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After celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the ILMC is
raising delegate numbers to top 1,000 for the first time in 2009. The
increase comes after another successful event which saw 940 delegates
from 96 countries gather in London last month
“We had a record attendance this year and at the end of the weekend it
was unanimously agreed that we needn’t have turned so many people
away,” says conference head Martin Hopewell.
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With the traditionally informal nature of professional development in
live music, a company offering a paid contract for management training
even before a job offer is unheard of. But, according to UK crowd
management specialists Showsec, it’s the way forward.
Formalising an operational career path within the security industry,
Showsec has launched a managerial academy, offering a year-long mix of
classroom and vocational training. The company is so convinced of the
importance of the Showsec Academy that it’s committing a significant
chunk of company turnover to the plan.
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After promotional work at the ILMC, it looks as though SMG Europe’s
new client – Bolton Arena – might shortly be adding itself to the UK
arena map for live music events.
SMG Europe has been appointed by the 9,000-capacity venue to attract,
manage and advise on its repositioning as a live music venue. The
£15million (€19m) arena opened in 2001 but until now has been used as a
centre of sport excellence.
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By trying to poach his clients during a company changeover, the
action of rival insurance brokers has backfired, gaining insurance
broker Martin Goebbels two new accounts.
When a company director working in the credit and bonds division of ESR
Insurance Services was suspected of having acted fraudulently, the
management alerted the Financial Services Authority, who in turn called
the police. Finally, administrators were appointed in February.
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North American-based companies will spend an estimated $1.04billion
(€0.66b) to sponsor music venues, festivals and tours this year, a 4%
increase from $1b (€0.63b) in 2007, according to Chicago-based IEG
Sponsorship Report.
The increase is partly due to bundled offerings for sponsorships such
as Citigroup’s Citi Cards multi-year deal with Live Nation that was
announced in February and includes tour presentation and venue naming
rights, pre-sale ticket offers and VIP hospitality.
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Vince Power’s return to the UK festival market is the first step in
creating a string of strategic alliances and partnerships across Europe
for “back-to-back” outdoor events.
When Power sold the Mean Fiddler Music Group to Live Nation and Irish
promoter Denis Desmond in 2005, he signed a three-year non-competition
clause, and focussed instead on purchasing a share of Benicassim
Festival in Spain (in 2006), and opening a string of London nightclubs.
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AEG Live has confirmed the first show via its new Middle Eastern office with former Mirage Promotions’ GM Thomas Ovesen – a Bon Jovi concert in association with the Government of Abu Dhabi and Mubadala.
Ovesen left Mirage in January this year, shortly before Live Nation
purchased a 65% share in the promotion company. His much rumoured move
to AEG Live was announced last month, seeing the two largest global
promoters both move into the Middle East almost simultaneously.
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A report into the UK music industry has quantified the extent of its carbon emissions and made a clear set of recommendations on what must be done to reduce its carbon footprint by between 60% and 80% by 2050, in line with European directives.
The report, titled First Step, was commissioned by music industry
greening group Julie’s Bicycle (JB) and compiled by the Environmental
Change Institute at the University of Oxford. It has revealed that the
live music industry was responsible for 65% of the UK music industry’s
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2007.
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The actions of a rogue South African promoter have bankrupted a
ticketing agency and forced his competitors to take out adverts to
reassure ticket buyers about their own shows.
Duncan Heafield, head of Kusasa Commodities Entertainment, was arrested
earlier this month on multiple fraud charges, and according to a series
of stories in Pollstar, Heafield is being pursued by numerous creditors
including investors and suppliers, and some of the 40,000 fans who
purchased tickets for a cancelled Josh Groban tour.
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As part of a plan to establish a pan-European network of classical
music promotion offices, Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) has purchased
a 75% stake in UK promoter Raymond Gubbay for an estimated amount of
close to £10million (€12.4m).
DEAG has worked closely with Raymond Gubbay for several years, and
according to CEO Peter Schwenkow, it’s a good match: “We want to
increase our activities in classical music, so Raymond Gubbay was
perfect,” he says. “It’s a sound company and a very profitable
business, but they do not have the superstars in classical music which
we can bring.”
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