened as they become more and more involved with the package holiday business. As music festivals have ‘matured’, offering once unheard of luxuries such as flushing toilets, cash machines and completely upgraded camping facilities, many events have become less mud soaked basic gatherings based on youth counterculture, but more entertainment holiday destinations. The travel industry now sees many of them as main attractions or at least add - ons to package holidays.

Dermot O’Flynn, director of the Eufest travel company told the Observer,”The European scene is booming and young people are re- alising you can go to a festival abroad and get your flights, airport transfers and ticket for around £350 – the same as a trip to Reading or Glastonbury,” He claims the Company is selling twice as much apart- ment accommodation in Croatia, for instance, as it did last summer. Barri Coen, head of marketing at Festicket, told the newspaper, “The trend is towards smaller, boutique festivals, and people are increasingly With the Festival season bearing down upon us like an express train tieing them in with their summer holiday plans. We’ve seen a huge what can we expect this year? The biggies are doing what they usually increase in the number of people booking hotels or apartments.” do, with the likes of Glastonbury selling out, and The Rolling Stones lending a hand to make life a little easier for those troubled organisers The Festivals themselves are looking at ways, including joint ticket lamenting the lack of true headliners. Mick and the Boys will be play- packages to develop what they have to offer festival ‘punters’. Exit ing the likes of Turnhout Werchter Classic in Belgium, and Roskilde in in Serbia has combined with Sea Dance festival in Montenegro, and Denmark, and others. Sziget in Budapest has partnered with B.my.Lake in the Hungarian countryside. However, the first alarm bell indicating that some events may again have their problems was sounded in the Republic of with the Expect more of these developments – watch this space! announcement that one of the country’s largest annual music festivals will not take place this year. Due to again happen at Punchestown, , where it has been held every summer, excluding a break in 2012, since 2004, , has been cancelled.

Promoters, MCD blamed a lack of headline acts combined with Agen- cies making onerous financial demands. The combination has led them to conclude that continuing with the event in its current was no longer viable. At the height of its poularity Oxegen attracted crowds of up to 80,000 people, but last year`s event, headlined by , and , was downsized from three days to two-and-a-half.

8 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 New Artists For KKT Manfred Tari [email protected]

The Berlin based concert agency Kikis Kleiner Tourneeservice better Dieter Meier is known as a millionaire, owner of a restaurant in known as KKT have taken on new artists. The new arrivals include Switzerland­ and of an organic beef farm in Argentina. As an artist Tocotronic,­ Niels Frevert , Dieter Meier, Schmutzki and Antilopen Gang. Meier is better known as the singer of the pop-duo Yello that had their first hits in the mid eighties. Earlier this year Meier released his Tocotronic were founded in 1993 and were handled for many years first solo- entitled “Out Of Chaos”. At KKT Kiki Ressler will by Powerline Agency. Niels Frevert started his career with the band handle­ the bookings for Meier in , Austria and Switzerland. Nationalgalerie in 1991 that split up in 1996. Soon after Frevert His first tour will kick off at the beginning of March. launched his solo career releasing five to date.

For more information: KKT - www.kkt.berlin Dieter Meier - www.outofchaos.de

Tocotronic - www.tocotronic.de Schmutzki - www.schmutzki.de

Niels Frevert - www.nielsfrevert.net Antilopen Gang - www.antilopengang.de 9 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 Roman Pitone joins Karsten Jahnke Konzertdirektion Manfred Tari [email protected]

start working for Karsten Jahnke as a Book- For further information please check: ing Agent and Promoter. The concert agency www.waybackwhen.de & kj.de/team.html currently employs 37 people.

At Visions Thomas Harsman took over the post from Pitone. Harsman has worked with Visions for four years; the magazine pro- motes regular concerts and festivals. Other news is that the concert company will launch a new three day indoor festival in five loca- tions in Dortmund. The event will be known as the Way Back When - Festival. The line up Roman Pitone will consist of 40 acts, including among oth- ers Whomadewho, The Rifles, Mighty Oaks, Since the beginning of April Karsten Jahnke Birth Of Joy and Big Deal. The concert ven- Konzertdirektion has a new team member. ues are FZW, Domicil, Tanzcafe Oma Doris, Roman Pitone who worked since 2009 as Streetartgallery and Kaktusfarm. The dates head of events for the music magazine Vi- for the festival are May 29 to 31, the festival sions moved from Dortmund to Hamburg to ticket is 51 Euro, day tickets are 23.50 Euro.

IMAGINE if you could go to one website and learn ALL about the European Live Music Industry? WELL YOU CAN! www.vip-booking.com

®

145-157 St John Street | London Ec1V 4PW United Kingdom | Phone: +44 (0) 870 755 0092 www.vip-booking.com | [email protected] vip-booking.com

10

14 -17 januarY 2015 groningen, nl

The The European European music music platform platform

The The European European music music platform platform Thank you for attending Previous edition in numbers EUROSONIC NOORDERSLAGEUEUROSONIC WORDTROSONIC GEO NOORDERSL NOORDERSLRGANISEEAGRDAG WORDT DOORWORDT GEO GEORGRGANISANISEEEERDRD DOOR DOOR SPONSOREN SPONSORENSPONSORENTotal amount of visitors (sold out) . . . . 38,500 Eurosonic Noorderslag 2014 Conference visitors (sold out) ...... 3,275 See you next year Nationalities ...... 39 Acts ...... 337 Number of stages @ Eurosonic ...... 36 Number of stages @ Noorderslag . . . . 11 Early bird registration and Media & journalisten ...... 307 act submission open May 1, 2014 EBU radio stations ...... 30 ETEP festivals ...... 89 Act submission closes September 1, 2014 International festivals ...... 419 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014

Gebäude Neun - Between Hope and Fear Manfred Tari [email protected]

The well known concert venue Gebäude Neun in Cologne has received owner, Frey Immobilien, of a rental contract for 2015, lasting at least one notice of the termination of its lease agreement with RheinEstate GmbH, year. But the offer also stipulates some requirements, including the pro- a subsidy of the Stadtsparkasse Cologne. The leaser intends to sell the viso that the land development plan has to be adapted and furthermore whole area including the location of the concert club to an investor. a noise emission study has to be carried out.

The previous lease agreement was apparently supposed to last until the The venue has received massive support from fans who, amongst other end of the year. But according to latest media reports, shortly before things, set up a Facebook page that quickly received more than 16.000 Easter the club management received an offer from the designated new likes

Conference Compendium Allan McGowan [email protected]

I’m sure I can remember a time when you could count the number of there are I’m sure, more in the planning. We’ll have to extend the years! music trade events on one hand with a couple of fingers folded, now it Anyway, here follows reportage on a couple we’ve recently attended and seems you’d require the help of the fingers and toes of four piece beat a ‘heads up’ on others waiting in the wings, all taking place in May!. combo or pop band to count the available international events – and

Sign up now - free, digital, mobile, and social ✓ used by over 70,000 events and sold over 11m tickets ✓ find out why 97% of our clients would recommend us ✓ our latest innovation - ticket box office, the mobile on-the-door solution some of our clients that #sellmore

Europe’s leading digital self-service ticketing solution 12 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 Wide Days – Edinburgh Allan McGowan [email protected]

- Support of German Consulate for a German exchange also allowed Wide Days to boost its international profile and Berlin duo Schwefel- gelb are set to return to Scotland.

Olaf Furniss told VIP News: “We have reached the point where Wide Days is recognised interna- tionally as an event which adds a personal touch, while offering both quality panels and showcases. The partnership with the German consulate played an important role in helping us to develop Wide Days as the event which provides a bridge between Scotland and the international music business. I am delighted that it has not only led to interest in our showcasing acts from Scotland, but is also set to lead to booking for Schwefelgelb, our My parents came from Scotland; Glasgow to be precise, so I’m always guest act from Berlin. I am particularly pleased that sales of our pre- aware when in Edinburgh that they like other Glaswegians felt that mium ticket, which includes collection from the airport and a guided the capital city was a bit too ‘full of itself ” for their liking, although tour of Edinburgh, tripled this year. The message is getting out that they usually used more colourful terms! However putting that long the calibre of speakers at Wide Days is high, and that it is a place established rivalry aside it’s true to say that Edinburgh is a fascinating where you can do business.” city, with a lot of hidden, sometimes dark, secrets overlooked by its Castle. Wide Days founder and co-organiser Olaf Furniss, well known Olaf Furniss to many on the European Conference circuit, and a one-time city tour guide, took we speakers and ‘special people’ on a really interesting bus tour, with a commentary somewhat adapted from his normal tourist script, which taught me and everyone else I’m sure, a lot about this Royal City.

Wide Days is not a big event, but it is certainly growing in both numbers and effectiveness. A few facts: - This year’s accreditations were up more than 22% from 150 in 2013 to 185.

- Sales of premium passes almost trebled [these include the tour, plus airport collection, this service was available for the first time and was very welcome – thanks to Jim, father of co-organiser Michael Lam- bert.

- The Showcases are already generating a lot of interest among those delegates who were there on the Thursday.

- Flux FM, winner of Best Radio Station Worldwide at Musexpo, car- ried a one hour report from Wide Days

- German partnership finalised exchange with Reeperbahn Festival and is set to have Wide Days host a Scottish showcase during the Hamburg event. 13 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014

SPOT Festival 2014 Allan McGowan [email protected]

Elin Kåven

This edition of SPOT Festival­ will apparently be the biggest program SPOT Festival has ever presented in its 20 year history. Between 1st and 4th of May the Aarhus, Denmark based event will present 165 live shows, 38 films, 30 seminars along with the SPOT Interactive conference.

Amongst the interviews, I will have the pleasure of speaking with Folkert Koopmans, founder of Germany’s FKP Scorpio.

SPOT Festival has always presented a broad variety of bands from the Danish and Nordic music­ scene. This year some of the bigger players on the Danish music scene have been included in the program to generate a bigger international awareness. Christopher, Turboweekend­, Mads Langer and Choir Of Young Believers will appear alongside newer acts such as Broken Twin, Go Go Berlin, Keller- mensch and Blaue Blume.

Nordic acts will include: – Grísalappalísa (IS), Amason (SE), Elin Kåven (NO) and Jaakko Eino Kalevi (FI).

SPOT will also be hosting a big film program featuring 38 films that won’t require wrist- bands for admittance. SPOT Film will step into the footsteps of SPOT Music and gradu- ally create a forum to showcase new Nordic film talents and tendencies.

VIP News will report back from Aarhus.

14 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 The Great Escape 2014 Allan McGowan [email protected]

Chloe Howl

As I said in the Musings I will unfortunately, for once, not be in my conversation reviewing the innovative funding initiative’s first twelve hometown of Brighton to welcome the many international delegates months. Plus 50 years of pirate radio in the UK will be marked by that will attend the Great Escape – a shame to miss them, and the bringing together the people behind some of the seminal stations. event itself! A full session-by-session guide to the Convention, which On Friday afternoon The Great Escape’s official charity War Child will will take place in from May 8-10, is now online, along with this year’s lead a discussion on what makes partnerships between charities and conversations programme. Industry legend Seymour Stein, who I had the music community work, with War Child’s own Ben Knowles plus the pleasure of interviewing in Tallinn a couple of years ago, will dis- Muse manager Alex Wall, Cake CEO Mike Mathieson and Xfm Man- cuss his talent scouting exploits in emerging markets, plus PRS For aging Editor Chris Baughen, with ’s Johnny Dee asking Music presents Chloe Howl In Conversation, discussing an exciting the questions. year that saw her win plaudits aplenty, rack up over a million Vevo Full timetables areavailable to check out: views and secure a record deal. Building A Fan Business, Maximising Music Rights, The Festival One year on from the launch of the Momentum Music Fund at The Business­, New Product Strategies, Global Digital Markets and Blurred Great Escape 2013, Arts Council CEO Alan Davey will lead a Lines. The full festival schedule is also available on the TGE website PrimaveraPro 2014 Allan McGowan [email protected]

Delegates from Brazil, Italy, Luxembourg, The Baltics and Valencia will gather from Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th for PrimaveraPro in the Born neighbourhood in the centre of Barcelona

The DayPro Conference will run from from 11am to 6pm, in the new PrimaveraPro daytime headquarters Convent de Sant Agusti with a complete programme of conferences and meetings.The programme will be completed by showcases from the different participating coun- tries, that include Brazil, Chile, Italy, Israel, Luxembourg, the Baltic States, Poland and Valencia (Spain), which will take place in La Seca - Espai Brossa and in the restaurant El Foro and for the first time this year will be open to the general public. 15 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 Tallinn Music Week: Pres. Ilves Opening Speech and Pussy Riot Interview Manfred Tari [email protected]

TThe last weekend in March saw the sixth on the freedom of the individual within the of the conference given over to an interview edition of this now extremely popular Nordic/ State related to and liberty, and with the Russian punk protest group Pussy Baltics event. It was my third visit, and the used to preface the aspirations of a music Riot. second sold out conference in a row. industry event! Tallinn Music Week hosted 227 artists from Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokh- 20 countries performing on 34 stages, with An aspect of freedom, he continued, was to ina were interviewed in English by Russian 22,858 concert visitors. Venues included the be able to come together and sing, without writer and broadcaster Artemi Troitsky, how- City’smost prominent music clubs and con- restriction. He was of course referring to Es- ever the girls chose to respond in Russian, cert halls, and the City stage programme tonia’s ‘Singing Revolution’, which helped with the help of an interpreter. Troitsky began extended the festival to bookshops, music bring about the country’s independence from by asking the girls why they had chosen punk stores, galleries and cafés with free after- the . He warned that the Arts as their style in which to make their protest. noon concerts. are most vulnerable, as they have the abil- They replied that they were fans of, “…bad ity to threaten and deny the status quo in- words, not great music. Punk offers access 813 delegates and representatives of music sisted upon by totalitarianism, they are often to anyone, so that they could choose to do organizations attended the conference, 508 the first to suffer. An example was Estonian the same thing as us. Like Hip-Hop etc we of them from abroad and 307 from Estonia. Arvo Patt, who was forced to flee search for stages that can cost you freedom.” There were participants from 28 countries, a the country. Rock and Roll, he continued has – There were times when the girls seemed to large number from Finland (173), Latvia (78), always offended sensibilities, Elvis, Lennon, disagree with each other, but one aspect of UK (41), Lithuania (37), Russia (36), Germany Johnny Rotten were all considered danger- their message was clear, they were protest- (27), Sweden (16), Denmark (13), Belarus ous, though now much of their material can ers first, musicians second. Troitsky said that (11), France (9), Holland (9), Iceland (8) and be listened to on nostalgia tours! He con- promoters had wanted them to put things Poland (6). cluded, to great applause, that, “Freedom is together to become a real live band, tour- not an abstraction, it is the basis of our lives.” ing festivals etc, and asked why they didn’t As in the last few editions the opening do this. The answer was, “This goes against speeches were made by the president of Helen Sildna continued the theme, asking if the basic foundation of what Pussy Riot was, Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and head of TMW was a political festival, “…The human “We declined such offers, and will continue TMW Helen Sildna. This time the head of right to express oneself freely, that basic right as we were.” They described their protests the event’s co-sponsors Nordea Bank Estonia, should be stood up for – so maybe that is during the Winter Olympics, and being ar- Andreas Laane also took to the podium. politics.” Helen suggested that along with in- resred by police who told them they agreed vesting in creativity, the message brought by with them and wanted to take photos and But when it comes to speeches, particularl­y the international artists should be, “Let’s just ‘selfies’ with them. focusing on the abiding theme of TMW love each other.” More enthusiastic applause Eventually the question came from the floor, presented­ next door to Russia, rock’n’roll seemed to indicate that all in the room had “Do you support economic sanctions against and freedom, the President is a hard act to no argument with that! Putin? Have they gone far enough, or is vio- follow ­. Wearing his customary­ bow tie the lence the only language he understands?” President displays a matchless­ knowledge There was no mistaking the emphasis on the Tolokonnikova responded: “The problem of, and enthusiasm­ for, all genres of music, crucial meaning of freedom of expression for with Putin is that it’s impossible to talk to accompanied­ by a firm belief in its power the development of creativity and the under- him, because he doesn’t understand when for good in society­. I’ve not previously heard lying importance of tolerance for free and he is talked to. We do not invite anyone to Scottish philosopher John Locke’s writings prosperous societies, with the opening slot use weapons against weapons. Our idea is 16 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014

that Europe should use economic sanctions Toomas Hendrik Ilves against him. No matter how much he talks about the Motherland, the only thing he and his team are interested in is money. If you stop him making illegal money, maybe he will think about his actions.”

Alyokhina said that they ntended to go to the European parliament, “ – to talk about sanctions against Russia and Putin which will negatively influence our lives. Prices are go- ing to go up. So Russians need to take to ; they’ve gotten too comfortable on the couch at home.”

Tolokonnikova concluded, “There is a mood of apathy and pessimism which dominates Russia’s liberal circles. But saying that, I want people to know that what we do is not anti- Russian but pro-Russian. In Estonia you have legal chances to partake in politics, but in Russia, the only way to do politics is through artistic creativity. Protest is creative.”

Other speakers included Estonian superstar KERLI who in a lengthy interview disclosed her lessons learned and shared her personal

story behind the success, stating, “Ego is the Helen Sildna worst enemy of genius”. Robert Levine, writer of “Free Ride” examining the debate Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot spoke with about the future of culture and Bob Stan- journalists­ and musicians at Tallinn Music Week. Photo: Sergey Chernov / SPT ley, musician, producer and author of “Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop”.

Skype Award goes to Odd Hugo Tallinn Music Week main sponsor’s Skype Award goes to the indie folk band Odd Hugo from Tartu. Having just finished its second European tour the band will receive a 3500 Euro prize together with the prestigious title of the Skype’s Go Change the World Award. Tallinn Music Week 2009 Skype award win- ner was Popidiot, in 2010 Iiris, in 2011 Ewert and the Two Dragons, in 2012 Talbot and in 2013 Elephants From Neptune. Tenfold Rabbit received the most nominations. comments, “For me it’s a charming mix of The delegates of Tallinn Music Week and in- My friend the Danish Radio host Jan Sneum Tartu and Texas.” ternational press selected the winner of Sky- has played Odd Hugo in his programmes pre- pe’s Go Change The World Award. Next to the viously but after the last Tallinn Music Week The seventh Tallinn Music Week takes place winner I Wear* Experiment, State of Zoe and he dedicated a whole hour to the band. Jan from 26th to 28th March 2015. 17 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 Ibiza International Music Summit 2014 Allan McGowan [email protected]

Back for its seventh year, the International Music Summit returns to Ibiza for 2014 at the new Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza from May 21 – 23 with a speaker line-up of influences and thought leaders from every aspect of the electronic music industry including artists, labels, execu- tives, managers, agents and more.

The electronic music and technology-driven summit, which has earned a reputation as ‘the TED of music conferences’, will bring together the genre’s most important and influential decision makers. This year’s theme is ‘Filtering the Future’ and will focus on the curatorial oppor- tunities for the genre – in a world of overload, how do things manage Paul McGuinness, long-term manager to cut through? The event is hosted by BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong MBE.

IMS has also announced that Corona will be headline sponsor of this Danny Tenaglia (legendary New York DJ – Artist Panel) year’s summit. Corona have a strong history around the genre of elec- Andrew Scheps (producer/engineer/Pro-Tools creator – Keynote Interview) tronic music, and a series of 2014 activity will be announced with this MK (famed remixer Marc Kinchen – IMS Anthem Remixer 2014) partnership. Last year’s summit featured exclusive interviews with Fat- Alfredo (original Ibiza Balearic DJ – Keynote Interview) boy Slim, Sven Vath, , Idris Elba, Paul Van Dyk, legendary blogger Bob Lefsetz and many more. The line up for 2014 includes: Industry Icons: Paul McGuinness (Long-term manager, U2) Artists: Daniel Haver and Mate Galic (Founders, Native Instruments) George Clinton (Parliament / Funkadelic – Keynote Interview) Horst Weidenmueller (Founder,!K7 Records) (Size Records - Keynote Interview) Alison Wenham (Founder, AIM: Association of Independent Music) Annie Mac (BBC Radio 1 – Keynote Interview) Eelko van Kooten (CEO, Spinnin Records) Jamie Jones (Hot Natured / Hot Creations – Artist Panel) Miles Leonard (Chairman, Parlophone / Warner Brothers UK) Seth Troxler (Resident Advisor poll winning DJ – Artist Panel) Bruce Eskowitz (COO, Red Light Management) 18 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 Marcel Avram Invests In EDM-Event Manfred Tari [email protected]

Industry veteran Marcel Avram has teamed up with IBZ Entertain- August 5.– 7., Anatolia, Turkey: ment and launched a new festival format. The event is entitled “Isle Of Above & Beyond, , Apollonia, Autoerotique, , Chuckie, Dreams” and will take place from August 5 to 10. The festival is designed Dubfire, Fedde le Grand, Jamie Jones, JP Candela, Kaz James, Nervo, as a travelling event and will start of in Anatolia in Turkey, move on to the Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, R3hab, Sasha, Sebastian Ingrosso, Steve Sea of Galilee in Israel and finish off in Allmend Gunzgen in Switzerland. Aoki, The Martinez Brothers.

Danny Whittle and Mark Netto from IBZ Entertainment have developed August 7.– 9., Sea of Galilee, Israel. the concept for Isle Of Dreams. Before founding IBZ Entertainment Alesso, Apollonia, Avicii, Axwell, Chuckie, Carnage, Danny Avila, Fedde Whittle worked for many years as the brand director for the Pacha Club le Grand, Jamie Jones, Jp Candela, Nervo, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, in Ibiza, he left the well know dance club in April 2013. R3hab, Sasha, The Martinez Brothers.

The new event foresees the combination of headlining DJs and up- August 8.– 10., AllmendGunzgen, Switzerland. coming domestic acts in unique locations in a natural environment. Above & Beyond, Alesso, Apollonia, Avicii, Calvin Harris, Chuckie, Da- “The whole idea for Isle of Dreams was to present a festival that really vid Guetta, Eva Shaw, Fedde le Grand, Gareth Emery, Jamie Jones, JP spans all the genres of electronic music, from the bigger sounds on the Candela, Kaz James, Nervo, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Sasha, Sebas- main stage to the more underground cutting edge sounds of the other tian Ingrosso, Zedd. arenas,” commented Whittle on the concept of the festival in a press release. “ We aim to top this off with not only spectacular locations but For further information please check: www.isle-of-dreams.com also incredible production values. For us to meet someone like Marcel Avram who had the same vision was a dream come true and ultimately Marcel Avram we aim to make dreams come true for all the fans of electronic music that will attend the events. This is why Isle Of Dreams was our obvious name for these amazing events. So see you all either on the beach in Turkey, next to the Sea of Galilee in Israel or in the Fields of Switzerland. All are going to be very special”.

The promoter for the festival is Marcel Avram. No information has been given about the capacities of each edition of this festival. The dates and program for Isle Of Dreams are:

19 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 Arena – Preparing For Sale Manfred Tari [email protected]

According to media reports the biggest German Indoor Arena is apparently­ up for sale. The Multiplex Arena opened its doors in October­ 1998 and is part of a real estate complex, which, besides the arena, includes two office ­buildings, a sports training hall and a multi-storey car park.

The Manager Magazine reports that the arena complex was built with the financial input of around 70 private investors assembled within the “Immobilienfonds Köln-Deutz Arena und Mantelbebauung”. The fund belongs to the group of so called Oppenheim-Esch-Fonds, a joint venture between the previously private bank Sal, Oppenheim and the building tycoon Josef Esch. The bank meanwhile went bank- rupt and is now owned by the Deutsche Bank.

According to various media reports the group of owners of the Arena- complex agreed at a stakeholder meeting in March to instruct the In 2012 CTS Eventim took over the management company that oper- Oppenheim-Esch-Fonds to prepare the sale of the various parts of ates the Lanxess arena. Currently the annual lease for the arena is the Arena complex. According to the local newspaper Kölner Stad- thought to be 6.6 million Euro, but in order to recoup the building tanzeiger the arena itself is expected to cost 200 million Euro. expenses it would have to bring in 10 million Euro per year.

Michael Rapino at Amsterdam Dance Event Manfred Tari [email protected]

It is a bit of a surprise and paradoxical too. of dance music assets, although this still has Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino is to do a to recoup and to deliver its return of invest- question and answer session at the upcoming ment. edition of Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) on October 15. Live Nation, the biggest corporate On the other hand, in terms of missing a concert company took over the EDM-festival trend, the Live Nation situation reminds us a brand Creamfield in 2012 and seemingly left little bit of MTV, or more accurately its par- the currently booming rest of this market seg- ent company Viacom losing the bidding war ment to be taken up by SFX Entertainment. for Youtube in 2006, acquired in the same year by Google. Anyhow, there are still many Since within just two years SFX Entertainment EDM companies out there that would love bought almost a complete 360 degree value to talk to Rapino, so the arrival of Rapino in chain of dance music related events and ser- Amsterdam is a valuable bonus for ADE and vices, the trip of Rapino to ADE comes a little probably still a very worthwhile educational Rapino too late; certainly not for ADE but certainly journey for the Live Nation boss. for Rapino. The rise and success of electronic visitors. The festival will take place from Sep- music in recent years would have been a val- By the way, ADE partner in music Electric Fes- tember 3 to 7. uable contribution towards the portfolio of tival Aruba has extended this year’s edition the business activities of Live Nation too. But from three to five days. ADE is the confer- For further information please check: instead it has been SFX Entertainment that ence partner for the festival in the Caribbean. http://.electricfestival.com/ & http:// has meanwhile compiled a global network Last year’s edition attracted 15.000 festival www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/ 20 T R A R T A E Networking

M

S

20 JUNE Showcase Festival 2014 E D E I N A D L Trade Fair Conference Film Screenings Awards virtualWOMEX

Santiago de Compostela Galicia, Spain 22 — 26 October 2014 www.womex.com VIPNEWS > BUSINESS > APRIL 2014 MUSIC IN SHARES Music in Shares Manfred Tari [email protected]

CTS Eventim – Annual Meeting In May: announced that it has bought the remaining stake and now holds CTS Eventim aims to restructure its corporate structures and accord- 100 percent of the company. Live Nation Entertainment president of ing to legal statutes must ask its shareholders to agree on the in- international and emerging markets Alan Ridgeway commented on tended measures. The agenda for the upcoming annual meeting on the measure: “As we continue to expand our global network, we May 8 therefore foresees, besides the usual validation of the man- wanted to assume full ownership of Live Nation Japan. Although we agement board, a couple of further formal measures. First of all the still expect to work together on some projects, this allows Live Nation management board of CTS Eventim intends to make the legal conver- to pursue our own interests and work with a variety of partners.” sion “from a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) into a partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien)” Secondly the No information has been made about the purchase price. On January company plans to undertake a 1:1 share split and to increase its equity 2 the share cost $20.19 now it stands at $21.17. capital from the previous 48 to 96 million Euro. Current shareholders receive one additional share for each share they currently hold. SFX Entertainment - Continues Shopping? The SFX Entertainment list of acquisitions still grows. The latest ad- At the time this report went to press the CTS share stood at 45.91 dition to the company portfolio is the merchandising company Per- Euro, at the beginning of year the share price was 38.24 Euro. ryscope Productions or Norman Perry. The one and only Robert FX Sillerman, Chairman and CEO of SFX Entertainment says, “Perry a DEAG – Aims to Tender for Open Air Venue Waldbühne: true innovator in merchandising. He will expand the brand awareness DEAG filed an interim injunction against the Senate of Berlin regard- of our many SFX properties and ensure high-quality, cutting-edge ing the renewal of a lease contract of the open air location Waldbüh- merchandise and collectibles will be available at events and wherever ne at the responsible district court. DEAG-CEO Peter Schwenkow told EMC fans shop.” the local newspaper Tagesspiegel, that the injunction should prevent the renewal of a lease agreement for the location with CTS Eventim Prior to this a picture of Sillerman showing off his middle finger when without a call for tender, allowing him to also present an offer to run leaving his private jet on arrival in Miami circulated widely in the world the open air site. The current agreement will expire at the end of the wide web. The picture has been used to illustrate various articles that year and the new lease will last five years. reported a conference call soon after the annual results for 2013 of the company were released. During the call the share price dropped A spokesman for the senator of the interior told the newspaper that by 20 percent when the analyst Ben Green of BD Capital asked Siller- there is no call for a tender to prolong the current with man about, “…accounting adjustments to brush over shitty deals.” CTS Eventim. The reason is that the Senate has a leasing contract with CTS Eventim and not a facility management he argued. The share price dropped to $5.70, but meanwhile recovered, climb- ing up to $7.33. However, on January 2nd the share price still was at Live Nation – Completed Acquisition Of Live Nation Japan: $11.36. For 2013 SFX reported revenue of $170 million and a net loss When Live Nation Japan was created in 2012, the company Creative- of $119 million. man still held a minority stake in the company. Live Nation has now

22

VIPNEWS > MISC > APRIL 2014 MEMBER PRESENTATION ARTIST AVAILS

Chloe Charles Territory: Europe Period: September/October Agency: Paperclip Agency / Agent: Hilde Spille Phone: +31 243239322 E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: www.paperclip-agency.com

ORBITAL ñ 25th year anniversary tour in 2014 Territory: The World excluding USA Period: May onwards Agency: Value Added Talent / Agent: Dan Silver Phone: +44 207 704 97 20 E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: www.vathq.co.uk

Alan Parsons Live Project Bulgarian Live Music is a company, which started its activity only a few years ago, Territory: Worldwide Period: 2014 but has already become well-known for organizing music events in Bulgaria. A good Agency: World Entertainment Associates of America Agent: John Regna - Artist Agent/Manager example for the professional qualities of Bulgarian Live Music is the successful events Phone: +1 407-993-4000 in which world famous artists from all genres had taken part. E-mail: [email protected] Homepage: www.AlanParsonsTourPromo.com

ROCK/METAL Territory: Europe The company organizes and manages the biggest in Bulgaria – Kavarna Period: 2014 Rock Agency: Primary Talent International Agent: Ben Winchester Phone: +44 20 7400 4500 E-mail: [email protected] During the three day edition of the festival in 2012 the audience heard the energetic Homepage: www.glasvegas.net Dio Disciples, , Michael Schenker, BTR, Commanda 5, Stryper, Dokken, Big Noize & Sebastian Bach, D2 & Dicho, Lizzy Borden, Kamelot, Rhapsody of fire, THE ORCHESTRA starring ELO former members Territory: Worldwide Renegat And Ahat. Period: 2014-2015 Agency: World Entertainment Associates of America Last summer “Kaliakra” stadium in Kavarna city gathered more than 20 000 fans of Agent: John Regna - Artist Agent/Manager Phone: +1 407-993-4000 the legendary bands , Accept, Pesch, Alisa, Analgin, Aria, Thunder E-mail: [email protected] and Cherno Feredje. The festival went on for 2 days and gained popularity and posi- Homepage: www.THEORCHESTRAonline.com tive response from the Bulgarian fans as well as from those from other countries. Afro Cuban All Stars On the 28th and 29th of June 2014 as a tradition at Kavarna Rock guests will be Territory: East Europe, Middle East Period: July legendary artists like Europe, Helloween, Sabaton, Krokus, Gotthard, Pretty Maids, Agency: Greensmith Jon Uli Roth и Jorn. The ambition of Bulgarian Live music to support young artists is Agent: Dragan Greensmith E-mail: [email protected] followed by the challenge Black Sea Battle of the Bands 2014 – a contest for young Homepage: greensmithltd.com/artistprofile/ afro-cuban-all-stars/ rock musicians from the Black sea region.

BALKAN/FOLKLORE The genre variety of events was supplemented with “The Great Balkan Outplay” MORE ARTIST AVAILS ON: WWW.VIP-BOOKING.COM which was held on 15th of October 2013. Some of the biggest orchestras from Serbia, Romania and Bulgaria took part in it. Representatives of Bulgaria were the POST YOUR ARTIST AVAILS ON: WWW.VIP-BOOKING.COM clarinet’s genius Ivo Papazov – Ibryama and “Trakia” orchestra, well-known world wide with their improvisations and Bulgarian folklore. The Serbian musicians Boban and Marko Markovich and their orchestra, consisting of 13 people, took part in the event, too. Their music is can be heard in Emir Kusturica’s movies “Underground” and “Arizona Dream”. In the outplay were included the Romanians from “Fanfare Orbital Ciocărlia” ( “Lark orchestra”), known as the fastest brass band in the world – the orchestra became popular because of the high-energy sound, complex rhythms and high-speed clarinet, trumpet and saxophone solos.

23 VIPNEWS > APRIL 2014 ®

vip-booking.com

About Our Company

VIP-Booking’sMyMusicMailer.com core product is the enablesInternet’s artists oldest toand MAIL Today their VIP-Booking music offers a range of tools for the largest databaseto more for than the European6.000 venues Live andEntertainment agencies worldwide… industry­ – including VIP-News, VIP-Booking, VIP-Book Industry www.vip-booking.com developed as a tool for and VIP-Contract. industry professionals. Since it’s launch in the year 2000, Please visit vip-booking.com for further information. we have consistently offered our subscribers the very best in database services and now boast subscribers in Your comments and suggestions are always appreciated. over 30 countries.Mail your music to the Live Music Industry…

®

vip-booking.com 24