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EDITORIAL VACCINES, KASABIAN AND HAPPY MONDAYS SIGNED UP Smart TV move Friday nights: the ideal TV times for This Feeling BY THE END, THE BBC’S WHEEZING RESIGNATION and plasticine pride had probably become as recognisable to the music industry TELEVISION as Top Of The Pops itself. That’s wheezing after years of being I BY DAVE ROBERTS given the runaround by on-demand copyright prankster YouTube; urgeoning indie club plasticine after having to bend and remould those “fond farewell” night This Feeling is to and “committed passion for music” platitudes anew for each and B become an online TV every painful TOTP demotion. show in conjunction with The When the show which helped so many of us bound Sun and Guinness. through adolescence hit the skids in July 2006 after 42 years, it The first four episodes will was looking bruised, frail and freakishly fizzed-up. It had recently feature performances from and been shunted from BBC One to BBC Two, from Fridays to interviews with bands such as Sundays and - most harmfully - from a 7 million audience to a Kasabian, The Vaccines, Happy What a feeling: This Feeling founder Mikey 1 million audience in less than a decade. Mondays, The Enemy and The Jonns with The Sun’s showbiz man Gordon The Beeb, now exhausted of quick fixes, concluded that you Smart (above) and (right) the Happy View. It will be hosted by The Mondays, who are already signed up to simply couldn’t make a popular music-based TV entertainment Sun’s showbiz correspondent the new show show work on these channels at these times. Gordon Smart. Guinness, an increasingly show in front of a small invited and the result will be a show that “Television is a wonderful platform on which committed supporter of a wide audience and bands playing they want to come on and where range of music, is funding the intimate live gigs. they can be themselves, as well as specialist music media can still thrive - so long as show. The Sun will host each Smart, who regularly performing in a small club passionate, tireless people are given their chance.” episode exclusively for a week at champions guitar bands in his environment.” thesun.co.uk (which boasts 2 Bizarre column and hosts his This Feeling founder Mikey Well, apparently you can’t make one work on Saturday million unique users per day). own show on XFM, told Music Jonns added: “There’s plenty of mornings on commercial TV either. T4 has been This Feeling makes its Week: “There’s very little exposure TV shows for you if you like unceremoniously binned by Channel 4. Thankfully, unlike TOTP, it internet TV debut on Monday, on TV for the artists that we’ll David Guetta or One Direction, wasn’t given an undignified stay of execution; a public exhibit of October 29, with new episodes feature on This Feeling – and but if you’re 18-35 and you like each final stage of its sad decline into irrelevancy. No, C4 just going live on the following three what there is is pretty poor. We’re groups with guitars… not so said its “popularity has been incrementally diminished over time Mondays. All parties are hopeful bored watching bands we love, much. That doesn’t seem right to by the digital revolution”. And that was that. that, after this initial online-only and who we know are funny and us, especially given the recent Yet any industry execs who find themselves auto-switching run, the show will transfer to interesting, getting asked insipid success of guitar bands, so we into the familiar post-TOTP lassitude of music TV’s unjust decline ‘proper telly’ next year. questions by idiots. there’s a ready made (woe is us!) should hold on for the small print: T4’s style of The format will be similar “We put our livers at serious audience for This Feeling, and programming - and its never fat, regularly fatuous strain of to the fondly remembered TFI risk building relationships with the chance to push it much, presenters - will now be swallowed up into E4. Friday, with Smart hosting the these guys, earning their trust – much further.” That means a chunk of time has been cleared for what we’re assured will be a “credible popular music show for Friday nights”. This promises to be amazing news for significant portions of Unconquered territories can save music biz - Deezer CEO the music industry currently completely ignored by mainstream TV. Jools can’t do it all on his own - and what he does is rarely Deezer’s CEO Axel Dauchez value for the music industry. In from the margins. believes the record business is the year 2000, at the peak of the It’s no fluke that Raw Power CEO Craig Jennings addresses this “on the right track” to return to music business, an average very subject in our interview on page 11 - where he exhorts TV profitability, as streaming consumer was purchasing four types to launch exactly the sort of pre-weekend evening platform services begin to reach all corners Deezer is to launch a free CDs per year - which totalled Channel 4 may be proposing. His argument? Effectively, teenagers of the world. service in 76 more countries, around $50. Today, a one year might not hang off music TV’s recommendations like they once Speaking exclusively to Music throughout Africa, the Middle subscription to Deezer did - but they sure as heck still get pissed before a night out. Week, Dauchez said despite “80% East and Asia. Dauchez claimed [generates] $120. I sincerely hope C4 picks the right pilot (and I’m sure Gordon of [music] business” revenues that recent data showed 70% of “The free service is only a Smart and Mikey Jonns may be putting a call in as I type.) TV is a coming from countries such as two-week ‘try and buy’ trialists recommend channel, not a wonderful platform on which specialist media can thrive; and the US, UK, , Germany, converted to paid subscription. business by itself. The specialist media can only thrive in the internet age when it’s France, Italy and Canada over In Deezer’s home of France remuneration of the free service staffed, directed and presented by passionate, tireless people. the last 100 years, these last year, the gross income of is low, but it’s higher than radio, YouTube and Spotify might have given us all an encyclopedia of territories now represent less the streaming service offset the it’s comparable to YouTube,” content to discover - but neither of them can offer a sense of than “40% of Facebook users”. total decrease of the physical Dauchez added. taste or a captivating ‘club’ to which young people can aspire. “If you mix new revenue market, said Dauchez: “In “If you compare that to CDs The Tube did it. TFI did it. The White Room did it. coming from [other territories] France we are between a fifth of course it’s a disaster – but the Come on, Channel 4. We’re all rooting for you. and the turnaround of the natural and a tenth of what will be the reason for the free service is only Tim Ingham, Editor markets, the music business is on potential of subscription. to convert to the paid service and the right track,” he explained. “We are definitely creating that’s the future.” Do you have views on this column? Feel free to comment by emailing [email protected] 02-03 NEWS V6_News and Playlists 16/10/2012 18:25 Page 3

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AXS.COM UNDERSTOOD TO BE COMING TO BRITAIN AND OTHER KEY TERRITORIES SOON AEG set to take on Ticketmaster in UK TICKETING I BY TIM INGHAM

ive music giant AEG is set to go head-to-head with L Ticketmaster in the UK, Music Week understands – as it begins the rollout of its AXS.com online sales platform worldwide. Sources close to the promoter and venue operator suggest that tickets for some dates at the AEG-owned O2 Arena will soon be sold through AXS.com - the first time AEG has utilised “Once [AXS] spreads to the platform on these shores. AEG’s venues in A London-based AXS.com and elsewhere, the team has already been installed in the company’s UK office in market’s suddenly going preparation for . to get a lot more Industry nose-tappers competitive” suggests that the first UK event SOURCE CLOSE TO AEG for which AEG will sell O2 to pay for their own seats and tickets through AXS.com will be then reserve several others online AEG, owned by billionaire an upcoming Girls Aloud 10th via AXS Invite. Phillip Anschutz, was this week anniversary tour rumoured to be The buyer will then invite valued at $8bn to $10bn in AXS to grind: Industry talk is of a Girls Aloud 10th anniversary tour announced next week. being the first event for which AEG will sell O2 tickets through AXS.com friends over Facebook or email Forbes Magazine. Its venues – AXS.com will then be rolled and the recipient has 48 hours to including the O2 London, O2 out to AEG’s other UK and relationship with Ticketmaster - The news comes after AEG accept or decline the invite. World in Berlin and LIVE European venues, including the this move has been a long time this week announced a new “For us and for the artist and Campus in LA – were reported Manchester Evening News coming,” a source close to the system that will allow punters the venue, it’s really about to be worth $4bn to $6bn alone. Arena. AEG’s online ticket company told Music Week. “Once to reserve adjacent seats for finding a way to sell more The business title reported vendor has been in operation in it spreads to AEG’s venues in friends at concerts and sports tickets,” said Tom Andrus, that the company had a ‘clean the US since early 2011. Europe and elsewhere, the events via AXS. general manager of AXS.com. balance sheet’, with debt “AEG is very aware of Live market’s suddenly going to get a Music, sports and “For the customer, it’s a way of accounting for less than 20% of Nation’s success through its lot more competitive.” entertainment fans will be able making it more convenient.” AEG’s enterprise value. Cash-rich Kobalt ready for growth following new funding

Kobalt has told Music Week that “As we enter our second year of Wainwright and OneRepublic’s it anticipates further ‘organic’ activity of KCL we are looking Ryan Tedder. growth following a fresh funding at stepping up our investment In July, the company signed injection of £62m ($100m) into in royalty advances and an exclusive long-term deal with the business. copyright acquisitions with a Paul McCartney’s publishing The capital is understood to focus on rights where value company MPL. Kobalt now have widened the publisher’s uplift can be achieved through administers the of three business model: Kobalt has Kobalt’s efficient royalty MPL catalogues – MPL previously tended to only act If required, the remaining and existing clients who want to collections and value Communications, MPL Music as an administrator for artist $25m will come from leveraging work with our unique collection enhancement through active Publishing, and Cherio and ’s publishing the equity by drawing down and service model. management and marketing.” Corporation (Cherio) – rights, whilst now it is looking funding from the company’s “We are collecting 25 per cent Kobalt, which also operates throughout the world, with the to acquire or part-acquire those credit facilities. more money [for clients] two label services and neighbouring exception of the US, Canada, rights itself. Willard Ahdritz, CEO and years faster than the traditional rights operations, claims to UK and Ireland. It also provides $75m of the funds are founder of Kobalt Music Group model. Who doesn’t want to deliver global publishing royalty sync licensing. understood to be coming from told Music Week: “Scaling up work in that model?” payments and statements with Meanwhile, publishing exec Kobalt Capital Ltd – an FSA- our capital resources for The company has yet to make greater transparency and Miller Williams joined Kobalt’s regulated and authorised advances and acquisitions is a acquisitions so far this year, but it accountability than its rivals. UK office as senior vice investment advisor. This capital natural progression of Kobalt’s has invested approximately $20m Clients on publishing president, creative in August. He will be now be used to pay organic growth. The whole in seven deals, according to administration deals include was previously MD at Global bigger advances that the firm move for Kobalt to invest this company executives. Skrillex, Bon Iver, Trent Talent, where he signed Corinne believes can take on the major level of capital is about Kobalt Capital CEO Johan Reznor, , Tiësto, Bailey Rae, and music publishers. supporting the needs of new Ahlström said in a statement: Herbie Hancock, Rufus The Vaccines. 04-05 - NEWS SPREAD V4_News and Playlists 16/10/2012 18:00 Page 4

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GONGS FOR SIR GEORGE MARTIN, PLUS CARRACK, COOPER AND MASON NEWS IN BRIEF

I PEERMUSIC: The indie publisher, alongside Bug and Warner/Chappell, has won a $6.6m copyright Gold Badges honour top talent judgement against online lyrics site LiveUniverse.com – a $12,500 per EVENTS for the 528 songs whose lyrics I BY PAUL WILLIAMS the site was accused of infringing. Songs include China Girl by David ir George Martin was Bowie, Moondance by Van Morrison; this week set to make his Waterfalls by TLC, Wake Me Up When S first music industry September Ends by Green Day; Old appearance since the planned Time Rock ‘n Roll by Bob Seger; and divestment of Parlophone from Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles. EMI was confirmed. I XL: Monumental sales of Adele’s 21 Sir George, who ran pushed profits at indie XL Parlophone during the late to a whopping £41.7m in 2011. Clockwise from above: Sir George Martin, Fifties and Sixties when he most Mark Cooper, Nick Mason, Paul Carrack According to company filings, XL was famously signed The Beatles, was “To be recognised left with plenty of cash as a result. Its being honoured on Wednesday at company is truly an honour that bank balance climbed from £3m to in such esteemed the 39th annual Gold Badge I could not have dreamed of company is truly an £32m during the year. The company Awards at the Savoy in London. when I started out as a self- paid an £8.5m dividend to co-founder Also granted the prestigious taught music lover.” honour that I could not Richard Russell, whilst Beggars Group Gold Badge of Merit at this Mark Cooper commented: have dreamed of when chairman Martin Mills received a year’s event were singer and “Getting chosen for a Gold I started out as a self- similar sum. Mills has said he intends songwriter Paul Carrack, BBC Badge Award was a complete taught music lover” to use the money to “to invest in Music Entertainment creative shock to me; at first I thought I PAUL CARRACK [Beggars Group’s] future”. head Mark Cooper, Southbank was on Blue Peter! Songs have I ROLLING STONES: The have Centre artistic director Jude been the soundtrack to my life confirmed four arena shows in Kelly, drummer Nick and they’re key to the of divestments. These include up by the giants, and the London and New York. As part of their Mason, PPL chairman and its programmes we make in BBC the sale of Parlophone, which domination of the recording 50th anniversary celebrations, the former CEO Fran Nevrkla, Music Entertainment, whether Sir George began running in and music publishing industry rock icons will play at London’s O2 Eaton Music’s Mandy Oates, it’s Circle, Later with 1955 and whose current roster by Sony and Universal can only Arena on November 25 and 29. The The Organist Entertains Radio Jools Holland or the many includes , Tinie lead to a virtual monopoly in gigs are being promoted by new 2 presenter Nigel Ogden, Rock documentaries on BBC Four. Tempah and . the European market,” he said global venture Virgin Live. Bringing Choir founder Caroline Redman Songs are the heart of the story. However, this divestment does in April. together live promoter Dainty Group Lusher, music journalist Chris The one that woke me up was not include the Fab Four either “I always thought that and Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, Welch and classical guitarist Please Please Me so I can’t as a group or individuals. democracy ensured a level Virgin Live aims to “shake up live John Williams. believe I am getting a Gold Although the celebrated playing field for our music touring by putting the fan’s “I really am delighted to Badge alongside George Martin. producer has not spoken publicly industry, but I am wrong.” experience right at the heart of every receive this award not least My mum and dad would have about the sale of Parlophone, he The Gold Badge Awards is show they promote”. because it is not so much an been proud.” was previously critical about the staged by the British Academy of I XBOX: Microsoft has announced ‘industry’ award but an Sir George’s appearance was purchases of EMI Records and Songwriters, Composers and Xbox Music, a streaming and acknowledgement from one’s due to come in the wake of the EMI Music Publishing by what Authors (BASCA) in association download music service with a 30 peers that one has made a EC last month agreeing to he called a “virtual monopoly” of with PRS for Music and is held million-plus catalogue of songs. Xbox ‘contribution’ to British music,” Universal’s $1.9bn (£1.2bn) Universal and Sony. to recognise those who have made Music, which launched this week, Carrack told Music Week. “To be takeover of EMI, on the “I am saddened that great an outstanding contribution to offers free streaming on Windows 8 recognised in such esteemed condition of making a number companies have been swallowed the music business. and Windows RT computers and an £8.99 per month Xbox Music Pass providing unlimited, ad-free access to songs including offline caching. Xbox Robinson’s Olympic effort gains Universal recognition Music Store provides a download-to- own functionality on Windows 8 or The executive The new job brings together access to our labels, the talent, can offer a lot as a functioning Windows RT tablet or PC and who led all operations taking place on Universal and its facilities.” company that isn’t just about an Windows Phone 8. Cloud storage will Universal’s Robinson’s floor under one Robinson’s new role follows a artist being a brand ambassador be available in the coming year Olympics person for the first time and, memorable summer in which he, and we really want to make this including a scan-and-match feature. music role has according to him, is recognition alongside Universal Music more an ideas-led area using our I iPAD: Apple will unveil the ‘iPad been put in of how the three areas of Publishing business development links and connections.” mini’ on October 23 at an invitation- charge of all business have become much and media VP Simon Mortimer, Robinson will be supported only event, according to reports. the major’s more closely aligned. led the major’s role as the music in his role by a new Globe team. Rumours suggest a thinner device sync, brand partnership and TV “What was becoming evident licensee of the London Olympics This sees Jennifer Hills arriving with a 7.85-inch display. production activities. was that all our worlds are and Paralympics. from media planning and buying Marc Robinson, previously merging,” he said. “You can’t live and work company Carat Global to director of film, TV and “We’re all dealing with similar through something as big as become senior director of For all of the latest Music advertising, takes up the newly- people whether it’s a brand or an London 2012 and not come out commercial partnerships, while Industry news, bookmark created position of managing agency,” he added. “It’s chaos out with a lot of learnings,” he said. Sarah Desmond is promoted to .com director of creative and there and we wanted to make a “We’re Universal Music, we’re a the same role. 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musicweek.com/playlist BREAKOUT WILD BELLE SALES STATISTICS It’s Too Late (Columbia) (Single, November 19) CHART WEEK 41 Compiled from sales data by Music Week Contact: Michael Cleary, Columbia/Sony VS LAST WEEK SINGLES ARTIST ALBUMS COMPILATIONS TOTAL ALBUMS [email protected] SALES 3,304,299 1,238,205 256,686 1,494,891 CANDICE GORDON The “raw, visceral PREVIOUS WEEK 3,431,449 1,391,136 249,242 1,640,378 rock‘n’roll energy” of CODY CHESNUTT Berlin-based singer/ % CHANGE –3.7% –11.0% +3.0% –8.9% Don’t Wanna Go The Other songwriter Candice YEAR TO DATE SINGLES ARTIST ALBUMS COMPILATIONS TOTAL ALBUMS Way (One Little Indian) Gordon has gar- (Single, October 22) nered comparisons SALES 137,089,513 51,682,024 12,929,047 64,611,071 Contact: Tones Sansom, to the likes of Karen PREVIOUS YEAR 127,147,426 60,844,683 12,377,824 73,222,507 One Little Indian [email protected] O and PJ Harvey, taken her busking % CHANGE +7.8% –15.1% +4.5% –11.8% DISCLOSURE FEAT. through China, Latch (PMR Records) Mongolia and (Single, November 5) Russia and on tour THE X FACTOR USA Contact: Beth Drake, Toast Press with The Pogues in APPOINTMENT Friday, 19 October – ITV2, 9pm-10pm [email protected] Japan. Catch her at The remaining hopefuls are put through their paces in the second round of boot camp, bidding to win a place at the judges' houses. November’s TO VIEW Breakout event at GUITAR STORIES: MARK KNOPFLER Proud in Camden. Saturday, 20 October – Sky Arts 1, 9pm – 10pm OTTO KNOWS Get on the guest list The Dire Straits frontman (left) is joined by former bandmate John Illsley as Million Voices at musicweek.com/ he explores the six guitars that had the greatest impact on his sound. (Refune Records) Influential figures from Knopfler’s career, including musician Steve breakout Phillips and guitar builders Rudy Pensa and John Monteleone also feature. (Single, out now) Contact: Toni Tambourine, LATER LIVE – WITH JOOLS HOLLAND Listen Up Press TAGGED Tuesday, 23 October – BBC2, 10pm-10.30pm [email protected] Bloc Party perform tracks from their recent album Four. Veteran soul singer Dionne Warwick joins Cambridge-based indie four-piece Alt-J in the MOSCA studio, and rock showman Alice Cooper performs tracks from 2011’s What You Came For (Rinse) Welcome 2 My Nightmare. (Single, October 22) Contact: Sara Wiseman, Family Ltd [email protected] The latest most NUMBER OF ILLEGAL FILES FOUND BY MUSO.com popular Shazam PIRATES’ BAY OF TOP 10 ALBUMS ON October 15 2012 new release chart: 234 Mumford & Sons Babel FEAT. JESS MILLS 1 RIHANNA 326 ELLIE GOULDING Halcyon Somebody To Love Diamonds 322 MUSE The 2nd Law (From album, out December 2) 2 DISCLOSURE 301 PINK Contact: Nienke Klop, The Truth About Love FEAT. SAM SMITH [email protected] 326 Emeli Sande Latch 361 THE KILLERS Battle Born 3 NAUGHTY BOY 107 Long Wave FEAT. EMELI SANDE 151 ELO Mr Blue Sky FEAT. JOHN NEWMAN & Wonder 19 ALL TIME LOW Don’t Panic ALEX CLARE 4 PALOMA FAITH 711 ELO All Over The World Not Giving In (Asylum) Never Tear Us Apart (Single, November 11) Source: Muso.com 5 ALICIA KEYS 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Contact: Taponeswa Mavunga, Atlantic Girl On Fire Taponeswa.Mavunga@ atlanticrecords.co.uk CRITICAL MASS GRIZZLY BEAR GIG OF Yet Again (Warp) THE WEEK (From album, out now) Contact: Jemma Litchfield, Purple Entertainment [email protected]

Who: Tim Burgess PNAU Keeping score of entertainment. Solid Ground (Too Much Worth and Hatcham Social Living For) (Ministry Of Sound) Where: Union The average review [email protected] (Single, October 22) Chapel, Islington, scores of the biggest 80 Contact: Natalie, Chilli PR London releases – all courtesy of Metacritic [email protected] When: October 24 71 Why: The former www.metacritic.com Charlatans front- 69 BAT FOR LASHES man tours with his All Your Gold (EMI) five-piece band and (Single, October 29) first solo album for Contact: StuartFreeman, EMI nine years, Oh No I TY SEGALL ELLIE GOULDING [email protected] THE WALLFLOWERS Love You. Twins Glad All Over Halcyon For all A&R enquiries and demo submissions contact DATA DIGEST - Spread1V3_News and Playlists 16/10/2012 17:02 Page 7

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