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VIP- News - April 2010
Germany’s Live Entertainment Awards (LEA)
Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com
Germanys Live Entertainment Award (LEA)
celebrated its 5th anniversary on 15th
of April in the new O2 World Hamburg
(former Color Line Arena). Following an alliance
with the world’s largest event technology
supplier PRG (Production Resource
Group), LEA recently changed its name to
PRG LEA.
The German live entertainment industry
celebrated itself in a three and a half-hour
gala which was attended by show business
celebrities and artists, such as for Peter
Maffay, The Scorpions, Scooter, Christina
Stürmer, Roger Cicero, soul singer Joy
Denalane, the musicians of Silbermondas
well as other VIPs from culture, sports and
media.
The jury of PRG LEA, consisting of music
journalists, radio programme executives
and cultural managers, evaluated more
than 500 concerts and shows in 2009. The
15 categories of the Award include; the
tour promoter, the concert, the manager,
the agent and the location of the year.
German Initiative Music, the funding
agency set up by the German federal government
to promote the music industry
in Germany, awarded € 20.000,00 to Berlin’s
‘O 36’ the LEA winner in the ‘music
club of the year’ category. The other two
nominees received a further €2.500 each.
Tour Promoter of the year was - as in the
years before, Marek Lieberberg of MLK.
The award for the lifetime achievement
was granted to Germanys media-giant
Hans R. Beierlein, developer of many famous
artists such as Udo Jürgens, creator
of formats for music TV programmes and
founder of Germanys business magazine
Musikmarkt.
The German Chancellor Dr. Andrea Merkel
honoured this fifth anniversary with a
written greeting, read by LEA inventor and
Here are the results and the winners of PRG LEA:
Arena-Tournee of the Year
Pink (Funhouse Tour) – Peter Rieger Konzertagentur, Köln
Show of the Year
Apassionata – EquiArte, Berlin
Festival of the Year (presented by PRG)
Melt! – Melt! GmbH & Co. KG
producer Jens Michow, President of the
Federal German association for the entertainment
industry.
Club-Tournee of the Year (presented by Ströer Deutsche Städte Medien GmbH)
Bonaparte – Melt! Booking
Concert of the Year
„Heimspiel“ 20 Jahre Fantastische Vier auf dem Cannstatter Wasen in Stuttgart
–Musikwirtschaft.de
Artistmanagement of the Year
Markus Bruns (Brunetti Management Berlin) – Peter Fox
Artist Agent of the Year
DEAG Classics, Berlin – David Garrett
Tour-Promoter of the Year
Marek Lieberberg Konzertagentur, Frankfurt/M.
Local-Promoter of the Year
Semmel Concerts, Bayreuth/Berlin/Chemnitz
Location of the Year
Dresdner Elbufer – PAN Veranstaltungslogistik und Kulturgastronomie, Dresden
Club of the Year – The „Club-Award“ of Initiative Musik
SO36 Berlin – Sub Opus 36
Award of the Jury
FKP Scorpio – Festivals ‘Rolling Stone Weekender’ and ‘Plage Noir’
Young Talent Support of the Year (presented by Veltins-Arena)
Support-Team of Philipp Poisel: Ralf Schröter (Management), Konzertagentur
Peter Rieger, Grönland-Label, Ferryhouse Productions, Musicmonster (Produktion),
Musikpromotion Eberhard Pacak.
New Style Event of the Year
Boese & Friends – Die Atzen Tour 2009
Lifetime Achievement
Hans R. Beierlein
Scooter
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