Editor's note

Firstly, those of you who attended ILMC 16 may have read many of these stories in our first ever print edition of Vip News put together specially for the Conference, so apologies for the repetition. For those of you, our regular readers, that didn't get to The Royal Garden Hotel in London we have, blearily eyed after three very intense days, put together the highlights in a brief overview of the biggest ILMC yet.

Anniversaries, and the figure 50 have been looming large of late. Apparently, and I'm not sure who set the start date, Rock and Roll is 50 years old this year, 1954 is full of pop culture benchmarks. Elvis Presley recorded his first single - and in a small factory in Fullerton, California, Leo Fender created his first Stratocaster. Also in the UK the older fan, rather than being a bonus, is fast becoming the music industry's best customer, and has acquired a name: the 50-Quid Bloke. I'm reassured that the live industry now realises that the gig-going habit no longer fades at 40 or 50.I'm sure this will be remarked upon in many of the ILMC panels.

With only a day to recover from the rigours of ILMC, your intrepid Editor will be heading for Austin Texas for the joys of SXSW, we deal in some depth with the showcase line up for this year's event, and I will tell tales from the Wild West in the next issue - in the meantime - Ladies & Gentlemen - The News.

 

 

There were in excess of 700 delegates, including four Vip-Booking representatives, at this past weekend's International Live Music Conference (ILMC).

 

In a retrospective view the ILMC 16, it is quite funny that the Crossing borders panel revealed something that is typical for the ILMC.

 

While some of the issues raised during the ILMC seem to have become standardized it is refreshing to see how it has changed over the years and what is new on the agenda.

 

The ILMC Safety Focus Group (SFG) is asking delegates at this year's ILMC to demonstrate their commitment to safety by donating the 40,000 euros of matching funding needed to complete its European project.

As befits a variable and vibrant industry the European live music industry is ever changing.

 

For their first ever sponsorship of an artists world tour, MTV Presents Britney Spears Onyx Hotel Tour 2004 which follows up multi-platinum sales of her 'In the Zone ' album.

 

Ben Rodenberg at ASS Concerts could not have been more satisfied with the overall success of the German act Wir Sind Helden (We are Angels) at this year's edition of the Echo Award Show on March 6 in Berlin.

 

CTS Eventim intends to increase revenue and upgrade the service of their web site with commercial audio downloads.

 

The Irish contribution to the ongoing round of award ceremonies, The Meteor Music Awards has honoured a variety of Irish and international stars, with the usual suspects scoring in the international voting.

 

SXSW is without doubt the showcase festival that international acts aspire to take part in to get their foothold in the US market.

 

Pinkpop - Melt - David Byrne:

Tickets for the 35th edition of the Pink Pop festival went on sale on March 6. The Dutch open air event which is one of the oldest festivals in continental Europe will be held on May 29-31, in Landgraaf near Heerlen.

ETEP stands for European Talent Exchange Program and is the first European wide program dedicated to supporting newcomer acts abroad.

 

Clear Channel (CCU.NSE): From 43.04 USD down to 40.72 USD. Within just one month CCU shares have lost almost 4.80 USD.

CTS Eventim (EVD.FSE): The raise stopped. This sentence was to be expected but nevertheless it took a very long time before it had to be written. While 15.05 Euro was reported in the last issue the current share price is 13.30 Euro.

DEAG (ERM.FSE): DEAG had been the focus of an article in the news magazine Der Spiegel where it stated that the company is still in a very crucial financial situation. On March 12th DEAG released a preliminary business report where the company declared to undertake exceptional write offs of 10,1 million Euro as part of the complete restructure measures ended on December 31st, 2003. The turnover for 2003 is indicated with 127,8 million Euro, while the overall results due to high interests and extraordinary depreciations is going to be negative. The full business report will be released on March 18th. The current share price went down from 3.08 to 2.85 Euro.

Mean Fiddler (MEF.ISE): With a current share price of 48.00 Pence. MEF faced a drop from 53.5 Pence of about 5.5 Pence.

Sanctuary (SGP.ISE). Last time indicted with 52.5 Pence. The share price for Sanctuary on March 16 was 50.75 Pence.

 

Welldone is a company group whose main branch is a wide programme production. It has started its operations in 1990 and grown strongly during the last few years.

Welldone has rapidly become the leading Finnish representative of foreign artists. It is also the agent for ca 70 Finnish artists and bands with offices both in Helsinki and Turku.

Welldone’s biggest events in the last few years have been the concerts of Michael Jackson, U2, Elton John and the Rolling Stones at Helsinki Stadium. Other concerts organized by Welldone were those given at Hartwall Arena by Luciano Pavarotti, the Kiss, John Fogerty, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vanessa Mae, Genesis, the Spice Girls, Depeche Mode, Eros Ramazzotti, Eric Clapton, Barbara Hendricks, José Carreras, Rod Stewart, the Backstreet Boys, No Doubt, Prodigy etc. Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance and Riverdance, which sold nearly 122 000 tickets, were among the most successful visits. The stars of the Welldone events organized in Turku have been Karita Mattila, Janet Jackson and Eros Ramazzotti.

Welldone is also an experienced festival organizer.

Welldone L.R. Oy is a specialist for company events.

 

Copenhagen JazzHouse is a nice and cosy Jazz Club situated in Center of town. The club opened in October 1991.

Copenhagen JazzHouse presents all kinds of Jazz Music og today, modern-style improvised music and world music (mostly Brasil and Cuban). We present only highquality music, and our programme is a blend of the very best local artists and international acts. Our capasity is 240.

Through the years we have presented: Milton Nascimento, Richard Galliano, Gianluigi Trovesi, Andy Sheppard, Django Bates, Bill Frisell, Jack DeJohnette, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, Steve Coleman, Joe Henderson, Bugge Wesseltoft, Ray Brown, Bill Evans, John Abercrombie, Marilyn Crisspell, Marc Johnson, The Yellowjackets, Dianne Reeves, Michel Camilo, Kenny Barron, Toots Thielemans, Michel Petrucciani, Elvin Jones, Krøyt, Henry Threadgill, Joe Lovano, Egberto Gismonti, Tom Harrell, Jon Balke, Enrico Pierranunzi, Pat Metheny, Jim Hall, Abbey Lincoln and many many more.

And from Denmark: Niels Henning Ørsted Petersen, Palle Mikkelborg, Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra, Cæcilie Norby, Marilyn Mazur, Lars Møller, Thomas Clausen, Alex Riel, Josefine Cronholm, Anders Christensen, Jørgen Emborg, Jakob Dinesen, The Danish Radio Orchestra and the list could go on.

Covercharge is somewhere between 70 DKK to 160DKK (10 -20 euro)

You find the Club 30 meters from the walkingstreet 'Ströget' just behind the church. At ground level we have a nice café and in the basement we have the concert room and a large bar. After the concerts on Thursday, Friday and Saturday we turn the whole place into a hot Night Club from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. We play the best music such as soul, funk, world beat, jazzy hiphop and salsa.

Welcome to Copenhagen JazzHouse

 

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