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18 10 9 VIPNEWS PREMIUM > VOLUME 216 > NOVEMBER 2018 5 11 7 15 6 16 2 VIPNEWS > NOVEMBER 2018 McGowan’s Musings Right – first things first – it’s cold! I’m doing saw a couple of very impressive acts – yes I every now and again in the UK, “That takes a fair bit of commuting between Brighton do occasionally take in some music when I the biscuit!”. This is said when someone and London at the moment and the heating attend these events, I don’t just talk, eat and has done, or something has happened, that on yesterday’s train was non existent – just drink – or then again…. Anyway, if you get you find extremely annoying or surprising: thought I’d start with a bit of a moan! Still I a chance check out KO KO MO from France However in the US, (where else?) you can was in Italy last week for the SudWave event and Theodore from Greece and Italy’s Emal now’ play the biscuit’! The manufacturers of and the weather in Florence, Arezzo and Pisa Meta. (See the SudWave report in this issue) those famous cookies, Oreos, have produced was fine, as was the food, and the artwork. a tiny record player, The Oreo Music Box, that You can always count on Tuscany for great Mumford & Sons fans who’d planned to will actually play a tune when you put the food, wine and of course Art, so maybe see their heroes in Manchester, Sheffield, tasty snack on the turntable and drop the I should cut back on the moaning! Also I Cardiff and Liverpool on the “Delta Tour’, needle on it! Well, doesn’t that take the…. are a bit miffed with the band, following the whatever…. I wonder if you used a Ginger postponement of these four shows till next Nut, might it play an Ed Sheeran track? year. It seems that the usually quite down to earth Mumfords had indulged in a particularly Well, as you’ve probably noticed, I’m not ‘ambitious’ stage design, which, although really taking this seriously at the moment, COLOPHON > they’d played two Irish dates, they weren’t but there are of course many important really up to speed with. The band apologised, aspects of the live business to be considered VIP-News is published by: saying, “ “It is with a really heavy heart (only at the present. Brexit is still worrying the UK one between them – surely not!?) that we live business, not to mention most of the VIP-Booking.com Enghaven 19 have been forced to postpone four shows on nation! Trucking and production companies Attrup 8444 Balle Denmark this UK tour due to unforeseen technical and are still in suspense with reports of British logistical challenges”. hauliers being forced to turn down European Managing Director: Ronni Didriksen work with some of the biggest American [email protected] The Mumfords however are not the only bands due to the threat of a no-deal Brexit. General Manager: Peter Briggs ones to have to pull shows due to ‘unforeseen However UK Music has produced a report [email protected] challenges’, Gas Coombs should have kept that states that UK Music is booming, but Writer and editorial: an eye out for his daughter who surprised warns, probably with Brexit in mind, that it Allan McGowan [email protected] him with a flying kung fu kick that broke his still needs help! We’ll learn a lot more about leg! Coombes has been forced to cancel a the international state of the business over Writer: Manfred Tari number of European shows and postpone UK the next few months with Eurosonic and [email protected] dates as a result. Coombs tweeted, “I’ve only ILMC to look forward to. (See previews in For advertising enquiries please contact: gone and broken my leg (or more accurately this issue) his daughter did...) Larking around with the Peter Briggs [email protected] kids I got Bruce Lee’d by my fifteen year old, This believe it or not, will be the final News +46 70 77 60 480 and let’s just say she connected too well.” of the year as we’re taking a break over Charlie Presburg [email protected] December. But, don’t worry – we’ll be back +44 (0) 7980 817496 Oh well, very unfortunate for poor old Gaz for the last year of the Decade! So as ever, and his fans, and you could say, as we do Ladies and Gentlemen – The News! 2 VIPNEWS > NOVEMBER 2018 It’s Your Round! Allan McGowan [email protected] By the way – anyone fancy a beer? If so, in “EVERY PENNY DONATED TO MUSIC can raise much needed funds to help our the UK, make mine a Fightback Lager! This VENUE TRUST BY FIGHTBACK BEER GOES grassroots music venues is very welcome month sees the launch of the Fightback DIRECTLY TO SUPPORTING A MUSIC VENUE indeed.” Brewing Company, whose product aims to IN TROUBLE” raise funds for UK grassroots music venues. Venues can register their interest in Fightback Every pint sold of the beer, a 4.6% craft Mark Davyd, CEO of Music Venue Trust, Lager at fightbacklager.com. lager brewed by Manchester’s ShinDigger adds: “We are delighted that more and more brewery, will go to Music Venue Trust. It companies and organisations are emerging Cheers! launched at venues participating in the with great concepts that can support the Fightback Manchester festival (16 to 30 network of grassroots music venues to November), and will begin rolling out across survive and hopefully thrive. Every penny venues UK-wide from December 2018. donated to Music Venue Trust by Fightback beer goes directly to supporting a music Richard Smith, director of the Fightback venue in trouble, facing challenges or under Brewing Company, says: “We’ve been blown threat of closure.“ away by the enthusiasm for a beer that financially helps the sector. It made sense to “Fightback Lager is a natural addition to our all of us to create something that reflects the Fightback regional events we have planned independent spirit of the grassroots music for the next year,” adds Gary Prosser who venue community.” runs the Fightback events. “Any cause that IMAGINE if you could go to one website and get ALL the contacts you need for 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 4 VIPNEWS > NOVEMBER 2018 Sudwave - South European Network 2018 Allan McGowan [email protected] This free entry event takes place in Arezzo, Tuscany and is run by the team that organised the long running and successful festival, Arezzo Wave. Organiser Mauro Valenti tells VIP that his aim for the event is to develop his idea of a Network that supports the best talents of southern Europe and brings together International and Italian delegates and buyers presenting the main topics of live music in the heart of Tuscany. and festivals). We had more than 40 acts, 30 delegates, 7 countries As he says, “Alongside words and music, gastronomy and art, and 1500 attendances. landscapes and joy of life, we hosted leading acts from Southern Europe, the French KO KO MO, the Greek Theodore, the Spanish Leading Italian artist Ermal Meta was interviewed by the guitarist Museless, the Portuguese Whales .” The event also presented guests from the band Negrita, as well as discussing his career and his plans like KIOL, Universal Sex Arena, Bruno Belissimo, Black Snake Moan, Dj for the future, the musicians also played acoustic versions of Ermal’s Ralf and many Italian talents who had the opportunity to play in front songs. This was a very successful presentation, with many of the of International and Italian delegates such as yours truly, Bernard singer’s fans attending alongside SudWave delegates. Batzen (Azimuth Production), Jordi Gratacos (BCN Export and VIC), John Goncalves (The Gift-Why Portugal), Theodore (United We Fly), Mauro Valenti concludes, “I am honored to have shared this first Pascal Viot (ISSUE, PALEO festival), Henrik Nielsen (Roskilde Festival), edition, welcoming our friends from all over Europe. See you next Marzia Santone from Creative Europe and Italian buyers, managers year in Italy!” Ermal Meta and Drigo 5 VIPNEWS > NOVEMBER 2018 FKP Scorpio acquires stake in Danish Promoter From VIP-Daily News Scorpio CEO Folkert Koopmans. “We’re pleased, therefore, that through our collaboration with smash!bang!pow! we get a local partner with a healthy approach to the business and an agency culture that is driven by a real love for the music and the scene in which it stems.” As part of the alliance, several new staff will also join s!b!p! in FKP Scorpio has acquired a 25% stake in Danish concert promoter, Copenhagen, including booking agent Viktoria Skovhus and junior booking agency and artist management company smash!bang!pow!. promoter Emma Hestbæk. The partial acquisition – described as an “exclusive partnership” Nikolaj Thorenfeldt, director of smash!bang!pow!, adds: “As an which sees FKP become an international partner to smash!bang!pow! independent concert promoter, we’ve reached a glass ceiling for (s!b!p!) – has already borne fruit, with the two companies co- our growth. promoting the BBC’s Blue Planet II at the Forum Horsens (4,000-cap.) on 25 February 2019 and Tash Sultana at KB Hallen (4,900-cap.) in “We want to climb higher up the food chain, and this requires more Copenhagen on 28 July 2019.