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@FreyaRidings Thank @AustinDarbo The Fyre you @MusicWeek for doc is sad. The fact a guy was having me on your cover prepared to brains someone with the beautiful @itsgracecarter for water shows how bad it must (Freya Ridings, artist) Monday, have been. Hopefully all the scammed January 21 investors get their money back. (Austin Daboh, Spotify) Tuesday, January 22

@itsgracecarter My @AnnieMac Shout first ever cover! Thank out to everyone who you @MusicWeek for actually puts on events including me in your stars of 2019! for a job who watched the Fyre Fest In association with (Grace Carter, artist) Monday, Documentary (Annie Mac, BBC January 21 Radio 1) Tuesday, January 22 Josh Sanger Artist manager, Closer Artists/founder Barn On The Farm @JoshTSanger @joycrookes Clara @LaraKBaker Surviving Amfo casually tipping R Kellly is so heartbreaking. How did you break into Friends. My proudest moments have me in @MusicWeek ! It’s also a lesson to the the industry? to be his album Staying at Tamara’s BIG! Love (Joy Crookes, artist) music industry about how we create I moved to London at 19 and naïvely and single Shotgun going to No.1. It’s Monday, January 21 and enable these monsters. We decided to create a music festival called hard not to look back on last year with Barn On The Farm and, if I’m being a cheeky grin. Also, Barn On The Farm need to do better. (Lara Baker, honest, had no idea what I was doing, I winning Best Grassroots Festival at the freelance) Sunday, January 20 just loved music. I was tired of the bog UK Festival Awards 2018 was pretty standard gigs so tried to build a space sensational. I’m surprised we survived @mikejhemsley Hey @ @KarenLuan for music to have a real connection. the aftermath of that night. Drake and @torylanez. I Today - coffee, chocolate The first year was messy, but just see you have an off date twist, crisps, pizza, wine about worked out and I’d managed How do you balance management on 6th April. If you fancy coming on a and a Jack Daniels to finish. January to coax Ed Sheeran and and the festival? 14 venue pub crawl with 100 of us, let detox going well. (Karen Luan, into headlining year two. There was Management is pretty all encompassing, no looking back after that – James so it can eat into most of the day every me know (Mike Hemsley, Pledge Polydor) Friday, January 18 Bay, George Ezra, Rag‘N’Bone Man, day, but I try to work nights on the Music) Tuesday, January 22 Sam Fender, Grace Carter, Mahalia, festival. The balance is mad in the build Freya Ridings and many more have up to summer, but I see them both @linzisymons Just @Dave_Rowlinson graced the stages. Thankfully, about as feeding into one another rather watched #FyreFestival Love 2 always say ‘cheap five or six years later Paul McDonald than separate entities. It’s become a Doc. This cannot be real. round’ in the office when and Ryan Lofthouse at Closer Artists brilliant way to showcase the artists YOU WERE GOING TO DO WHAT nobody else wants a coffee Dave( took a punt on me. I now work day to we’re working with or those that I FOR A TRUCKLOAD OF EVIAN Rowlinson, London In Stereo) day on George Ezra, and I co-manage have a massive appreciation for. I feel WATER?!? (Linzi Symons, BBC Wednesday, January 23 Lily Moore who is signed to Closer it’s important for me to keep creating Recordings via Virgin EMI. 2019 is going outside of what I’m currently doing. I Radio 1) Sunday, January 20 to be very exciting for her. used to direct music videos and also co-created an immersive music event What is your proudest a couple of years ago. Let’s see what achievement so far? happens next. #1 TWEET George Ezra’s recent campaign has been phenomenal to be a part of. What is your ultimate music @jsdwrds I really hope There is an overwhelming belief from biz ambition? no one wanting to work in the full team in George, his music, To be working with authentic talent independent music thinks they his vision and their own ability to for as long as I can. We all want to deliver. George is a ridiculous talent. be managing the next Ed Sheeran actually have to be on email He’s always stepping outside of the box or Adele and wouldn’t mind being at 4am. 3:45-4:30am is for and doing his own thing, which has seen owner of the next Glastonbury, right? spreadsheets. (Joe Edwards, us create the podcast George Ezra & Small ambitions... AWAL/Kobalt) Monday, JOSH’S RECOMMENDED TRACK: Lily Moore – I Will Never Be January 21 ARE YOU A RISING STAR? Under 30? Making a name for yourself? Email Ben Homewood at [email protected] to appear here...

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