Editor's note

Well you'll all be glad to know that I have just avoided serious mishap due to stumbling down the stairs in a rush to respond to the loud (how do I turn it down?!) and insistent beckoning of my mobile phone, for some reason it's always downstairs when I'm up and vice versa. Now don't misunderstand me, there are many times when I'm glad of this device, which I once insisted that I could do without, but the tones it emits are not the literal 'music to the ears' that they are to an increasingly vast amount of people - I don't want the opening bars of my favourite piece of music condensed and digitalised into a pale shadow of the original to eventually irritate me and annoy those on the train or elsewhere every time I am called by the important people and adoring women (OK I can dream!) that vie for my attention. But huge amounts of people do - ringtones are big business, now bigger business than the singles market, big returns for publishers - if they can get all the deals straight - and now in the UK they have their own chart! The June 5 issue of Musicweek included their first ever fortnightly 'brand new and official' ringtones charts, which was topped, quite fittingly by a title including a swear word and dealing with the rejection of a girlfriend, (apparently more partners are now dumped by text message than any other means!), yes that savoury ditty - F**k It (I Don't Want You Back) by Eamon makes history as the first UK number one amongst ringtones.

Now all we need is for someone to come up with a radio or TV programme called 'Top of the Tones', which will cause mayhem as people all over the place damage themselves as they scramble up and down stairs to answer what they think are calls from their friends and nearest and dearest, or more likely that 'We're finished' message!

Right, enough cynicism (can there ever be enough?) - on with the News! - Just a minute, my bloody phone's ringing!!

 

The antitrust lawsuit filed by independent Denver promoter Nobody in Particular Presents Inc against Radio and concert promotions giant Clear Channel Communications Inc. has been settled in advance of the trial which had been set for a date in August.

 

In America the Rock The Vote campaign is well known for being a positive initiative intended to motivate younger people to become involved and concerned with the protection of democracy through politics.

 

America's Cleveland based Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is now a revered institution and induction to this role of honour is regarded as the highest honour any artist can receive.

 

MLK reported 100.000 tickets sold for Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. Marek Lieberberg Konzertagentur announced that the magic figure had been reached 24 hours prior to the double event.

 

Summerjam, the festival organised by Contour Music Promotion is on its way to becoming a classic event.

 

As we did with The Darkness and Franz Ferdinand, here at Vip News, we like to keep an eye out for 'the next big thing', and to let you all know (unless you've already beaten us to it!).

 

The major music convention Midem has announced its intention to maintain the same prices structure as in 2004 for the upcoming edition of the fair starting on January 22, 2005 in Cannes in France.

 

The interaction and the potential of the new technologies with live music events will be fully illustrated by the BBC's coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival.

 

The newsletters of German agent Berthold Seliger are unique. To inform the media of new tours and concerts along with personal view of matters that concern him, the agency owner adopts a style that mixes literary and journalistic approaches.

 

Courtney Love, has escaped jail by agreeing to enter a drug treatment programme. The 39-year-old widow of Kurt Cobain, pleaded guilty to being under the influence of cocaine when she was charged following her arrest outside an ex-boyfriend's home last October.

 

 

Clear Channel (CCU.NSE.): Slight losses reported for 4 issues in row now. On May 21 the reported price was 39.35 USD on June 4 the share noted 38.74 USD.

CTS Eventim (EVD.FSE): Last time 13.00, this time 13.60 Euro. Under the current stock market conditions this is certainly not bad, as the market generally shows some very, very tentative signs of recovery.

DEAG (ERM.FSE): Also doing better. 2.74 compared to 2.35.Euro last time.

Mean Fiddler (MEF.ISE): These shares have proved for quite a while now not to be spectacular in terms of significant up and downs. With no fanfare MEF went up from 58.50 to 61.75 Pence.

Sanctuary (SGP.ISE): A loss but in this case just a very petite loss. From 48.75 Pence down to 48.50 Pence.

 

Elmerdahl Bureauerne is an international world wide booking agency centrally situated in Denmark in Faaborg on Fuen. We are booking out international as well as danish artists such as : Finn Nørbygaaard, Peter Schrøder, Peter Mygind, Per Pallesen, Søren Pilmark and all kinds of bands, orchestras, entertainers, sports stars and a lot of other artists, which we book to firms, hotels, restaurants, festivals, clubs and societies all over Europe.

 

Since 1993, we have booked more than 3000 shows for national and mainly international artists in Switzerland and Europe. Cult Concerts Agency and Black Lamb Productions have now become one of the main Swiss booking agencies for festivals and tours. Our clients include The Metropop Festival, Sound Arena, Baregg Festival, AVO Session, Open Air Gampel, Outside Zürich Festival, Bex Rock Festival, Balélec, Out-in-the-Green festival, Open Air St. Gallen, Paléo Festival, Gurtenfestival, X-Tra Limmathaus, Kaserne Basel, Fri-Son, Bierhübeli, AlpenRock House and many others.

The Tours and off-dates :
We act as local promoters for international acts performing in Switzerland, either on the promoters requests or on agent¹s request. Our job is to look for artists for the clubs/venues/promoters/special events/festivals or to look for places to play for the Artists on tour.

We also are exclusive booking agents for several Swiss and International acts.

The Festivals, corporate and special events:
We have exclusive deals with some of the most important festivals in Switzerland as well as with a growing number of corporate events. What we do for them varies from case to case: it goes from the making of the programme to the coordination of the overall organisation, Production Management, Artist Relations, Backstage management (dressing rooms & catering), Artist Transports, Press Office, Security, etc.

Management & publishing:
We are managing and taking care of the publishing of some artists

Future developments:
We intend to consolidate our position on the Swiss market in terms of festivals and corporate bookings as well as developping our booking activities for Swiss and International acts in Europe.

 

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