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VIPNEWS > JUNE 2012 

Well, here we are again – how was your July 

without us? I hope the sun shone on you 

more than it has in the once proud fishing 

port of Brighton! It’s been mainly damp and 

on the days when it looked as though a trip 

to the rocky beach might have been possible 

a sea fret has rolled in – what is that? – you 

may well ask – it’s a grey mist which rises off 

the sea and floats inexorably onto the shore 

obscuring all as it blankets the whole town – 

sorry, City. What with our Television deciding 

it had had enough of all that colour business 

- going black and white just in time for the 

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McGowan’s Musings 

Olympics, it’s been a somewhat monochrome 

few weeks…and did I tell you that a seagull - 

not Shitty I hasten to add, much as I hate him 

he had at least been introduced sort of, no, a 

complete stranger of a seagull, swooped and 

stole a sandwich right out of my hand! 

However I did get my ration of sun, and 

celebrated my birthday with a bottle of 

local bubbly (you’re not supposed to call it 

champagne but it tasted fine to me!) to a live 

soundtrack provided by New Order, courtesy 

of the organisers of EXIT Festival in Novi Sad, 

Serbia. EXIT were also hosts to two days of 

meetings to discuss the future of the Central 

and Eastern European Talent Exchange 

Programme (CEETEP) and how it can benefit 

the development of the music business in the 

region. 

But, other people have had worse problems 

with the weather, as rain and mud was again 

the dominant feature of many of the earlier 

festivals in the UK. The damage to the grass 

and soil of the Royal Parks after a couple of 

events was so bad that it looked for a while 

as if Hyde Park would not go ahead with 

some of the shows planned to tie in with The 

Olympics for fear of irreparable damage . The 

Hit Factory Live – due to featur e Australian 

pop idols Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan’s 

long-awaited reunion as performers – was 

cancelled mainly due to the mud – although 

some there might have been some relief in 

this as it is thought that ticket sales were not 

what they might have been. Joe Cohen, chief 

executive of online ticket resale site Seat 

wave commented, “The weather is awful . 

It is tough to have an event in a lake or a 

pond. But my guess is some events have used 

the rain as an excuse to cancel because they 

were not sold out.” The secondary market 

for tickets for outdoor concerts has not been 

performing well. Certainly the festival market 

is over saturated – both by rain and an exces 

of events, and on top of this competition 

from free events set up alongside The 

Olympics plus The Games themselves have 

not helped the situation. Even the usually 

upbeat DJ Rob Da Bank, organiser of Bestival 

and Camp Bestival on the Isle of Wight, although 

reasonably confident of his own 

events told The Guardian, “Festivals are my 

lifeblood. I’m an optimistic person but this 

year is getting close to defeating even me.” 

But it’s not just festivals; Madonna tickets are 

on offer through secondary sites at less than 

face value. 

However in the end most things went ahead 

– unlike The Boss and Macca’s extended 

jam in the Park, which came to an abrupt 

end as the plug was pulled. But in the end, 

silencing the cynics, of which I have to admit 

I was one, The Olympics, Opening Ceremony 

and all was a triumph – and even a certain 

patchiness to the Closing Ceremony couldn’t 

extinguish (apart from the Olympic Flame) 

the general good feeling that had been 

generated – we did, land up being proud to 

be British - for how long we’ll see! 

So, after our short summer break – Ladies 

and Gentlemen – The News…

VIPNEWS > AUGUST 2012 

Brent 

Grulke 

of SXSW 

Dies 

Allan McGowan am@vip-booking.com 

All at VIP were saddened to hear of the 

sudden and unexpected death of Brent 

Grulke on the morning of August 13th. The 

Creative Director of SXSW passed away as a 

result of a heart attack after undergoing oral 

surgery. He was 52. 

Previously a writer and Records Review Editor 

for the Austin Chronicle, he also worked 

as a record producer, sound engineer , tour 

manager and record company executive , 

working in the marketing division of 

Spindletop Records in the early 1990s. 

Grulke worked for the Austin, Texas based 

event from its beginnings in 1987. He 

became creative director in 1994 initially 

building the event’s reputation for booking 

local and underground and then going on to 

help create the international reputation that 

it now commands. 

SXSW director and co-founder Roland 

Swenson , commented, “A lot of Brent’s 

personality was in SXSW. He was 

adventurous and knowledgeable and excited 

about creative people and endeavours. He 

didn’t like the usual and mundane. He was 

open-minded enough to know that his taste 

wasn’t always the most important thing, so 

he was open to new things.” 

Una Johnston, the European representative 

for SXSW said, “Brent played a really central 

role in the dynamism of SXSW Music 

Festival . His background in live music as 

a sound engineer and tour manager meant 

he understood all the things that musicians 

need to develop their careers and he created 

a unique environment at SXSW that was very 

artist friendly. He also appreciated diversity and 

expanded the programme for international 

showcases. We are all heartbroken to have 

lost him, he was a wonderful colleague, a 

loyal friend and a champion of good music, 

no matter where it originated.” 

Brent was an extremely well known figure 

at many of the European Festival and 

Conference events – I have personally shared 

a beer or several with him in several countries 

on many an occasion and I, like many others, 

will miss his company. 

He is survived by his wife, Kristen, and 6-year- 

old son, Graham, as well as brothers Brad 

and Brian. 

Heartfelt commiserations go out from all of 

the VIP staff to Brent’s family and his very 

many o friends. 

The family has established the Graham 

Grulke Education Fund. Contributions can be 

directed to: 

EMG, Inc., 6101 West Courtyard Drive 

Suite 2-120, Austin, Texas 78730 

Attn: Brad Grulke 

Please make donation payable to the Graham 

Grulke Education Fund. 

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Academy Music Group Links with 

Oxford Brookes Students’ Union 


The Academy Music Group (AMG) owners 

and operators of a network of award-winning 

live music and club venues across the UK also 

has on-going partnerships and management 

agreements with Students’ Union venues in 

Hertfordshire, Bournemouth, Liverpool and 

at an O2 Academy venue in Leicester has 

announces a fifth joint venture, this time 

with Oxford Brookes University. 

The agreement sees the formation of a 

three-year partnership to deliver a diverse 

programme of entertainment for the 

students of the University. Content will 

primarily be delivered collaboratively with 

the Students’ Union (SU), at AMG’s 1,350 

capacity O2 Academy Oxford. A ‘Freshers’ 

Festival is planned to welcome students in 

the first week of the new academic year. 

The partnership also includes the 

development of a newly branded night, 

‘Brookes Big Night Out’, a weekly club event, 

every Wednesday at O2 Academy Oxford 

from Wednesday 19th September 2012 as 

well as bespoke events under the banner at 

alternative locations in the City. 

David Whittingham, General Manager , 

Oxford Brookes Students’ Union 

commented, “We are confident that 

Academy Music Group will meet our 

expectations in terms of service provision 

and event experience for our students. We 

O 2 Academy Oxford 

will proactively address any issues in the 

local area and reinforce a positive message 

to encourage good conduct at all Oxford 

Brookes Students’ Union events.” 

Carl Bathgate, Commercial Development 

Manager, Academy Music Group said, “This 

joint initiative will offer Brookes students 

opportunities to attend O2 Academy Oxford’s 

club and live events, plus we’ll be adding in 

Glee Club comedy shows, as well access 

to our weekly Propaganda events. Artists 

so far booked include Stooshe, Misha B, 

with specialist and mainstream events from 

Bedlam featuring DJ sets from Rudimental, 

Modestep, Zane Lowe.


UK Music Magazine 

Sales Down in 2012 


Records, concerts and festivals are not the only sectors of the UK 

music industry having a torrid time of it in 2012. According to UK 

broadsheet The Guardian leading UK Music magazines NME and 

Q have suffered substantial decreases in sales in a difficult first six 

months of 2012 

Amongst monthlies the Bauer-owned Q is the worst performer in the 

sector with sales down 16.7% compared to the six months to the end 

of December and 19.7% year on year, according to the latest Audit 

Bureau of Circulations figures released on Thursday, and recently 

appointed editor Andrew Harrison faces an uphill struggle to revive 

the figures. 

Other Bauer titles Kerrang! and Mojo fared considerably better, with 

sales also decreasing but by a much smaller margin, Kerrang! fell 

4.5% period on period and 6.6% year on year to 40,203; Mojo, the 

best-selling paid for title in the sector, dropped 2.7% period on period 

and 2.4% year on year to 85,149. 

The second biggest faller in the category was IPC Media-owned NME, 

down 13.5% period on period and 17.6% year on year to 23,924. 

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Conferences 


With the Festival Season gradually winding down we find ourselves looking towards the Conference 

Season. 

Berlin Music Week 

this year minus Popkomm, will run from Sept 5-9: 

www.berlin-music-week.de 

Events will include conference and exchange platform 

‘Word On Sound, and the Berlin Music Week Stage at 

the www.berlinfestival.de. Berlin Festival. This intends to 

provide a platform for promising national and international 

musicians, acts so far booked include KMPFSPRT , Muso, 

Turboweekend , Christine And The Queens, Lay Low, Le 

Galaxie and Tomfoolery will perform at Berlin’s Flughafen 

Tempelhof! : Also the Auf Den Dächern Festival (On the 

Roofs Festival) organised by www.tape.tv and www.spiegel. 

de/kultur/musik/auf-den-daechern-festival-spiegel-onlinerockt-berlins- 

hoechste-buehnen-a-849726.html. at the 

Osthafen on Stralauer Allee will feature Two Door Cinema 

Club, Ghostpoet and Max Herre. 

VIP News will report back from the event in the next issue… 

The Reeperbahn 

Festival and 

Reeperbahn 

Campus 

will kick off with a Grand Opening on Wednesday, 

September 19, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Gruenspan, Große 

Freiheit 56, 22769 Hamburg, when The Reeperbahn 

Festival will be officially opened by Olaf Scholz, Mayor of 

the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, and Rüdiger Kruse, 

Spokesperson for Cultural Affairs in the Budget Committee 

of the German Bundestag, before Kellerkommando play live. 

The event will then run from Sept 20-22 

“mailto: contact @reeperbahncampus.com” 

www.reeperbahncampus.com - www.reeperbahnfestival.com 

“mailto: contact@reeperbahncampus.com” 

Speakers so far confirmed for this year’s Reeperbahn 

Campus Conference Programme will include, , Ben Challis 

(Glastonbury Festival, UK), Philip Ginthör (Sony Music, DE), 

Martin Goldschmidt (Cooking Vinyl, UK), Johnny Häusler 

(Spreeblick, DE), Peter Jenner (Sincere Management, 

UK), Stefan Lehmkuhl (Melt! Festival, DE), Petri Lundén 

(Hagenburg Management, SE), Ivan Milivojev (Exit Festival , 

SER), Thorsten Schliesche (Napster, DE), Carlo Schneider 

(Tailor-Made, LU), Gilad Tiefenbrun (Linn, UK), Claudio Trotta 

(Barley Arts, I), Rense van Kessel (Friendly Fire, NL), and 

Alexander Wolf (GEMA, DE). 

Ray Cokes will bring comedy back to the event with Ray’s 

Reeperbahn Review, and there will be a special focus on that 

‘permanent wave’, Heavy Metal.


Music & Media 

Finland 2012 

This event where ‘East meets West, Music meets the Movies, 

and Music Business is made.’ 

is the annual focal point for the whole of the Finnish music 

industry, and an important regional event on the global 

music industry calendar. This 23rd edition will take place 

in Tampere from October 18-21. with 700 plus Finnish 

delegates and 100 international business leaders. 

“The event is designed from the ground up to bring people 

together,” says Anu Aittoniemi, Music & Media Finland’s 

managing director: “We have a great venue at Hotel Ilves 

with the convenience of having the conference facilities and 

accommodation all under one roof. And the Lost in Music 

festival venues are close by so delegates can see and hear 

new export-ready acts for themselves. We work hard behind 

the scenes to make the action smooth and always relaxed – 

that’s when people are most constructive and deals start to 

get made.” 

As in previous years, Russia and the Baltic countries will be 

highlighted in the seminar program ,as will major European 

markets, the US, Russia and the Baltics, Japan, China and, of 

course, Scandinavia will all be represented. 

Amsterdam 

Dance Event 

will clash with Music and Media, running from the 

17th - 21st of September, but of course this leading event 

in the world of Dance is not aimed at quite the same market. 

MaMA Event 

of course the third edition of the MaMA Event will again take 

place in Paris on October 25/26: 

www.mama-event.com 

VIP News will give more details of the October events in the 

September issue…

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VIPNEWS > AUGUST 2012 > INDEPTH STORY > CEETEP 

CEETEP 

– The Programme Progresses 


As many of you know ETEP (European 

Talent Exchange Program) was introduced 

in 2003 to facilitate one of the main goals 

of Eurosonic Noorderslag, the exchange and 

support of new European music in Europe. 

Each year ETEP brings together the leading 

European festivals, radio and other media at 

Eurosonic Noorderslag and encourages them 

to ‘exchange’ a selection of artists. Since the 

start of the ETEP program in 2003 a total of 

1359 shows by 459 European artists were 

presented at the 60 ETEP festivals (2003 – 

2011). The current figures for ETEP in 2012 

are 259 confirmed shows by 95 European 

artists from 20 different countries, a new 

record in the ETEP history! 

Now a sub-programme of ETEP is in 

operation , Eurosonic Noorderslag and coorganisers 

Sziget and Exit Festivals with 

EU financial support have developed a 

scheme for the circulation of CEE artists and 

repertoire in Central and Eastern Europe at 

the festivals and in the media, together with 

a total of 13 festivals in the CEE region and 

selected CEE media partners. This is known 

as CEETEP. 

Over the summer months there have been 

two sets of meetings aimed at progressing 

the aims and intentions of the Programme. 

The first was hosted by EXIT, during this year’s 

Festival on July 13/14, with Ruud Berends of 

Eurosonic and ETEP overseeing, and yours 

truly moderating the discussions, bringing 

together managers, artists and other artist 

representatives from the various countries in 

the region. Day 1 was devoted to introducing 

all those attending and then the presentation 

CEETEP 

FESTIVALS: 

Coke Live Music Festival – Poland: 

Podoha – Slovakia: Rock For People 

– Czechia, Taksirat – R. Macedonia: 

T-Mobile Inmusic Festival – Croatia: 

Woodstock Festival – Poland: B’estfest – 

Romania: Exit Festival – Serbia: Wilsonic 

Festival – Slovakia: Sziget – Hungary: 

Heineken Open’er Festival – Poland: 

Positivus Festival – Latvia: Spirit Of Burgas 

– Bulgaria . 

CEETEP 

MEDIA: 

MR2-Petofi Radio – Hungary: 

KOMMPOT Communication – Hungary: 

Neston – Hungary: Antenna 5 Radio – 

Macedonia : On.net – Macedonia: Radio 

Channel 103 – Macedonia: Antyradio – 

Poland: Polskie Radio Trójka – Poland : 

Polskie Radio Czwórka – Poland: Gaze- 

ta Wyborcza – Poland: Radio Wave – 

Czech Republic: Full Moon Magazine 

– Czech Republic: Radio 101 – Latvia: 

Metropotam Portal – Romania: Radio 

Belgrade 1 – Serbia: Darik Radio – Bulgaria: 

24 hours newspaper – Bulgaria: 

Nacional – Croatia: Croatian Radio – 

Croatia: Radio FM – Slovakia: Týzden 

- Slovakia. 

and analysis of common problems, followed 

by general analysis and discussion. Points 

covered were: each country’s local situation ; 

the supply or lack of adequate venues, artist 

fees – or lack of. The situation regarding 

national promoters; physical releases; airplay ; 

labels; Authors Right organizations- etc. 

the aim was to provide an overview of the 

situation which over the next four years 

CEETEP may be able to help with. 

After an evening of dinner, drinks and all 

that the Festival had to offer, Day 2 applied 

itself to Solutions and Direction, addressing 

just how the various markets could improve 

their situation, and how working together 

and involving others, such as Author’s Rights 

Associations, Media, both Governmental 

and independent Cultural Organisations etc, 

could aid the development and the growth 

of the industry in the region. 

Guest speakers over the two days included 

the highly experienced Estonian promoter 

Juri Makarov who talked of the days when 

his country was part of the Soviet Union and 

how music and music festivals contributed 

to independence. Toomas Olljum , manager 

of the Ewert & The Two Dragons, talked 

of his more recent experience in Estonia, 

breaking his act into Western territories with 

the assistance of Estonian Music Week and 

ETEP. The third speaker was Laszlo Hegedu s 

of Multi Media in Budapest, Hungary, 

operational again after a non-competition 

periods after selling his Company to Live 

Natio n, who enthralled the room detailing 

his experiences as a promoter, manager, 

record company, in several countries in the 

region over nearly forty years.


VIP News asked some of those attending for 

their reactions: 

Michal Ocovan – promoter and manager 

of Got Blue Balls in Slovakia said: 

It was a pleasure to meet everyone at Exit 

Festival. It was an unexpected experience 

that opened our eyes more in the field of 

promotion, networking and booking. I was 

very excited by the meetings and talking with 

everyone involved with CEETEP. It was very 

interesting and we hope that we can arrange 

something with other artists. We are still in 

contact with them and we are looking for 

possibilities to bring them to our country and 

also to play with our band Got Blue Balls . 

Firstly the opportunity to play at Waves of 

Vienna festival is very good for us. We have 

played festivals in the Czech and Slovak 

republics and just now it is an opportunity 

to take our music across borders. We hope 

that everything will be good and people will 

like our music. I hope to see everyone again 

at some other festivals, and meetings and if 

CEETEP needs to arrange something in future 

please we would be happy to help. 

www.vagaboond.com 

Ruth Koleva – artist from Bulgaria: 

In my opinion, the meeting went really well. It 

was amazing to hear Lazslo and Juri’s stories . 

It was great that we all had the chance to 

meet up and see the common things and 

the differences in our music industries . To 

me personally, it was enlightening to hear 

in which fields the other countries in the 

region are better developed than in my 

own country . I took notes. I am working on 

trying to make some major changes. I work 

as a performer, producer and manager for 

my band. I am based in Bulgaria and in the 

Netherlands. 

http://facebook.com/music.ruth 

http://ruth.bg/en 

Dana Glavan – manager of Suie 

Paparude , Romania 

For me, it was a great opportunity to meet 

people in the region to learn about their 

markets and to share my experience. I 

thank the team for being such beautiful 

hosts. Our meeting was a great start for 

what we all hope to achieve in the region . 

Thank you to for being such a great 

moderator of the discussion and for bringing 

us your experience and your lovely British 

accent in a ‘sea’ full of eastern accent 

speakers. (I suppose I should have edited 

that bit out – but why turn down such a 

nice compliment! – Ed.) 

I know that once I chose to work with the 

band, Suie Paparude www.suiiepaparude. 

com Facebook.com/suiepaparude) as a 

band manager I automatically assumed that 

I couldn’t fail. Things just cannot go wrong 

when I am responsible for their careers. Most 

probably this is the worst nightmare that a 

band manager can have: fail to promote a 

talented artist. There are so many good and 

talented artists with access to people that 

don’t manage to break the borders, to make 

their music popular due to bad managers or 

due to the negligence of some promoters. 

In Romania, unfortunately, things like this 

happen quite often and I do not want to be 

part of it and fail. The CEETEP EXIT meeting 

opened some doors for us. Discussing various 

topics one conclusion was coming to everybody’s 

mind: no matter from where you are, 

you need to work a lot and fight for what 

you believe in. 

We are famous in Romania, being the first 

electronic music band, but the CEETEP 

meeting and all the lovely people that I met 

there show me that is not enough to stay in 

your own country. We need to spread our music 

abroad. What is CEETEP doing? Putting us 

together with the right people, helping us to 

talk to each other; sharing others experience 

and finally helping us not fail our artists and 

their hard work. CEETEP can be the best 

support that we might have…… we need to 

stay in touch! 

CEETEP RESULTS 

On August 9, 2012, Eurosonic Noorderslag 

announced the initial CEETEP results in 

Groningen , with the following statement: 

Eurosonic Noorderslag and co-organisers 

Sziget Festival and Exit Festival are proud 

to announce the current results of the first 

year of the CEETEP program. CEETEP was 

developed to stimulate the circulation of 

CEE acts and repertoire in Central Eastern 

Europe at the CEETEP festivals and in the 

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media. CEETEP is a sub-program of ETEP, 

the European Talent Exchange Program. By 

working together the organisers will help CEE 

acts perform across borders within Central 

Eastern Europe and, via shows at Eurosonic 

Noorderslag in the Netherlands, throughout 

the whole of Europe and beyond. 

As announced today, August 9th at the 

special CEETEP press conference at The 

Sziget Festival with Fruzsina Szep from Sziget 

Festival, Ivan Milivojev from Exit festival and 

Peter Smidt from Eurosonic Noorderslag, the 

results for year 1 so far are: 24 confirmed 

shows by 16 European artists from 9 different 

countries. A great and promising start for the 

CEETEP program. The 3 CEE acts with the 

most bookings at the 13 CEETEP festivals 

will receive an invitation to play at Eurosonic 

Noorderslag 2013. 

Fruzsina Szep from Sziget festival 

“The only thing I can say is that all the energy 

we invested in building up the CEETEP project 

in the past years together with many Central 

and Eastern European colleagues and with 

Eurosonic Noordeslag was 100% worth all 

the time and energy. We are building cultural 

bridges and the first real foundations were 

laid down this year. And we aim to grow 

from building bridges to building a ‘cultural 

highway’ for our artists in the CEE region and 

between now and 2015, we hope to have all 

roads open for artists to tour freely. I honestly 

believe in that goal, and this professional and 

artistic cooperation and exchange is the true 

sign we are heading towards this already. I’m 

happy, honoured and proud to belong to the 

CEETEP family.” 

Peter Smidt from Eurosonic Noorderslag: 

“We are very happy that with 24 festival 

shows from 16 acts at 13 festivals the first 

year of CEETEP made a strong start. Given 

the media attention we believe all acts made 

a good start in new countries and expanded 

their markets. And success is not only to 

be seen in countries within CEETEP. Several 

CEETEP acts are already booked at Waves 

Vienna in Austria. We are looking forward 

to the presence of the most booked CEETEP 

acts at Eurosonic Noorderslag in January.” 

EXIT Festival hosted CEETEP meeting


CEETEP ARTISTS 2012 ARTISTS ON 

CEETEP FESTIVALS 

Band: Country: Suggested by: 

Astro’n’out Latvia Positivus Festival 

B-Complex Slovakia Pohoda 

Bernays Propaganda R. Macedonia Taksirat Festival 

Cocotte Minute Czech Republic Rock For People 

Concrete Sun Serbia Exit Festival 

Dekadens Romania B’estfest 

Dreddup Serbia Exit Festival 

Dubioza Kolektiv Bosnia and Herzegovina Taksirat Festival 

Enej Poland Woodstock Festival Poland 

Gooral Poland Coke Live Music Festival 

Got Blue Balls Slovakia Pohoda 

Gravity Co. Bulgaria Spirit of Burgas 

Grimus Romania B’estfest 

Hype! Serbia Exit Festival 

Instrumenti Latvia Positivus Festival 

Intim Torna Illegál Hungary Sziget 

Jelonek Poland Woodstock Festival Poland 

Kamp! Poland Heineken Open’er Festival 

Kerekes Band Hungary Sziget 

Killo Killo Banda Serbia Exit Festival 

Kiril Dzajkovski R. Macedonia Taksirat Festival 

Kottarashki Bulgaria Spirit of Burgas 

L.Stadt Poland Heineken Open’er Festival 

Les Elephants Bizarres Romania B’estfest 

Luka Belani Croatia INmusic Festival 

Monika Brodka Poland Coke Live Music Festival 

Petrol Serbia Exit Festival 

Pipes and Pints Czech Republic Rock For People 

Popa Sapka Romania B’estfest 

Puding Pani Elvisovey Slovakia Pohoda 

Ruth Koleva Bulgaria Spirit of Burgas 

S.a.r.s. Serbia Taksirat Festival 

S3ngs Croatia INmusic Festival 

Smallman Bulgaria Spirit of Burgas 

Söndörgo Hungary Sziget 

Suie Paparude Romania B’estfest 

Superhiks R. Macedonia Taksirat Festival 

Tata Bojs Czech Republic Rock For People 

The Orange Strips Croatia INmusic Festival 

The Uniques Slovakia Wilsonic Festival 

Tichá Dohoda Czech Republic Rock For People 

Triana Park Latvia Positivus Festival 

Turbo Hungary Sziget 

Vypsana Fixa Czech Republic Rock For People 

Wickeda Bulgaria Spirit of Burgas 

Band: Country: Scores: 

Grimus RO 3 

Instrumenti LV 3 

Dubioza Kolektiv BA 3 

Kerekes Band HU 2 

Monika Brodka PL 2 

Pipes and Pints CZ 2 

B-Complex SK 1 

Condrete Sun RS 1 

Hype! RS 1 

Intim Torna Illegál HU 1 

Kamp! PL 1 

Les Elephants Bizarres RO 1 

Puding Pani Esvisovey SK 1 

Superhiks MK 1 

Tata Bojs CZ 1 

Turbo HU 1 

Number of artists 16 

Number og confirmed shows 24 

Number of Countries 9 

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PRS for Music Launches Music 

Makeover 2012 


This announcement deals with two things which feature prominently 

in my life – music and pubs – so I think this initiative deserves attention 

and support! – It’s your round! (Ed) 

In advance of the important Live Music Act 2012, which comes into 

affect this October, PRS for Music launches the second edition of the 

competition to find the UK’s best music pubs, The Music Makeover. 

The £5,000 award is intended to help pubs create the right space for 

music so they can remain competitive and crucially, a key destination 

for locals to enjoy. The passing of the Live Music Act means small 

venues in England and Wales (under a 200-person capacity) will 

no longer need local authority permission to host performances 

of live music. PRS for Music will be contacting 41,000 pubs with a 

comprehensive guide to making live music work including tips on 

genre choice, stage lighting, jukeboxes, gig promotion and ticketing. 

Research conducted by PRS for Music with pub-data specialists 

CGA Strategy Ltd. identified a significant positive impact of live and 

recorded music on sales in pubs – an increase of £667 on Fridays and 

Saturdays and 36 more units each day during the week. In deeply 

challenging economic times for the great British pub, the research 

confirms that live music is a vital life-line to many venues. 

Francis Rossi of Status Quo remarked: “Don’t even start me on the 

importance of the pub circuit. In the early days we were always gigging 

in local pubs, throwing our kit in the back of the van and motoring 

The Market Inn, Faversham, Music Makeover winner 2011 

from town to town. We pretty much mastered our live sound and 

style in those old pubs.” 

Horace Trubridge of the Musicians’ Union stated: “Pubs play such a 

vital role in many musicians’ careers and provide an essential platform 

from which talent can grow. Demonstrating how music can really 

benefit pubs underlines how intertwined the two industries are. We 

need to protect and support the pub sector and the live music circuit 

as they are both such an integral part of the UK cultural scene.” 

Last year’s Music Makeover winner David Pott of The Market Inn, 

Faversham, said: “We were extremely pleased to win – pleased for 

us and for the pub. The prize money will be a great boost for the 

pub and the community. This will put The Market Inn on the map for 

music. We’re already receiving demos from local bands who want to 

play here.” http://www.facebook.com/dotTICKETS. 

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VIPNEWS > AUGUST 2012 > AWARDS 

AWARDS 


If things in many areas of the music business are looking a little down, don’t let it get to you, there’s nothing 

like the occasional Awards Ceremony to make industry players feel recognized, making it all worthwhile, and 

cheering everyone up - here are the plans for three of these events… 

Festival Awards & Conference 2012 

The UK Festival Awards ceremony and UK 

Festival Conference will both take place at 

London’s historic Roundhouse this year for its 

ninth edition to gather the nation’s festival 

industry under one roof in the wake of an 

eventful and challenging year for the sector. 

The winners, decided by a combination of 

public and industry vote, will be revealed 

and presented with their awards at the 

gala ceremony on the evening of Monday 

3rd December, featuring a big-name host, 

gourmet dinner, live entertainment and a 

notoriously lively after - show party. 

Festivals wishing to take part in this year’s 

awards can register online now at www. 

festivalawards .com. 

Festival Awards Ltd announces Eventbrite 

partnership 

During the day of the awards show, the UK 

Festival Conference will be held in the main 

auditorium of the venue, featuring a keynote 

speaker and a programme of seniorlevel 

panelists discussing the key challenges 

and opportunities facing the industry at this 

time. 

Steve Jenner, Festival Awards co-founder says: 

“After achieving a long-held dream of staging 

the Festival Awards at The Roundhouse 

last year, we had to take stock and seriously 

reassess where we could go from there. We 

concluded that the only way is up and set 

about taking things to even greater heights 

in 2012. Upgrading the Conference venue to 

the Roundhouse was one such step. Over the 

coming weeks we will be announcing further 

exciting developments , underlining the fact 

that 2012 is set to be another landmark year 

for Festival Awards.” 

Tickets for both events are being handled 

by Eventbrite, and are available to order 

now from: festivalawards.eventbrite.com. 

Chris McCormick, Festival Awards cofounder 

and sponsorship director 

comments : “We are delighted to welcome 

Eventbrite on-board as a major sponsor this 

year. As one of the most progressive forces 

in the reformatted ticketing landscape, we 

believe they have a lot to offer to the festival 

market in the UK and beyond, and it’s a 

pleasure to be working with them.” 

Marion Gamel, VP Marketing EMEA, 

Eventbrite comments: “Eventbrite is 

delighted to be sponsoring the UK Festival 

Awards 2012. We are also very happy to 

be handling the ticketing of this event, that 

will be a celebration of the outstanding 

creativity and variety of festivals in the UK.” 

As previously announced, overseas sister 

event The European Festival Awards will 

return to Groningen, Holland, on the opening 

night of the Eurosonic Noorderslag showcase 

festival and conference on Wednesday 9th 

January, 2013. Tickets are available now, 

with early-bird discounts available. 

Steve Jenner 

Festival Awards Ltd, the company that 

produces the UK and European Festival 

Awards as well as the UK Festival 

Conference , has confirmed that UK-based 

Mondiale Publishing has recently purchased 

a majority stake of the organisation. Original 

founders Steve Jenner and Chris McCormick 

will retain prominent operational positions 

going forward, with existing shareholders 

James Drury and Justin Madgwick also 

remaining on the restructured board. 

For more information on the Festival 

Awards & Conference contact: 

Steve Jenner – Co-founder & Director 

Festival Awards Ltd 

T: 07968 214560 - steve@festivalawards.com 

Ben Chadwick – Event Manager 

Mondiale Publishing Ltd 

T: 0161 476 5580 - b.chadwick@mondiale.co.uk

VIPNEWS > AUGUST 2012 > AWARDS 

Artist and Manager Awards 

Launched - Spotify Headline Sponsor 

First Conference Details 

for Reeperbahn Festival 

Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, co-chair of The Featured Artist’s Coalition 

Manfred Tari mt@vip-booking.com 

(FAC) and Jon Webster, CEO of the Music Managers Forum (MMF) 

announced the launch of the 2012 Artist and Managers Awards on 

August 7th at Adidas Underground in London. Last year’s successful 

inaugural event was held at the Roundhouse but the FAC and MMF 

are joining the move to east London by holding this year’s event at 

the Troxy (www.troxy.co.uk) on November 27th. 

Last year’s winners were Ed Sheeran, Giant Men Management, 

Adele, Jho Oakley, Martin Mills, John Glover, Massive Attack and 

the artists and managers from Everybody’s. 

The following awards will be the subject of nomination over the next 2 months Breakthough Artist: 

First Rung Manager · Artist of the Year: · Manager of the Year 

These following are in the gift of the FAC and MMF Boards and will be announced in the next few weeks Industry Champion: 

The Pioneer Award · The Peter Grant Award for Management · Artist’s Artists 

FAC Co-Chair Sandie Shaw said “Last year’s event was a great 

celebration of the artist and manager community and we look 

forward to an even bigger and better bash this year” 

The Awards will be sponsored by fast growing music service 

Spotify (www.spotify.com) whose Chief Content Officer Ken Parks 

announced that the service had reached the 4 million subscriber 

landmark at a conference in London last week. 

Artist and Manager Awards 2011 

MMF Chairman Brian Message commented “We are constantly 

exploring ways for artists and fans to be closer together and to 

access music in more legitimate ways.” 

More information can be obtained from www.amawards.org or 

from the FAC and MMF offices (info@thefac.org – info@themmf. 

net). 

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Another Episode In The Viagogo-Saga 


Earlier this year the UK Channel 4 Dispatches TV-Report “The Great 

Ticket Swindle” investigated the business practices of Viagogo and 

Seatwave in some detail. 

It was revealed that it was the case that staffmembers of Viagogo, 

which had previously portrayed itself as a ticket exchange where 

fans could sell tickets to fans, were actually buying and selling tickets 

via the company website. Now another TV-report has revealed how 

a Viagogo- staff member is buying and selling tickets applying a 

surcharge to consumers typical for ticket exchanges. 

The Danish journalist Jens Vithner working for the consumer magazine 

“Kontant” presented by the public station DR1, has unearthed even 

more details about how Viagogo goes about its business. The report 

entitled “Snedige billethajer” (cunning ticket tout – Ed.) revealed 

that, “…the territorial manger of Viagogo in The Netherlands is a 

major seller on Viagogo.” In the announcement for the show Vithner 

declared that the manager “puts tickets for sale on Viagogo before he 

has bought the real ticket and that he disguises that he is a Viagogo 

employee selling on the site, by removing his name and the price from 

the ticket using Photoshop.” 

The report was aired on August 14. VIP News spoke with Vithner 

about his discoveries and findings about the business methods that 

accompany so called secondary ticketing, previously considered a 

black market. 

Isn’t the unauthorized resale of tickets in Denmark forbidden 

by law? 

– Yes - According to Danish law it is illegal to “offer a ticket for sale at 

a higher price then the original” 

What have been the main results and findings of your report? 

After our research we could prove, that some of the tickets on 

Viagogo are put up for sale on Viagogo as a secondary ticket, even 

before the primary ticket is bought. Then we found out, that the 

ticket we bought was being manipulated, before it was sent to the 

buyer. The customer’s name and the price were removed. When we 

made a search on the buyer’s name, Hugo Schaper, we found out, 

that he wasn’t just an unlucky fan, who couldn’t get to the concert, 

but the national manager of Viagogo. 

How did you become aware of the involvement of this Viagogo 

Executive buying and selling tickets for concerts and events in 

Denmark? 

The Danish Broadcasting Company has a Concert Hall; we allied 

with its music manager who went on to Viagogo to find tickets to 

a concert . He found out that Viagogo had tickets for a concert that 

will take place in April and that they had tickets available for a section 

(I think it was Section E). But when he checked their internal ticket 

system he could see, that they hadn’t sold any tickets for this section 

of the Hall. 

Then he bought one of these section Etickets on Viagogo’s website 

- a couple of hours later someone went into the website of the 

concert hall and bought a section E-ticket. An hour later the music 

manager received his Eticket from Viagogo. But the ticket had been 

manipulated in Photoshop. One of the tickets was sold by the concert 

hall to the buyer. The other one was received by the music manager 

from Viagogo. It was the same ticket (Same ID and same row and 

seat) but the name had been changed. The ticket the music manager 

received has the name Sjors on it and the price was missing - The 

original had the name Hugo Schaper and the price on it. 

THEN, if you google Hugo Schaper, it shows, that he is listed on 

Facebook and Linked In, as the national manager of Viagogo in The 

Netherlands. That’s how we found him. 

You interviewed Danish concert promoters and ticketing 

providers for the report, did they give any estimates of the 

numbers or the share of tickets sold via Viagogo for popular 

events? 

– We spoke with the two large ticket providers in Denmark, and 

one of them tracked down that Hugo Schaper bought more than 

700 tickets for Danish events from their website. They don’t now 

how many of their tickets are sold on Viagogo, but they think its 

thousands . 

The French promoter association Prodiss lobbied successfully 

for a law against the unauthorized resale of tickets. The law 

foresees penalties of about 15.000 Euros in the first case, 

30.000 Euro in case of repetition. Would you say, it needs a 

similar degree of penalty in Denmark too, in order to prevent 

secondary ticket platforms continuing their business? 

– I’m not actually sure what the penalty for reselling is in Denmark - 

but not as much as in France. The problem is, that when the sale is 

through Viagogo, who has their main office in London (Possibly not 

any longer – Ed.) and the server in Switzerland, the Danish Police and 

authority can’t do anything about it.

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The Danish TV-Report “Kontant” 

reveals more details about Viagogo 

CUNNING TICKET TOUT 

You mentioned that Google Denmark stopped Viagogo 

advertisements after your report has been screened. Did 

Google provide you with a statement on the case? 

We had a statement from Peter Friis CEO of Google Norden in our 

late news at 21.00, which declared, ‘We are now suspending the 

advertisements, to look at their methods. But at the same time we 

will give them the possibility to document, that what they do is legal 

in Denmark. Our lawyers will now look into it, and then we have to 

see, what will happen next’. 

Kåre Quist, Kontant 

and Hugo Schaper 

Did you obtain any other reactions from consumer protection 

or governmental organisations or even media after the 

broadcast of the report? 

– We had a comment from the Danish consumer council, who wants 

the access to Viagogo to be shut down, as we in Denmark have done 

with Pirate Bay and some betting companies. Some of the political 

parties support that view. 

The report includes statements in English by the national manager of Viagogo- and a spokesperson for Viagogo. For further 

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information please check: http://www.dr.dk/tv/se/kontant/kontant-16#!/ 

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The RIFD-solution provider Intellitix provided the sport company Adidas 

with its service for their marketing events during the Olympic Games in 

London. These new technologies enable promoters to run their events 

with cashless payments but also offer the opportunity to benefit from 

many other related technical and new media features that could lead 

to significant changes for the structure of production facilities for live 

events. VIP News spoke with Greg Parmley, Chief Information Officer 

at Intellitix about its engagement for Adidas and about the applications 

and possibilities provided by this new service technology. 

Which events has Intellitix provided RFID-service for this year? 

– Loads! In North America, events include Coachella, Lollapalooza, 

Outside Lands, Electric Zoo, Bonaroo, Bamboozle, River’s Edge etc. 

There’s a lot. In one weekend we had six running at once – please see 

here: www.intellitix.com/resources/newsarticle/20 

In Europe this year we’ve done Eurosonic Noorderslag, the Red Hot 

Chili Peppers at Knebworth, Wakestock, Tomorrowlands (Europe’s 

largest EDM festival), Adidas at the Olympics, and there’s more to 

come before the season finishes – we’re looking to announce at least 

one more European festival shortly. 

Intellitix provided its RIFD-System for Adidas during the 

Olympic Games for their marketing events. Can you please 

explain what kind of services these were? 

– All of the services we provided were based around the venue, 

Village Underground, for the duration of the Games. The ‘Adidas 

underground ’ shows took place over 12 nights at the venue. Intellitix 

provided a pre-registration system that allowed guests to register for 

tickets and powered the box office, enabling RFID bands to be quickly 

linked to individual profiles when that guest arrived. We provided 

a secure RFID access control system that was used during the day 

by security to limit access to authorized staff, and then at night 

Intellitix 

– In touch with Olympia! 

Greg Parmley, Chief Information Officer at Intellitix 

when the event was running, in order to ensure that only authorized 

guests gained access. A visual wristband check by security was not 

possible because the bands were the same every night, despite there 

being a different event, so all access was dictated by our system. 

The access control system also gave regular reports as to how many 

people were in the venue, unique enters and exits etc. 

All guests had drinks tokens preloaded onto their bands. All bar staff 

were issued with handheld scanners so that guests were able to 

redeem them. This proved very popular, as I’m sure you can imagine! 

It was extremely fast as well. Again, it all ran with 100% uptime. 

And Facebook registered wristbands could post in several ways: 

1. A post was triggered on entry as they arrived. 2. An Adidas branded 

Live Click Station was wall mounted – guests could Live Click their 

RFID wristbands to post a text update. 3. Using an Adidas branded 

Live Click Photo Station guests were able to instantly upload photos 

to their Facebook profile using just their RFID wristbands. If someone 

hadn’t registered in advance, we had staff able to sign them up on 

the spot, using an iPad and a small portable RFID reader. 

Please elaborate on the settings and results for the ‘pre and 

post social network communication’ services you provided for 

Adidas? 

– Pre – getting people to pre register on Facebook, putting the system 

in place. Posts – being able to evaluate how many posts were made, 

and so calculate how effective the activation was. 

Looking into the sector for sport events, did you discover that 

the needs and demands of sport events for RIFD-solutions are 

different than the ones for music events? 

– This was a mixture of music, fashion and sport-inspired events, 

and held in a venue, so it felt more rock ‘n’ roll than anything else!


Adidas wanted to stage something very special that would connect 

with various different scenes in London, and we helped facilitate that. 

Intellitix offers their services in North America and in Europe. 

Which markets are more progressive or better said which 

promoters are more progressive in using RFID solutions for 

their events? 

– North America is currently busier than Europe, but then our 

operation there is a year older, or twice as old depending how you 

look at it because the company is only two years old! I would argue 

that anyone adopting RFID is progressive though, and not just our 

own technology. Most of the major festival promoters are trialling 

or considering RFID or cashless payment systems in some way – it’s a 

topic that everyone is aware of I think. 

Have you also experienced any differences between the 

acceptance and the usage of social media tools between event 

visitors in North America and Europe? 

– It’s too early to say for definite, but there will always be a large 

proportion of event goers that are keen to experience new ways of 

connecting, or are happy to experiment with new technology. And 

there is always a small number that prefer not to engage, which is 

fine – everything we do with social media is ‘opt in’. What makes 

more of a difference, rather than nationality, is engaging with fans 

in the right way, and giving them real value, or exciting them in new, 

well communicated ways. 

In general, what type of RIFD-services are more of interest 

for promoters, cashless payment options or new media 

opportunities ? 

– In Europe, cashless payment is certainly a big watchword. But social 

media amplification can be enormous if done right – look at Bonaroo 

as an example - www.intellitix.com/media/videos - so it certainly 

should not be undervalued. 

How big are the logistical and infrastructure efforts Intellitix 

have to undertake to supply promoters with its service, and 

how does a typical collaboration between a promoter and 

Intellitix shape up? 

– Everything we do requires a decent amount of hardware – most of 

which is custom-built – and staff to run it. The software side of things 

is also all developed in house, and requires monitoring by our team of 

developers. So I would describe a typical collaboration with a promoter 

as ‘detailed’! A huge amount of effort goes into ensuring that every 

single event we’ve ever deployed at has run 100% successfully . When 

you’re talking about the access control of an event, or the F&B spend, 

they’re hugely important elements of festivals – any sort of system or 

service failure in this area is simply not an option. 

For further information please check www.intellitix.com 

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VIPNEWS > BUSINESS > 

AUGUST 2012 

Music in Shares 


CTS Eventim 

Take Over Management 

of Lanxess Arena Cologne 

The deal is already signed but needs final approval by Cartel 

authorities . On August 10 CTS Eventim formally took over Arena 

Management GmbH (AMG), previously owned by the Arena Holding 

GmbH. Not as previously reported in local newspapers, that that CTS 

Eventim bid together with the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) 

to run the management for the arena, CTS Eventim reported that it is 

now going ahead with this deal without AEG. 

Previously CTS Eventim and AEG received t approval for the purchase 

of Hammersmith Apollo, which both companies will run in a joint 

venture. Currently no further news is available regarding the previously 

reported investigation by the Prosecution Department Munich 

of CTS Eventim CEO Klaus Peter Schulenberg on suspicion of the unauthorized 

resale of tickets for the World Cup 2006 in Germany. 

However, for CTS Eventim the purchase of AMG indicates a strategy 

change. In the past CTS Eventim never undertook serious efforts to 

enter the market for venue management. With the joint venture with 

AEG in the UK and management of the open air arena Waldbühne 

and the concert location Tempodrom in Berlin, the take over of the 

management company for the Lanxess Arena can be seen as another 

step for CTS Eventim in expanding its portfolio of business activities 

into new areas. The current share price for CTS Eventim stands at 24.56 

Euro. 

Live Nation 

Q2-Results Reported 

And New Offer For a Bond 

“Overall, we remain confident in our ability to deliver growth in 

our core business while we continue to invest in the technology 

platform , unlocking future growth opportunities with our 200 million 

transaction base and maintaining our strong leadership position in 

the marketplace ” explains Michael Rapino, President and CEO of Live 

Nation Entertainment according to the company’s business report for 

the second quarter (Q2) in 2012. 

The company’s $1,550 billion turnover in Q2 2012 is a bit less than in 

Q2-2011 where it was $1.558 bn. Nevertheless, the half-year figures in 

fact indicate a growth of $10 million, from $2.408 in 2011 to $2.418 

billion this year. 

But also the net loss is growing; from $35.2 in the same period last year 

up to $61.4 million this year. Also the long-term debts are growing: 

from $1.662 on December 31 up to $1.682 billion by June 30. 

Shortly after Live Nation put out its business report, the company 

announced an offer of “$225 million in aggregate principal amount of 

7.00% senior unsecured notes due 2020 (the “Notes”)”. In the same 

announcement Live Nation reported that it will take on a further $100 

million loan and intends together with the new notes “to redeem all of 

its outstanding 10.75% senior notes due 2016, to pay related fees and 

expenses in connection therewith and for general corporate purposes.” 

Shares of Live Nation on August 20 stand at $8.83. 

MUSIC IN SHARES 

Lanxess Arena Michael Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer

VIPNEWS > BUSINESS > AUGUST 2012 MUSIC IN SHARES 

Music Festivals PLC 

announced Win Warning 

On August 3 Music Festivals PLC announced a profit warning due to 

lower ticket sales for its two main festivals Hop Farm Music Festival and 

the Benicassim Festival. 

In an investors news it says: As a result, the Group currently expects 

to report a material loss for the year ending 31 December 2012 and is 

exploring ways of raising additional working capital.” 

Earlier in July, the company reported that Vince Power, Director of the 

company provided a £750,000 unsecured loan with an interest rate of 

8 percent. 

The share price of Music Festivals PLC is now at 3.5 Pence, on June 30 

it still was at 39.5 Pence. The one-year share price review reports a loss 

of 94.6 percent… 

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