N EWS: First it was PROFILE: A part- A&R:If guitar bands the Peel sessions, time job startedPAUL are suddenly out of CO CO now THE CLASH are CURRANon the track fashion, just tell set to star as Capital of being one of the PLACEBOas they go CO CO for that second album CO opens up the vaults UK's top publishers N MC deal 5 10 years in 6 Talent 8 FOR EVERYONE IN THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC 11 JULY 1998 E350 music week East West's Grenfell takes on bigger role Goldsmith links with Tring Warner UK chairman Rob Dickins has named a general manager at East West, his first appointment since taking over daily control at the company in March. Ian Grenfell has been promoted to forge live power house from head of international to gen- eral manager, reporting directly by Robert Ashton company will now invite other UK Goldsmith Presents label could, to Dickins. Grenfellwillretain The UK concert business is facing live operators to join the umbrella potentially, issue a recording of an responsibilities for the interna- a radical shake-up following a deal structure. event promoted by another com- tional department. between Harvey Goldsmith "A lot of people in this business panywithinthegroupwith Meanwhile, East West's head Entertainment (HGE) and Tring arestrong individuals andwill advertising handled by athird of club promotions, Jean Branch, International intended to create a want to keep their identities, but division. is to extend her role to WEA, promotion powerhouse. they can do so here because they Simons believes the group will including its Eternal label. A new trading company - provi- willbesittingalongside each offer economies of scale. He com- Dickins - whose own contract sionally called New Tring - will be other," he says. He likens the way pares it with the huge, but contro- expirs this year - has been over- created once approval is received the New Tring operation will work versial,SFX groupinthe US, seeing the label since the depar- for the £8.3m reverse takeover of to record groups with autonomous whose interests stretch from con- ture of managing director Max HGE. This is intended to act as an labels. cert promotion to venue manage- Hole. This is the first time East umbrella for a wide range of con- The reverse takeover will take Goldsmith: live powerhouse ment and magazine ownership. West has had appointed a genera cert promotion and concert man- the new group on to the stock and vertical growth will create a TringchiefexecutivePhilip al manager and is the only such agement companies, including market because Tringislisted. wideportfolioofcompanies Robinson says the two companies post at Warner Music UK. Harvey Goldsmith Entertainment. Simons says that this will provide exploiting cross -promotional are a good fit.However, some A spokeswoman was unable to Ed Simons, chairman of Allied a strong incentive for other con- opportunitiessuchasrecord industry observers suggest the say when a new managing direc- Entertainments, the parent com- cert promoters to join the new labels, selling advertising on con- deal is a last ditch effort by Tring tor would be named but pany of Harvey Goldsmith group. cert tickets, venue rights and con- to overcome recent trading diffi- expects Grenfell's role to remain Entertainments, says the new Itis envisaged that horizontal cert merchandising. A Harvey culties. following any appointment. Virgin Records' Innocent label is celebrating its first significant hit with Billie's Glastonbury: we'll be back debut single Because We Want The Glastonbury Festivalis set happen next year," he says. To, which spent last week vying to return next year, further putting Meanwhile,ticketsforthis for the number one spot with 3 paid to the so-called "rock'n'roll weekend's 45,000 -capacity T In Lions '98. The 15-year-old's dwindle" crisis in the live arena. The Park are close to selling out. success comes 11 months Organiser MichaelEavis has All weekend, Sunday and camping after she was discovered from cast aside the gloom created by tickets have been sold and only a a Smash Hits ad on the cover the cancellation of several sum- fewSaturdayticketsremain. of MW and follows a huge mer gigs by declaring his inten- Reading is also "on course to be promotional push. The single tion to keep going. a sell-out"and V98 has sold out has won strong support on The "I see no reason why it won't of weekend tickets. Box, Radio One, Birmingham's BRMB and across the pop press. Billie has also been supporting the single with a PETER AND RE' two-week tour of schools. With TV appearances lined up this Kiss the girl week on programmes including 0 Zone, Innocent managing director Hugh Goldsmith is confident of healthy second week sales. "This is very important to us," he says. "It means Billie's career's taken off." out C4 School's music's Channel Four has commissioned commencing July 20. Recorded on location and hosted The new single a new weekly music show to coin- News of the programme comes by MTV presenter June Sarpong cide with the school summer hol- as the ITV network confirms it will and TV newcomer Barney Avoiloblo(In idays. not be moving The Chart Show Harwood, it will include live per- 1,1 C Planet Pop, which will be given elsewhere in the schedule when formances and interviews. I,. an as -yet -unannounced weekday its Saturday run finishes at the "There's obviously going to be OS.1 II 71, morning slot,is being made by end of August. a staple of pop, but we want to independent production company Planet Pop is being produced broaden it a little bit. There's no 1:11,11t I I, 11,11 beginits reason why there won't be bands Straight TV andwill by Straight TV directors Tony 1464 11 1041.11,1;;NEr , +, , , I, seven -weekruninthe week Gregory and Nigel Martin -Smith. with guitars on it," says Gregory. 911 MOVING ON THE NEW ALBUM INCLUDES THE SINGLES ALL I WANT IS YOU PARTY PEOPLE...FRIDAY NIGHT HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO LOVE YOU? OUT NOW ORDER THROUGH VIRGIN TELESALES ON 0181 964 6040 tips "61n9. A 15ft sardine tin is playing a central role in Parlophone's Footie songs ose out news file marketing campaign for the new Beastie Boys album Hello SMITHS EXTENDS TALKS ON VOP SALE Nasty, which is being issued as England exits Cup The Virgin group and WH Smith today (July 6) through Grand have extended their negotiations England's World Cup exit at the Royal. The three-dimensional over the sale of latter's 75% hands of Argentina appears to stake in the Virgin Our Price tin, which carries the name of have had a knock -on effect on the album, went up last chain. An announcement is now football songs Three Lions '98 and likely within the next few weeks. Wednesday on an advertising Vindaloo last week. site in London's Cromwell The Baddiel, Skinner and Road; it will be opened up this POTTER RE-ELECTED BY PRS BOARD Lightning Seeds single was around week, revealing an image of Andrew Potter has been re- 6,000 copies ahead on the day of the band to match the album's elected as PRS chairman by the England's final World Cup match PRS board for a further three- cover. Parlophone senior last Tuesday (June 30) but was product manager John Leahy year term, the first time this has overtaken by Billie's debut happened since 1972. His new says the album is also being Innocent/Virgin single Because supported by full-scale press, terms begins in January next We Want To two days later. poster and retail campaigns. year. Potter, who chairs the PRS SimonGeorge,managerof "Overall it's one of those ideal executive and international HMV's storeinFort Shopping projects for marketing people committees and co-chairs the Park, Birmingham, says sales of new joint operational board because everyone wants this Three Lions were good but have album," he says. "You don't within the MCPS-PRS Alliance, now "tailed off". Sales of Fat Les's have to push it to people." will have Ellis Rich and Peter Vindaloo were also falling. Callendar as his deputies until the end of the year. From 1999 Callendar will be succeeded by composer David Bedford. Industry slams Which? claims MTV STARTS INTERACTIVE CHANNEL MTV Networks will launch its interactive music channel M2 on Thursday. Headed by Peter Good, who joined the channel last December, it will give equal in `wishy-washy' price study prominence to music and video and seek to exploit technologies such as the Internet. by Robert Ashton A FAIR COMPARISON? tages the UK, while the collapse of The UK music industry has the Asian economy means prices CHRYSALIS BACKS COMMUNITY RADIO slammed as ill-founded and poorly How Which?'s 'typical' UK prices stack are exceptionally low in Hong Kong. Chrysalis Radio, which owns the researched last week's report in up against actual retailers' prices: Which? claims "within Europe, Heart and Chrysalis group of Which? magazine which claims Which? Ainleys Quirk's Our Price prices were much the same". stations, is investing Lim in a British music buyers are "paying (Manchester) Themusicindustrysaysthe network of community -based over the odds" for CDs. Titanic OST research sample is too selective. radio stations. The investment The report is based on an inter- £14.49£12.99£13.99£13.99 Which? claims labels want nar- fund, which will give financial national survey by nine watchdog Spiceworld rower price differences between EU backing to established local organisations, including the £13.46£12.99£11.99 £13.99 countries to end parallel imports.