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VIPNEWSPREMIUM > VOLUME 181 > AUGUST 2015 9 6 15 12 VIPNEWS PREMIUM > VOLUME 181 > AUGUST 2015 4 17 14 3 5 20 2 VIPNEWS > AUGUST 2015 McGowan’s Musings Well, I hope you didn’t miss us too much in Closer to home unfortunately, there has young girls distraught! Still – think of the July, and that your summer so far has been been some bad news, there was a terrible potential of the come back tour! Talking of sunny and successful! incident on Saturday Aug 22 at an air show sad faced fans, when in London’s West End at Shoreham Airport, just a few miles from the other day I saw an amazingly long queue Most of the news that we at VIP have had Brighton, when a jet failed to complete a of fashionably dressed teens, and some teen from the international festivals that we display manoeuvre and crashed on to a main pluses, waiting impatiently to get into a shoe attended (see report in this issue), and those road. 11 people were killed in the flaming shop. Apparently they were all fixated on the that contacted us has been good, and the wreckage. I have driven that stretch of road purchase of a pair of Kanye West’s Yeezy indications are, with of course some events many times, and that familiarity makes the Boost trainers! Very many went away feeling still to take place, that the 2015 season has horror of it all even more disturbing. underdressed, and deeply disappointed, but been good. Kanye and his crew were no doubt quite Also we were saddened to hear of the happy! death from cancer of fellow journalist John Gammon who was a respected writer for So, as we’ve now mentioned people feeling the live industry trade journal Pollstar. All happy, I’d like to finish up by stressing how of us at VIP knew him well and often met powerful live music can be in cheering you up with him at various trade events. It had up. Having been going to gigs since the been obvious for some time that John was 1960’s I’ve seen quite a few great shows, but COLOPHON > unwell, but he never went into detail about I saw one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen at his condition. We send our commiserations the Paleo Festival (see report in this issue) a VIP-News is published by: to all of his friends and family. (See more in few weeks ago, Robert Plant and his band VIP-Booking.com this issue) Sad also to hear of the passing of were phenomenal, and it wasn’t just me 20-22 Wenlock Road London N1 7GU veteran artist manager, Jazz Summers, who that thought this – besides an incredibly United Kingdom +44 870 755 0092 also died of cancer – there’s too much of this! appreciative audience, other artists from that Managing Director: day’s bill lined up side stage to enjoy the set Ronni Didriksen So, sorry to kick off our return to your in boxes – Joan Baez joined Plant for a bit of square [email protected] with depressing news, but of course some dancing, with Patti Smith and her guitarist General Manager: Peter Briggs times reports like these are unavoidable, Lenny Kay handclapping. The atmosphere [email protected] much as we would like to be able to do was fantastic and the whole thing was Writer and editorial: something about them, that’s life! On a good for the soul! One last thing, whilst at Allan McGowan [email protected] lighter note, although many people will be the EXIT Festival in July I spoke with Lemmy Writer: very upset by the announcement, it appears after Motorhead’s set, in the course of our Manfred Tari that One Direction are to take a break in chat I asked him about living in L.A., as a Brit [email protected] order to follow up solo projects. So, having abroad, I wondered if there was anything he For advertising enquiries please contact: sold 50 million albums, and earning record- missed – he responded instantly, “Cheese! Peter Briggs [email protected] breaking amounts on their last tours, they’re – you just can’t get any good fucking +44 870 755 0092 not actually saying that they’re breaking up, cheese!” So, on that high point – Ladies and although the fear of this will leave many Gentlemen – The News! 2 VIPNEWS > AUGUST 2015 UTA buys the Agency Group From VIP-Daily News In a move to significantly bolster its music music agency, and we were able to find all invested in companies including Microsoft, business, United Talent Agency announced of those in one place at The Agency Group, 21st Century Fox, Adobe and CB Richard Thursday that it acquired the Agency Group, along with a tremendous reservoir of real Ellis. But unlike those investments, the UTA the world’s largest independent music veteran leadership.” relationship is a personal investment from agency. Ubben, who joins the board of directors as TAG founder and president Neil Warnock a non-voting member and becomes its first The Agency Group represents some of (pictured) will become UTA’s head of non-agency shareholder. the biggest global touring and live music worldwide music, filling the vacancy left artists, including Muse, Paramore and the by Rob Prinz when he departed for ICM “It’s not a typical institutional investment Black Keys. The company has more than 95 Partners in April, while TAG CEO Gavin that comes along with all kinds of agents operating out of offices in London, O’Reilly will leave the company. restrictions and voting rights,” Zimmer says. Los Angeles, New York and several other “This investment is really about bringing a cities. UTA’s acquisition of TAG was financed by a smart, seasoned investor into the company new minority investment from Jeffrey Ubben, to help us consider our future growth. It’s Adding TAG, which will be combined with founder and CEO of San Francisco-based a much more comfortable and organic UTA’s existing music division, instantly ValueAct Capital, which has significantly relationship.” makes UTA a heavy hitter in the space, with a roster of about 2,000 clients headlined by artists including Muse, The Black Keys, Neil Warnock founder of The Agency Group Paramore, Nickelback and Guns N’ Roses and featuring emerging acts including Chris Janson, Action Bronson and G-Eazy, who will all join existing UTA clients including Kanye West, Mariah Carey and Milky Chance. TAG has more than 95 agents across seven offices in London, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York, Toronto and Malmo, Sweden, which will give UTA a presence beyond L.A. and New York for the first time – yet another major milestone for the agency. “It’s a quantum leap forward for us in the music business,” UTA CEO Jeremy Zimmer tells THR, highlighting TAG’s resources in Nashville and the global and Canadian market as well as in corporate and festival booking. “There are so many different areas of expertise that go into being a top-shelf 3 VIPNEWS > AUGUST 2015 John Gammon passes at 64 From VIP-Daily News John Gammon, Pollstar’s UK/Europe Correspondent over the last A native and resident of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, Gammon two decades, has died. He had been fighting cancer. studied journalism at Harlow College. That education was put to use when Gammon was recruited by Pollstar to report from the Gammon covered stories that ranged from the innocuous to International Live Music Conference on a one-off basis. the extremely sensitive and was the first to break stories such as Lollapalooza’s entrance into Berlin. The response to his reportage was so overwhelming that Gammon became Pollstar’s longtime UK and Europe correspondent. His work He was also very well known by the industry people that attends the anchored Pollstar’s International News pages until this week. It is Live Music conferences in Europe where John always was a visible difficult to encapsulate 15 years of collaboration into a paragraph. character. The best we can do immediately is say farewell and acknowledge his A press release from Pollstar reads: contribution to not only the company, but the concert industry as well. He was passionate in getting to the root of the story, even if it may have ruffled some feathers. Gammon’s background includes a career as an agent as well as managing acts like Katrina & The Waves and Kingmaker, the latter of whom could boast opening acts like Radiohead during its ’90s heyday. VIP Sales Manager Charlie Presburg, worked with John for many years at Pollstar: As someone who worked with John for many years at Pollstar’s UK office, I was always impressed with his sheer tenacity as a journalist and his ability to get to the core of any news story that he was writing. He was a proper old school journalist who wasn’t afraid to ruffle a few feathers along the way. I shall miss his witty banter and seeing him at the various music conferences he always loved to attend, he will be very sadly missed, RIP John. John Gammon Need to know who is touring Europe? ® Go online - www.vip-booking.com vip-booking.com 4 VIPNEWS > AUGUST 2015 First Edition of The IFF Increases Capacity and Sells Out Allan McGowan [email protected] Having announced a sell out on August Launched with the intention of 13th the first edition of the IFF (International better connecting festival bookers Festival Forum) has increased its capacity to and booking agents, IFF features cope with further demand and has now a series of unique showcases and officially sold out.
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