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PREMIUM ›› VOL. 89 ›› FEBRUARY 2007
Benicassim
– Fib Heineken
Announce Acts
McGowan’s Musings:
So here we are on the second Newsletter
of the year, which is about the time we all
get, or have just got over the flu, or heavy
colds, or just plain northern winter blues!
Anyone else out there with the same complaints? I suppose all of you in the South
are thinking ‘well, if you want to avoid the
sun for a couple of months that’s up to you,
we’re OK!’. Well you may be right, thoughts
of relocation do go through my mind, but
Berlin in the snow last weekend had its
charms, and a Film Festival, and Brighton’s
OK I suppose – you see, optimism already,
spring must be on the way!
We may be looking forward to a new season, but the touring schedules for 2007 remind me of those scenes in old black and
white films that use flickering newspaper
headlines to indicate that the storyline is
going back in time. We may just as well
be in 1977 with major tours coming up for
The Who, Genesis, The Police, and perhaps
Roxy Music, also in the US David Lee Roth
is to reunite with Van Halen and a one off
Rage Against the Machine reformation has
helped sell out California’s Coachella Festival. The bills being announced for the major European Festivals are peppered with,
shall we say long established, names, such
as, Iggy & The Stooges, Human League,
The Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Metallica.
Still, who am I to knock the inestimable
value of years in the business!
Allan McGowan [email protected]
The first round of artists have been
confirmed for the thirteenth annual
year of Spain’s Benicassim Festival.
Allan McGowan
For a long time I wondered what happened
to Al Gore, after being denied what many
would claim to be his rightful democratic
appointment to the US presidency after
some questionable Miami shenanigans, he
appeared to retreat from public life, only
to re-emerge as a champion for the future
of our planet. In this edition we report on
his plans for a series of major concerts to
heighten awareness of the enormous environmental problems facing us all. Now,
what would have happened differently if
he had become President... Somewhere in
a parallel universe, somebody knows.
From the US, old hands Iggy & the
Stooges will join UK acts Arctic Monkeys, The Human League and The
Magic Numbers. From Sweden The
Hives, and funk band !!!, will line up
with Brazil’s Cansei de Ser Sexy These
eight names form part of a line-up that
is just now beginning to take shape
– watch this space!
Right, whilst you’re mulling that over, I’ll
communicate with my colleague Herr Manfred Tari to check that his contribution to
this issue is prepared, and yes, as he has just
replied in the affirmative, here is the News!
The Hives performs at Benicassim 07
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A Request from Steve Harley
Allan McGowan [email protected]
Steve Harley has previously contributed
an artist’s point of view to VIP-News. Apart
from his recording, performance and radio
work he is an Ambassador for the Mines
Advisory Group, an organisation well
worth supporting. We are happy to pass
on this message from Steve and encourage
your contributions and donations!
Hello, dear boy/girl/friend/acquaintance/
business associate/Family.
Please help me to help save a village. I’m
off to Death Valley soon to raise awareness
of the landmine problems still suffered in
countless villages of the far east.
COLOPHON ››
VIP-News is published by:
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26 York Street
London W1U 6pZ
I’ve been in the thick of it, in Cambodia a
few years ago (many of you helped my
cause then) and I’ve seen it, close up, in
full body armour. They need the landmines
cleared. Clearance will allow them, hundreds of thousands of decent, innocent
people, the dignity of simple employment;
they need power lines fixed, water wells
repaired and much training to stimulate
their pitiful economies. They need agricultural land made safe so farmers can grow
crops again; survivors need their dignity
and children need schools; fishermen need
to fish from the river banks again and shepherds are desperate to tend their sheep in
safe meadows.They need the landmines
cleared.
I’d never beg.....!). I want to raise all the
funds I can to help this cause, and to do
so I will attempt to cycle 350 miles across
the barren, inhospitable terrain of Death
Valley on the Nevada/California border.
Listen, you can’t even get a mobile phone
signal there; a week without contact with
any of you - imagine. Just how inhospitable can it get! No mobile - that’s primitive,
practically penal. Think of my suffering.....
and maybe then you’ll support me. I will
ride, as in Cambodia, on the back of a tandem, pilot-ed by my old friend Tom Dickinson. Tom is a retired Detective Chief Super
(Fraud Squad) and still as fit as a flea, so I
warn you, we’re going to cover every mile
our ageing extremities can manage. Maybe we’ll cover the lot!
Please take a look at the link below, and
consider supporting me on my great adventure, for the sake of the poor hordes
living in peril and poverty thanks to the
millions of little, invisible Khmer Rouge
“leaving presents”.
I take my responsibility as a Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Ambassador seriously,
as you knew I would. It’s a privilege and an
honour.
https://secure.silkmoth.net/mag/sponsorship_harley.asp
General Manager:
Peter Briggs
[email protected]
Your donation will go straight to the MAG
“Death Valley” sponsorship account. And
you will be making a lot of people very happy, no matter what amount you donate.
My own website www.steveharley.com
includes a 2,000-word piece I wrote on the
Cambodia trek for the Mail On Sunday magazine, which will give you a feel of the actual
problems faced in much of south-east Asia.
Writer and editorial:
Allan McGowan
[email protected]
http://www.magclearsmines.org/page.
php?s=1&p=5090
I did it before, so I can do it again: that is,
ask you for your support (you must know
Managing Director:
Ronni Didriksen
[email protected]
Writer:
Manfred Tari
[email protected]
THEY NEED THE LANDMINES CLEARED urgently. Your donation will go towards
training local men and women (many
themselves limbless from landmine explosions) to become de-miners.
Please help me to help save a village.
With the usual good thoughts, as ever,
Steve
For advertising enquiries pls. contact
Peter Briggs [email protected]
or +44 870 755 0092
Lay-out:
Pekaye Graphics, Phuket – Thailand
[email protected]
Steve Harley
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ILMC 19
Allan McGowan [email protected]
Well if spring is on the way then it must
be time for ILMC, and yes, look, here it is
already in view, again at the Royal Garden
Hotel, Kensington, London, March 9-11.
This is the 19th edition of this now truly
venerable event, and considering that attendants have to be recommended in order to register, the continuing growth of
the Conference is both a pleasant surprise
to the organisers, and a telling indication
of the condition of the international live industry. With a couple of weeks to go registration is at an all time high, and a cap may
have to be put upon proceedings in order
to maintain elbow room in the Conference
meeting rooms and bars.
One telling indication of the progress that
the ILMC has monitored, and it’s fair to say,
contributed to, over the years, is the sub-title to this year’s regular ‘Emerging Markets’
panel; ‘Merging Markets’ is a recognition of
just how much progress has been made in
the industry in Eastern Europe, India, and
many other territories. Many of the new
delegates that have added to the ILMC
numbers are from these new areas of opportunity.
As usual the ILMC will be themed, this
year the Royal Garden Hotel will take on
the aspects of a 1930’s ‘Speakeasy’, and all
things gangster and mafia will apply to the
social events and the conference guide. In
contrast to the ‘jokey’ graft and corruption
side of the Conference the overall serious
theme of ILMC 19 is to be ‘transparency’;
it seems that more and more of the delegates have made the point that as a now
mature and truly professional industry,
more honesty and openness should be
applied to dealings at all levels in order
to bring more clarity to the business. This
point of view will be brought to bear on
the whole raft of subjects covered in the
wide-ranging Agenda. At VIP we are very
much in agreement with this approach,
and the acquisition, provision and sharing
of clear information is the basis of all VIP
products.
New additions to ILMC 19 will be an extension of the showcase programme, with
hosted events taking place on the two
nights prior to the event, Wednesday March
7 and Thursday the 8th and on the opening Friday night. It will also be interesting
to see how the two Conference themes
are applied by the players in the first ever
‘World Texas Hold ‘em Poker Tourney’. The
casino will also feature blackjack and roulette tables with all proceeds going to this
year’s Nikos Fund charity, Oxfam.
For more information see: www.ilmc.com
The Royal Garden Hotel Lobby
MIDEM ’07
Allan McGowan [email protected]
The VIP team were in Cannes in January,
hoping for sun and blue skies as often previously experienced during Midem, however we were disappointed and grey skies,
rain and cold was the order of the days.
As to the event itself, this longest established of all the music trade markets has
made a valiant attempt to broaden its
appeal beyond its traditional record and
music publishing attendance. VIP were
media partners in the live oriented aspect
of proceedings, and we were certainly
encouraged by the quality of the panels,
ably moderated by Stuart Worthington
and Peter Jenner of the MMF, and by the
attendance. It was good to hear Harvey
Goldsmith contributing to the discussion
on branding and sponsorship. Many well
known faces from the live business, including Personality of The Year, Claude Nobs
were present at the ‘live’ lunch on Tuesday,
indicating that our sector of the business is
prepared to give Midem a chance to build
relationships and to contribute to the further networking of the industry.
According to press releases, 9,481 participants, 4,605 companies, including 2,376
exhibiting companies from 91 countries
attended the event. “The increase in the
number and variety of companies exhibiting this year illustrates MIDEM’s continuing
importance to the wider music industry,”
commented Dominique Leguern, MIDEM
Director. “Our goal is to bring all the components of the music industry value chain
to MIDEM so that professionals from all
sectors can meet, discuss and define the
future of the industry.”
MIDEM 2008 will be held from 27-31 January
2008, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
Midem 2007
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Agency Moves
– Andrew Leighton Pope to The Agency Group
Allan McGowan [email protected]
The last couple of months have seen more
of a personnel shake up in the London
Agency world than has been seen for
many a year. David Levy from ITB, Solomon Parker and Nick Cave from Concorde
have all left to join the London office of the
newly formed international division of the
William Morris Agency headed by Ed Bicknell. Russel Warby and Adele Slater have
also joined from The Agency, which has
restored its ranks somewhat with the addition of Andrew Leighton Pope. VIP-News
spoke to Andrew about his career and his
move from the Leighton-Pope Organisation set up by his father Carl.
VIP-News: When did you start in the family
business, and had you considered taking
up any other profession?
Andrew: I started working with Carl 22 years
ago at a company called Bonaire. Previous
to that I worked at Heathrow learning about
and eventually running an import/export
business.
VIP-News: Did your ‘training’ in the business derive from on the job experience and
how much were you taught by your Father
and others, or was it a matter of listening,
learning and getting on with it?
Andrew: My ‘training’ was very much sitting
at the feet of the father. Once I was trusted
with a band(Sledgehammer-UK Metal circa
1986) I learnt a quick lesson having confirmed my first two dates of the college tour
to be told ‘to buy a fxxxing map’ due to the
fact I’d booked them to appear on Friday in
Southampton (Southern England) and Glasgow (mid Scotland) on Saturday. After that I
listened and learnt and basically ended up
inheriting acts like Huey Lewis, Jeff Healey,
Saga, Bonnie Tyler etc.
VIP-News: Are there a couple of outstanding memories, experiences etc of your
time at LPO that you’d like to mention?
Andrew: As anyone who has been involved
with us over the years knows we have made
sure we had a good time. There was very
much an extended family feel with promoters, managers etc. People genuinely enjoyed
coming into the office especially if they were
lucky and it was someone’s birthday when
we closed down and ate cakes for 30 minutes. One of the most amazing feelings was
when Bryan (Adams) played Wembley Stadium in 1996 I think there were 60000 people there and Carl and I were in the Royal
Box. A few years before we were at The Marquee club watching a spotty Canadian and
Carl told me we would go far with this artist. On the steps of the Royal Box he turned
to me and said ‘I told you so’. On a point of
how fleeting fame can be I was watching
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (UK TV music quiz
programme) this week and a guy called Cal
came on in the identity parade from Worlds
Apart. It was only 8 or 9 years ago we played
around 16 Zenith’s with them in front of over
200,000 girls who treated them like a cross
between The Beatles and Take That.
VIP-News: What led you to make the decision to move, and how was this decision
received at LPO? What acts will you take
with you?
Andrew: Carl has decided to take things
easier in the future. He is not getting any
younger and was not interested in expanding LPO. He will carry on working with Bryan
Adams, Michael Buble and Keith Urban as
all 3 acts are very close to his heart.
Andrew: After some thoughts and meetings
I decided that I would like to talk to Neil Warnock about opportunities at The Agency
Group. It became apparent very quickly that
we were mutually beneficial so we shook
hands there and then. Carl is delighted and
feels this is the next logical step for me. I will
be taking my full roster as it stands.
VIP-News: How do you see the current
state of the business?
Andrew: I think each year it seems to be getting better and better. Between Metal acts,
Guitar acts having No.1 singles and old farts
never stopping playing it is fantastic!
VIP-News: What are your aspirations for
the future at The Agency Group, and are
there any particular projects that you’d
like to mention?
Andrew: I want to improve my position in
the business and have a good time at the
same time .I already have friends at TAG
over the world so can’t wait to be working
with them. The plan is for Neil and myself
to work together on his roster and new
projects.
Andrew Leighton-Pope
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Gore’s Live Earth Concerts
Allan McGowan [email protected]
On Thursday February 16 at a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday, Al Gore
the former US vice president announced
plans to team up with Kevin Wall, producer
of Live 8 in 2005, producer-rapper Pharrell Williams and actress Cameron Diaz to
launch Live Earth, a 24-hour worldwide
concert on July 7 to bring attention to the
potentially disastrous global warming situation that our world is facing. “We have to
get the message of urgency and hope out,”
Mr Gore said. “The climate crisis will only
be stopped by an unprecedented and sustained global movement.”
The team hopes to bring together more
than 100 of the world’s top musical acts, in
much the way Geldof did for Live Aid and
Willie Nelson did for Farm Aid. Some of the
performers scheduled to perform at Live
Earth include Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop
Dogg, Black Eyed Peas, Foo Fighters and
Faith Hill.
Gore, whose global warming film An Inconvenient Truth is up for two Oscars announced plans for eight concerts, with
Johannesburg, London, Shanghai and
Sydney among the host cities. Three other
concerts will take place in the US, Brazil and
Japan, with the cities still to be decided.
There will supposedly also be a concert in
Antarctica, (wouldn’t this have a marked
environmental impact? – Ed)
London show
Other artists confirmed for the Live Earth
concerts include Bon Jovi, Kelly Clarkson,
Sheryl Crow, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Snoop
Dogg, Lenny Kravitz and the Foo Fighters. British performers will include Keane,
Snow Patrol, Duran Duran, Bloc Party and
Paolo Nutini. Brit Award winners Muse
Al Gore
also hope to take part - but will have to
consider changing their schedule as they
already have a gig lined up in Ireland on
that date. The London show is due to be
held at Wembley Stadium, Bloc Party said
on their official website. It coincides with
the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks, which killed 52 people on the capital’s transport network. Show spokesman
Yusef Robb told BBC Radio Five Live: “We
think think it’s an auspicious date. We want
to fill Londoners with hope on that date.”
Story from BBC NEWS:
It is proposed that the events will be hosted on the BBC in the UK, the entire NBC
network in the US (NBC primetime, CNBC,
USA, Bravo & Telemundo), Fuji & NHK TV
in Japan, MTV International are apparently
offering full support and global broadband coverage will be through the MSN
network. There will be a further announcement in the UK on March 15, and there will
be more details released at this time.
Faith Hill will perform at Live Earth
An ETEP Update
Manfred Tari [email protected]
Although the first available summary only
indicates the trends, the booking procedures for the European Talent Exchange
Program (ETEP) are progressing well. VIPNews asks project manager Ruud Berends
for some first comments on the ongoing
program.
year’s financial support through ETEP is lower
per booking as we have no EU funding. Lets
hope we can adjust that with new EU funding
from 2008 onwards.”
VIP-News: “Are you satisfied with the current ETEP situation?”
Berends: “Yes, it is our aim and goal to expand the program and have the right festivals
in all EU countries join ETEP. Also it would be
interesting to add some crucial festivals in
other parts of the world to the ETEP system.”
Ruud Berends: “Results from the 1st selection
meeting were promising and I expect a very
good year, but it is still wait and see. Festivals
book their bands from the top down, so I expect to know more around April. I am hopeful
though.
A possible problem I anticipate is that the
ETEP festivals will decide to book European
acts from neighbouring countries, as this
VIP-News: “Do you foresee an increase in
the number of participating festivals?”
point we are not able to expand as we have
no budget left for that.”
More than 125 bookings are already in
place with acts including The View (UK),
Goose (B), Magic Numbers (UK), Oh No Ono
(DK) and Peter, Bjorn and John (SW).
VIP-News: “Please tell us about the situation with Southern European festivals.”
Berends: “I am pretty happy for now with the
ETEP festivals in the Southern countries. There
is always something to wish for but at this
Oh no ono will play ETEP shows
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Metallica to Play
Rock Werchter
– Again!
Allan McGowan [email protected]
Metallica were the very first metal band
to play Belgium’s Turnhout Werchter Festival in 1993. Since that first memorable
concert, they have become the festival
goers’ most requested act,. And this close
relationship is mutual, it seems that Metallica just loves Rock Werchter. They are
currently working on their ninth studio
album. They have just finished up some
weeks of pre-production and in early
March, they start recording with top producer Rick Rubin. In June, the band will
be taking a small break to tour Europe for
about three weeks. During this ‘holiday’,
they will be playing Europe’s finest festivals, including – to quote their website –
‘the festival we’ve played 19 times in July
that starts with a W.” They exaggerate a
little, but on Sunday July 1, Metallica will
play Rock Werchter for the fifth time.
Also confirmed for this year’s festival are
Pearl Jam, Muse, The Chemical Brothers,
Faithless, Björk, Marilyn Manson, Arctic
Monkeys, Incubus, Beastie Boys, The Kooks,
Bloc Party, My Chemical Romance and Mastodon. More names to follow soon.
Metallica
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SXSW 2007 SEES EVER-INCREASING
INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
Allan McGowan [email protected]
Austin, Texas - February 13, 2007 - In 2006
the Los Angeles Times declared,”Bands
from all corners of the globe make SXSW
a singularly internationalmusic moment.”
South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival has received 1731band applications
from international artists for 2007, representing 23% ofthe total applicants. The
largest group of applicants comes from
Europe(972), followed by Canada (365),
and the Pacific (316). Seventy-eight actsfrom a diverse list of countries ranging
from South Africa to South Koreahave also
applied. SXSW expects that one quarter
of this year’s performingartists will come
from outside of the United States.
International acts have found, time after
time, that a SXSW showcase has provided
the essential buzz at a critical time in their
US career development. The UK, which
sends more bands to Austin than any other foreign territory, has seen the magic
work repeatedly for the careers of artists
such as Artic Monkeys, James Blunt, Jamie
Cullum, Franz Ferdinand, David Grey and
KT Tunstall.
This year, an impressive group of 145 UK
artists are poised to take full advantage
of the “SXSW effect” including Paolo
Nutini; Gruff Rhys; The Good, The Bad
and the Queen; Amy Winehouse; Mika;
and Lilly Allen.
“You only need to stand on a corner of Sixth
Street during SXSW to appreciate why musicians from across the globe migrate to
Austin during the four day festival,” says
Crispin Parry, London Underground, Creative Director British Music at SXSW. “It
is one of the premier music experiences in
the world and playing a showcase at SXSW
can be the golden ticket for international
acts, creating the ‘buzz’ that is essential for
breaking into the US music scene.”
Brent Grulke from SXSW
SXSW Creative Director Brent Grulke
explains the increased number of international applications: “SXSW is in the
flattering position to be avenue that international artists have found a useful part of
their promotional strategy. When people
consider showcasing at SXSW, all they have
to do is look at the incredible range of talent presented in prior years to have a sense
of the company they will be associated
with and the potentialopportunity SXSW
showcases represent.”
Canada makes its biggest splash ever
at SXSW 2007 with 108 invited acts. The
Dears, Metric and Broken Social Scene all
picked up critical momentum in the US
following their SXSW appearances. While
the brightest lights of Montreal’s anglophone scene may be well known to SXSW
audiences, this year’s impressive number
of Quebeçois participants will also include francophone bands that represent
the scene’s newest cutting edge. Gourmet Délice is the owner of Montreal production company Bonsound: “One very
exciting aspect of this showcase for us is
the fact that we’re presenting three French
singing bands (Malajube, Les Breastfeeders and Call Me Poupée). This will be a true
test both for both the bands and us. We’ll
be able to get direct feedback from the different labels, promoters, distributors and
media coming from around the globe who
attend SXSW year after year in order to discover the next big thing.”
Another record-breaking showing is due
from Australia and New Zealand who will
be sending 42 bands to Austin this year.
Leading the pack is a band with a solid
international reputation, the Hoodoo Gurus, who appreciate the heat that SXSW
has generated for such acts as Jon Butler
and Xavier Rudd. “There’s no better place
in the world for a band with such a great
live reputation and history to reintroduce
themselves than at SXSW,” says manager
Michael McMartin. “It allows the Gurus
to play in a great music city, to avid music
fans amidst an atmosphere that brings out
the best in bands and fans alike.”
These three largest international contingencies will share the SXSW spotlight
with bands from 35 other countries ranging from Argentina to Uzbekistan. National Public Radio described SXSW as “...
a multi-national, multi-media blow-out
turning the capitol of Texas into the international hub of everything cool for a few
days in March....” It’s clear in 2007 that the
world agrees.
South by Southwest Music Conference
and Festival, the annual music industry
gathering in Austin, Texas takes place
March 14 - 18, 2007. To register to attend
or for more information, go to:
www.sxsw.com
South by Southwest Music and Media
Conference is sponsored by Miller Lite,
Verizon Wireless, IFC (Independent Film
Channel), The Austin Chronicle, and
Blender Magazine.
SXSW
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CTS Eventim yet again reports
record breaking figures
Manfred Tari [email protected]
In a preliminary business report for the
past business year 2006 the Company
delivered the best business results since
its IPO (Initial Public Offering) on February 1st 2000. The reasons are according
to CTS Eventim were booming online
sales, several successful tours, the world
cup 2006 and acquisitions in Switzerland
and Russia.
CTS Eventim managed to increase all
key figure results and in March will announce a proposal for the distribution
of a dividend. Last year the turnover
increased by about 33.9 percent from
256.2 million Euros in the business year
2005 to 343 million Euro, the Earnings
before Interests, Taxes, Depreciation and
Amortisation (EBITDA) rose 38.9 percent
from 37.5 million Euro to 52 million Euro.
As Earnings before Interests, Taxes (EBIT)
the company declared 45.7 million Euro
an increase of 39.6% on the 32.7 million
Euro in the year before.
pared to 19.3 million the year before. The
number of tickets sold online increased
from 3.5 million to 5.3 million tickets, a
plus of about 45.7%.
In the segment Live Entertainment the
turnover rose from 194.6 to 247.3 million
Euros. The EBITDA increased by 10.7%
from 13.9 to 15.4 million Euros. As EBIT
the company reported 14.7 million Euros, as compared to:13.5 million Euros
in 2005. For CTS Eventim this is the third
year in a row where the company has
been able to continue to improve and to
grow. The profit results in this segment
are affected by investments of 3.5 million Euros undertaken to develop new
products.
The ticketing division gained a turnover
of 99.3 million Euro, an increase of 54.5%
on the 64.3 million Euro in the year before. The EBITDA in this segment are 36.7
million Euros, EBIT-results were reported
at 31 million Euro, a gain of 60.8% comKlaus-Peter Schulenburg - CEO of CTS Eventim AG
The 14,950 Euro Ticket!
Manfred Tari [email protected]
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And the Winner is... LEA
Manfred Tari [email protected]
This was only the second time that the
Live Entertainment Award (LEA) has been
handed out but nevertheless it has already
become an institution. Yes, it needs to be
acknowledged that there is an inflation of
award shows these days, but in Germany
at least the LEA seems to fill a gap.
Relative to the overall number of participants the celebrity count was reasonably
high. TV presenter and musician Götz Alsmann was the moderating host of the
event, popular TV presenters, at least in
Germany, Nina Ruge and Bettina Tietjen,
as well as the former Miss Germany Verona
Pooth delivered laudations while the current Miss Germany Nelly Marie Bojahr presented the awards to the winners of the
categories.
Verono Pooth makes everyone smile at LEA 2007
At the beginning of the show Götz Alsmann observed that for this award show
the live music business community which
occasionally gives the impression of being a basin full of sharks, appeared more
like an aquarium of ornamental fishes. The
show then continued and turned out to be
a quite funny and entertaining celebration
for those who spend their daily lives behind the stage as the spin-doctors of the
live music business.
But before reporting on the categories it
has to be noted that something more than
just the honouring of concert business
insiders that makes the LEA a valid occasion. Jens Michow, managing director of
the company that runs the LEA and also
president of the IDKV, has managed to
make the LEA an integrating instrument
to unite the business community as well
as the live music lobbying organisations
IDKV and VDKD.
Michow mentioned in his speech during
the ceremony that Michael Russ, the president of the VDKD (Association of the German Concert Directorates) was present
and that his organisation had become
a stake holder in the company that runs
the LEA. This alone is a remarkable fact,
proving that after many years of political
differences and distances both organisations have moved closer to each other.
In recognition of this it was no surprise
that most of the main players in the German concert business attended the LEA.
Michow explained that this fact had also
caused him some headache and sleepless nights regarding the diplomacy of arranging the appropriate seating order. He
had to accommodate heavy weights such
as Marcel Avram, Karsten Jahnke, Folkert
Koopmanns Marek Lieberberg and Peter
Schwenkow just to name a few. All in all
there were more than 550 guests attending the ceremony located in the Liegemen
Bauten in Hamburg.
The Fliegende Bauten is an event tent located near to the Reeperbahn. As part of
the show the live acts Tina Dico, The 13 1⁄2
half lives of Captain Bluebear, The Ukulele
Orchestra of Great Britain, Revolverheld
and Udo Jürgens appeared on stage.
Alsmann moderated the LEA for the second time and without any doubt he did a
marvellous job. His announcements and
comments helped to take away some of
the ponderousness that can occasionally
overwhelm staid award shows. When Verona Pooth and Bettina Tiedjen mentioned
that they forgot to bring their bras Alsmann
quipped that he had forgotten to bring his
jockstrap. He was the one who provided the
mood for relaxed conditions that contributed a pleasing atmosphere to the festivities.
Udo Lindenberg, Fritz Rau and Peter Maffay at LEA 2007
The majority of the speeches by those
receiving awards created the impression
of an extra version of Thanks Giving Day.
Most of them took the chance to say thanks
to all of those who helped and supported
them to gain success, except one. Marek
Lieberberg was not pleased with the decision of the jury in the category Best Festival. As soon as Dieter Gorny, the former
boss of Viva TV and the presenter of this
category declared the SonneMondSterneFestival as the winner, Lieberberg stood
up and left. On his way out he met Gorny
and told him that he totally disagreed
with this jury decision. Later Carl Leighton
Pope, the presenter for the category Best
Promoter for which Lieberberg was actually declared winner, commented, “Elvis
has left the building”. The day after Lieberberg released a press release criticising the
jury for their choice and refusing the Best
Promoter award.
The awards themselves look like an over
sized golden ticket with a perforated corner.
Leighton Pope made one of the best laudations speculating on why the other
nominees in the category “Best Promoter” couldn’t win. Carlos Fleischmann,
of Creative Talent he said, was from his
point of view too young to win in this category, Thomas Spindler of Trinity Concerts
couldn’t win as he did not know him and
that Dieter Semmelmann of Semmel Concerts couldn’t win as he would even take
deposit fees for shows by the “most honestly dead Richard Wagner.”
Verona Pooth as a gorgeous beauty gambled with the image that good looking ladies might be not be the most clever while
pretending that she was not able to properly read out the text that was given to
her. Michow furthermore cheered up the
Carl Leighton-Pope presented the award for Best
Promoter at LEA 2007
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crowd when he made an almost Freudian
slip when substituting the word ‘prostitute’ for ‘prosperity’.
Werner Kirsamer of Künstlermedia who
won in the category Best artist agency
made an unexpected appearance. Kirsamer works in the very German world
of “Schlager” and “Volksmusik.” He lost
sympathy when he said that he is proud
to be German, appearing to express this
in a way very close to the dictum and in
the same manner often adopted by right
wing politicians and extremists. Finally
Fritz Rau contradicted this remark by Kirsamer when he said that he felt proud to
be a European citizen. Many people were
grateful to Rau for made this statement
and this was certainly not the only reason
why the legendary promoter of course
received standing ovations from all in the
auditorium.
The honouring of Fritz Rau for his lifetime achievement was without any doubt
the highlight of the festivities. When Rau
reached the stage the first thing he said
was that he was going to bite off the ear of
those who mention the term “shark basin”
in relation to the concert business. Rau is a
true humanist and one more time proved
himself a perfect elder statesman for the
German concert business when he said to
audience that he was the “accomplished
presence” while the other attendees were
“the future.” He furthermore referred to
Europe and said that it would take “Blood,
Sweat and Tears” in the efforts to build up
the future. With this serious advice the
award show ended, leaving the conclusion
to be drawn that the LEA has become a very
worthwhile event that fills a gap for the recognition of this part of the music business.
The LEA 2007 therefore was a perfect stage
and, bearing Rau in mind, indicating that
this business could be proud of playing a
very vital role in bringing people together
and therefore contributing useful benefits
for the development of a society.
The winners of the LEA 2007 are:
Best Artist Management: Freddy Burger
Management for Udo Jürgens.
Best Hall-Arena Tour: Peter Rieger
Konzertagentur for the George Michael
tour “25 Live”.
Best Cooperation: Management Tokio Hotel / BRAVO / Universal Music.
Price of the Jury: Gürzenich-Orchester Cologne for their program “GoLive” instant
recordings of concerts sold after the show.
Best En-Suite-Show: FKP Scorpio for the
musical “Die 13 1/2 Leben des Käpt’n
Blaubär”.
Best Festival: KGV Event for SonneMondSterne.
Best One Off Show: DEAG Classics for Anna
Netrebko, Placido Domingo & Roland Villazon in Berlin.
Best
Promoter:
Marek
Lieberberg
Konzertagentur.
Livetime Achievement: Fritz Rau.
Best Location: Olympiapark Munich.
Best None Music Event: African Circus with
“Africa, Africa”.
Best Artist Agency: Künstlermedia.
Best Newcomer Support: newcomermedia.net for Newcomer TV.
Best Club-Tour: Revolverheld by Extratours
& FKP Scorpio.
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