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McGowan’s Musings
As the rain pours down – again! – I’m
preparing to go to Hamburg for this year’s
edition of Reeperbahn, always a worthwhile
and full on event! Hopefully we’ll have time
to sneak in a bit of a report when I return
to Brighton next Saturday 26th September.
Whatever happens I intend to have a good
time and from the looks of it the party
schedule should help out with that! Work
will also have its place of course and I will
be moderating panels on Music and Control
– which will be a session on the fact that
there are still countries with repressive
governments and authorities that interfere
in the careers of bands and artists. We’ll
also be looking at the first International Live
Music Sponsoring Report, and considering
the vital topic of Funding for Live Venues
– all subjects close to our hearts at VIP
News and VIP Booking! We’re well into
the Conference and Showcase season, the
first edition of the International Festival
Forum kicks off in London next week, at the
same time Waves takes place in Vienna and
Bratislava, and next month we’ll be off to
Paris for the MaMA Event, October 14-16.
We live in troubled times and the plight of
immigrants pouring into Europe looking
for a reasonable lifestyle, the sort of thing
that many of us take for granted, worsens
by the day and tends to make our own
troubles appear reasonably inconsequential.
However there have been a few problems,
the Reeperbahn organisers had to do some
re-jigging following the burning down of
one of central Hamburg’s permanent open-
air stages; U2’s Stockholm show had to be
halted on September 20th and moved to
the 22cnd, following a ‘security breach’,
the intimations were that a man was seen
brandishing a gun, and in times like these
you can’t be too careful! The Who have
had to cancel dates on what they say is their
final tour, because Roger Daltrey is suffering
from viral meningitis, we wish him well.
There is some heartening news for the
live music industry, which of course
includes all of you – our esteemed readers!
Nielsen’s Music 360 2015 study of music
consumers, indicates that live music is
becoming an even bigger deal, with the
research showing that concerts, club shows
and DJ events account for more than half of
all music-related expenditures. Festivals are
apparently especially popular, with 11% of
Americans saying they’ve attended one in
the past 12 months. And 12% of the survey
respondents said live events introduced
them to new music, up more than 70%
from the previous year. So, that’s good to
know!
However when it comes to ‘new music’ it’s
interesting to note that the three artists
competing for the current number one spot
in the UK album charts are, Cliff Richard,
Keith Richards and Dave Gilmour, both with
solo albums. So much as I’m all for new
music, maybe, for us older chaps there’s
something reassuring about this…..!
So, Ladies and Gentlemen (of all ages!) –
The News!
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The 50th anniversary edition of music industry conference MIDEM
will take place in Cannes from June 7-10, 2016. The event had
initially been scheduled to take place from June 28-July 1.
“It is a pleasure to be able to confirm that the next Midem will take
place at the beginning of June 2016,” said Jérôme Delhaye, director
of Reed MIDEM’s Entertainment Division.
“This was always our preferred date but the popularity of the Palais
des Festivals means that finding available slots to hold events can
be challenging. We are delighted that together with the Palais des
Festivals we have found a solution.”
New dates for Midem 2016From VIP-Daily News
Midem
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Music business veteran Brian Lane has been
appointed head of United Stage International,
the new London-based office of leading
Swedish booking agency United Stage Artist.
Brian Lane has been responsible for building
and managing the careers of such artistes as
Katherine Jenkins, Asia, YES, A-ha, amongst
others.
United Stage Artist is one of Sweden’s biggest
booking agencies. The company has run for
30 years and has around 230 artists on its
roster, staging around 2800 shows per year.
United Stage International office will be
located in London.
The partnership between Lane and United
Stage will see Lane taking existing clients of
United Stage into the global music market,
exploiting their international potential
around the world. This is the second office
United Stage has opened outside of Sweden,
having recently moved into Oslo, and marks
the continual expansion and growth of the
company. Lane is currently building the team
outside of the Nordics with an initial hire of
Mel Westwood, from The Leighton Pope
Organisation, together with Valerie Potter as
Artist Development Manager.
Brian Lane said “I’ve worked in Scandinavia
for the past 12 years and have seen how
buoyant and creative the music market is
there. Next to the UK and the US it’s the
biggest market creatively and commercially,
and I feel the global opportunities are
immense. Also, we want to do fairer deals
with the artists and properly support them
at the start of their careers, when they need
it the most, rather than taking a percentage
of the small amounts of money they might
make to start with. This is a long term
strategy, we’ll be selective and make quality
rather than quantity the hallmark of this new
venture.”
Jonas Thulin, New Business Director, United
Stage Artist said “Brian is a huge figure in
the music industry and this partnership will
deliver great things. We have got off to
a fantastic start with the deals that have
already been done and there will be many
more to come. We wanted someone with real
expertise and a hugely respected reputation
to lead our charge across the globe and that
person is Brian.”
Swedish agencyopens London officeFrom VIP-Daily News
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Music Venue Trust has announced
that UK Music has joined the partners
supporting Venues Day 2015 which takes
place on Tuesday 20 October at Ministry
of Sound, London. The partnership will see
UK Music host and chair the opening panel
of the day, titled Big Issues for Small
Venues: Turning Words Into Actions.
Since the first Venues Day event in
December 2014, awareness of the
precarious position in which the UK’s small
independent venues find themselves has
grown enormously. Music Venue Trust, the
charity created to champion and protect
the nation’s grassroots music, continues to
lead this work and is putting together this
year’s networking day for highlighting and
discussing the key issues.
Venues Day 2015 is the only national event
aimed specifically at the people who run
small to medium scale independent music
venues.
The day will offer panels, workshops,
seminars and networking on three themes
identified as the Big Issues for Small
Venues; Turning Words into Action;
Business Up - Be Inspired; Costs Down
- Be Efficient.
Delegates will have opportunity to learn
about schemes that will help their business
and save them money, tech initiatives and
audience development projects that could
bring new punters to their venues. There
will be representatives from leading music
industry businesses, cultural organisations
and advisors on issues such as accessing
finance, insurance, licensing and legal issues.
UK Music presents Big Issues For Small
Venues is the opening panel of the day and
will see representatives from key players in
the UK music and cultural industry talk about
the next steps for grassroots music venues.
The panel will feature UK Government
Culture Minster Ed Vaizey and Shadow
Secretary of State for Culture Michael
Dugher, BBC Radio 6Music presenter Steve
UK Music announced as Associate Partners toVenues Day 2015Allan McGowan [email protected]
Ministry of Sound
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Lamacq, Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI &
BRIT Awards, Arts Council England (London
Area Director) Joyce Wilson, and Mark
Davyd, CEO ofMusic Venue Trust.
Jo Dipple, Chief Executive of UK Music, will
Chair the panel, which is likely to provide a
lively debate about what needs to be done
to protect, secure and improve the UK’s
grassroots music venues.
Jo Dipple of UK Music said: “UK Music is
proud to be a partner of Venues Day for
a second year running. Last year’s event
will be remembered for bringing grassroots
music venues together for the first time. I
want this year’s event to be the moment
when decisive action is agreed to save
music venues in the face of considerable
threats.”
“It is clear that the legislative framework
was not written with the interests of
grassroots music venues in mind. Politicians
have an opportunity to change the law and
a responsibility in making the areas they
represent the best places to work, rest and
play. It is vital that we have a sustainable
venue circuit and I look forward to exploring
with the panel at Venues Day how this may
be achieved.”
Welcoming the opportunity to debate
the issues surrounding grassroots music
venues, Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI
& BRIT Awards, said: “Music venues are
vital for the health of British music. They
are where artists build their grassroots fan
base and hone their craft as performers.
BPI is supporting Venues Day 2015 because
venues in this country are increasingly under
threat and we want to work with the music
community to protect them.”
Venues Day 2015 is a one day event, running
from 10.30am - 6.30pm on Tuesday 20
October at Ministry of Sound, London.
Thanks to a headline partnership with live
music subscription app Jukely, Grassroots
Music Venues from across the UK can
apply for one free delegate pass and travel
assistance by emailing:
General delegate passes are available now
priced £80 from:
www.musicglue.com/venues-day
Further event details will be announced on
the MVT website in the next two weeks:
www.musicvenuetrust.com
Jo Dipple,Chief Executive of UK Music
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Many venues, and of course artists, supplement their income by the
sales of merchandising, including of course recorded product. Until
now CD’s etc sold at venues on the touring circuit have not been
included in overall sales figures, but under a new initiative launched
this autumn sales from live music venues are to count towards
Official Albums Chart. Called Lightning Live and implemented by
The Official Charts Company, the initiative has been launched to
help support new revenue stream for artists & labels.
The system has been developed
following extensive trials and is designed
to support labels and artists using their
gigs to reach out to broader audiences,
aside from traditional retail. The move
means the Official Albums Chart will
reflect the widest range of formats and
outlets in its history, as it celebrates its
60th anniversary.
When the first UK albums chart was introduced by Record Mirror
in July 1956, the weekly poll was made solely from specialist music
shops selling vinyl albums. Today, the Official Albums Chart reflects
sales of physical formats including CDs, vinyl albums and cassettes,
as well as sales of digital bundles and (since February this year) audio
streams too – across retailers including supermarkets, clothing stores,
mail order operators, specialist entertainment chains, independent
dealers, digital download stores and streaming services.
Official Charts Company chief operating officer Omar Maskatiya
says, “The launch of Lightning Live follows approaches from both
independent and major labels, who are increasingly using live events
as a route to get their products to fans and new audiences.
“We strive constantly to ensure that the Official Charts reflects and
responds to consumer behaviour - and this move, following just a
few months after the integration of streams, further underlines this
strategy.”
Lightning Live has been developed over many months and road
tested on a string of concerts in the past six months. It uses a
simple password-protected web interface to allow live retailers to
submit sales data, which is then checked
by Official Charts and its nominated
research partner Millward Brown before
being accepted for the Official Charts.
Retailers are required to submit a pre-
event inventory report, along with
full details of the concert, summary
of capacity, tickets sold, before then
submitting details of sales achieved.
Millward Brown will cross-reference
with existing data reports to ensure sales fall within accepted sales
patterns – any suspect data will not be included in the Official Chart
survey.
The Official Albums Chart entered its 60th year in July, the very first
UK album chart having been launched by NME in July 1956 with
Frank Sinatra’s Songs For Swingin’ Lovers as its first Number 1. Over
the coming year, a range of activities being organised by the Official
Charts Company, ahead of the anniversary week itself next summer
will mark the anniversary.
Should this all work out as planned it will be interesting to see if any
advantages pass over to the venues.
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The main news is that the Swedish concert
market seems to be in good shape. Following
the demise of previously successful major
open-air events like Hultsfred, Arvika and
even Peace & Love, all of which filed for
insolvency in recent years, it currently
appears that this market segment has re-
covered very well.
The resulting market consolidation caused
various amendments but nevertheless led
to a generally satisfying festival season
in 2015. Although the Siesta Festival in
Hasslehölm in the south of Sweden did not
go ahead; Kulturföreningen Markan, a non-
profit organisation who had promoted the
event since 2001 had gone for protection
last year, but finally filed insolvency in June
2015, just two weeks before this year’s
edition was supposed to take place.
The also non-profit organisation behind the
Peace & Love Festival, previously the biggest
open-air event in Sweden filed insolvency in
2013. But this year’s edition went ahead and
attracted 10.000 visitors with a completely
new concept, mainly featuring domestic
artists and downsized to just three days
instead of five.
Bråvalla, which debuted in 2013 and with
56.000 visitors last year instantly became
the biggest music festival in Sweden ever,
only sold 50.700 tickets this year with
headliners such as Robbie Williams, Muse
and Calvin Harris. The event is promoted
by FKP Scorpio Sweden, a subsidy of FKP
Germany, which has become the biggest
European festival promoter, promoting
major Festivals in Denmark, Finland,
Switzerland, the Netherlands and Germany.
Interestingly domestic artists in Sweden, as
elsewhere in Europe have become more and
more important for the live music industry.
At Bråvalla, Swedish artists Kent, Sabaton
and Lars Winnerbäck played shortly before
the mentioned international headliners
on the main stages of the event. One day
before the event went ahead on June 25
to 27, FKP Scorpio announced that it had
agreed with the city of Norrkoping that
Bråvalla would stay in the town for another
10 years. The city of Norrkoping agreed to
The Concert Marketin Sweden – A Revampof FestivalsManfred Tari [email protected]
Bråvalla
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support the festival with 1.3 million Swedish
Crones (138.000 Euro) annually.
FKP Sweden furthermore promotes the
festivals Getaway Rock in Gavle and the
showcase festival Where’s the Music in
Norrkoping. When FKP Scorpio entered
the Swedish market in 2010 it bought the
trademark rights for the Hultsfred festival.
After three editions FKP Scorpio decided
in 2014 not to continue to promote this
festival.
Getaway Rock is a metal festival taking
place at the beginning of August. This
year’s edition pulled 8.500 people. Where’s
The Music is the venture by FKP Scorpio to
launch a showcase festival similar to trade
events such as Eurosonic Noorderslag in the
Netherlands or Bylarm in Oslo, which hosts
an industry conference program alongside
the public event. For the first edition of
this event in February 2015, FKP Scorpio
reported 4.700 concertgoers for its club
festival in Norrkoping and 400 industry
delegates.
However, the biggest concert company
in Sweden is still Live Nation. With
all its subsidies such as Luger and
Stureplansgruppen Live (SPG Live) the
company employs 75 staff and promotes
2.200 events per year. Live Nation Sweden
acquired a majority stake in SPG Live in
March 2015, a company that is specialized
in EDM events. Their biggest event is
Summerburst festival, which has run for five
years. The company promotes two edition
of the event, one in Gothenburg (May 29-
30, 2015) and one in Stockholm (June 12-13,
2015). Both events gained around 30.000
visitors per day, featuring almost the same
billing of artists like Avicii Fest, Axwell Λ
Ingrosso and Afrojack.
Another successful EDM event in Sweden is
Big Slap; staged in Malmo on August 1 it
gained 15.000 visitors in its third year. This
event is co-promoted by Öresundsgruppen
and Kulturbolaget, a strategic partner of
Live Nation Sweden, which promotes most
Live Nation concerts in the South of Sweden.
Live Nation subsidy Luger promotes the
festivals Way Out West, Stockholm Music &
Arts and co-promotes Popaganda. The Way
Out West festival in Gothenburg on August
13-15 achieved a visitor record this year
with 30.000 people per day. This event in
previous years also staged a smaller industry
gathering with a conference program.
However, the event is also known for being
very environmentally friendly. This year’s
program featured artists Florence And The
Machine, Belle & Sebastian; Chic featuring
Nile Rodgers, Pet Shop Boys and Patti Smith.
Alongside other industry sources a Live
Nation Sweden spokesperson confirmed
that overall ticket sales for festivals and
concerts are very satisfactory in 2015.
Furthermore in line with the rising relevance
of domestic artists for the live music sector,
is the news that later on this year Live Nation
will promote an arena tour with Peter
Jöback & Helen Sjöholm entitled “I Love
Musicals” in October and that tickets are
selling very well. For the tour in June-July of
the Swedish singer Thomas Ledin alone Live
Nation sold more than 100.000 tickets the
spokesman said. In July also Roxette played
five shows in Sweden, selling between
10.000 to 15.000 tickets per show.
A spokesman for United Stage, one of the
biggest independent concert agencies in
Sweden, told Music & Copyright that the
success of Swedish artists even spreads into
most of the other Nordic countries too. The
company represents more than 160 artists,
including, Basshunter, Eagle-Eye Cherry and
The Leather Nun and generates more than
2.000 concerts annually.
One of the few independent festivals
that survived the festival crisis was the
Emmaboda Festivalen. This festival has
apparently taken place since 1990 and this
year gained 11.000 visitors per day. The
three-day event takes place in the south of
Sweden at the end of July. As various other
industry sources mentioned, the gender
aspect obviously plays a big role in Swedish
society. In relation to this the festival
gained some controversial media reports
in terms of the ongoing gender debate in
the country. It is now almost compulsory
for festival promoters or organizers of music
conventions to be tasked with staging
a 50/50 billing, to follow a guideline of
featuring 50 percent female artists or
speakers. The Emmoboda Festival in recent
media reports has been sharply criticized for
booking only a 10 percent quota of female
artists and that despite the fact, that this
festival in the past often has been praised for
its remarkable line up. The current program Way Out West
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featured artists such as Dope D.O.D, Lee
Scratch Perry and Don Diablo.
The Swedish Branch of The Agency Group
has also been included in the takeover by
the US company United Talent Agency
in the beginning of September. The local
branch is based in Malmo and represents
domestic artists such as The Hives, Mando
Diao and Millencolin internationally. Former
employees of The Agency had moved over
to the concert agency Pitch & Smiths in
2014. This concert agency was founded
in 2007 and interestingly for a Swedish
company, has its headquarters in the UK.
The company employs 9 staff of which two
are running a company office in Stockholm.
The local branch looks after domestic
artists like Beatrice Eli, Joy, Kristin Amparo,
Maskinen, Norlie & KKV and Silvana Imam.
The latest market entry has been the launch
of the concert hall in Malmo in August 2015.
The new venue is named Malmo Live and
has capacity of 1.200 persons, conference
locations and a hotel. In October it will
stage concerts of artists like Bob Dylan and
Ann Brun.
Since last year June Sweden has also now a
trade body for the live music industry known
as Livemusik Sverige. The organisation
currently has around 60 members, among
others Live Nation. FKP Scorpio, Blixten and
United Stage. The latest market figures are
from 2013, reporting that the Swedish Live
Music Industry gained a revenue of 3.8
billion Swedish Crones (403 million Euro)
and accounts for 51 percent of the total
turnover of the Swedish music industry in
that year. Figures for 2014 are supposed to
be revealed in the next couple of weeks by
Music Sverige.
Malmö Live - new live venue
Baris Basaran has written to let us know that
he is leaving Turkey’s concert and festival
promoters Pozitif Live. He says, “I am writing
to let you know that I am leaving Pozitif
Live after 5 wonderful years. I can’t thank
the company enough for everything it has
given me, but it is now time for me to move
on and take up new challenges. We are on
good terms with Pozitif and our relationship
remains amicable, as it has always been. We
have been preparing for my departure for
more than 2 months and all my confirmed
shows are presently in the safe and capable
hands of Elif Cemal.
Baris will certainly continue to be busy and will
work in Turkey and Romania on an exclusive
basis with a partner in each territory.
He will be Director of Programming / Senior
Booker @ URU Group, Istanbul. Uru Group
promotes 3 summer festivals and runs a 15k
cap venue, KCP (KucukCiftlik Park).
In Romania he will be Creative Director / Senior
Booker @ ArtMania, Bucharest. ArtMania
has 2 summer festivals, and will also book
acts for the 600 cap Control Club, Bucharest.
Additionally he will occasionally be working
for Greece too. with Lavris Ltd. booking
contemporary rock & alternative talents.
Baris tells us that he will be attending IFF in
London and MaMA in Paris.
Baris Basaran Leaves Pozitif Live Allan McGowan [email protected]
New Headof Live NationUK/Ireland From VIP-Daily News
Baris Basaran
Denis Desmond
Denis Desmond is set to become the new
Head of Live Nation UK and Ireland as part
of a management reshuffle at the firm
according to IQ.
As reported earlier in Germany, MLK’s Marek
and Andre Lieberberg are working through
their notice before heading up the Live
Nation Concerts Germany office beginning
in January 2016. In the meantime, former
MLK staffer Matthias Schwarz has assumed
the managing director role of LN Germany
Austria Switzerland operations and a
number of staff members have already been
recruited.
Desmond’s appointment has still to be made
public but the company has been busy
increasing its portfolio again, this time with
LN-Gaiety Holdings Ltd joint venture with
Desmond purchasing MAMA & Company,
the operator of nine venues and promoter
of a number of festivals.
Festival Republic chief Melvin Benn is
believed to be playing a more central role
in Live Nation UK`s festival arm. His position
has been further cemented by the departure
of chief operating officer John Probyn.
Paul Latham has been elevated to COO for
Live Nation UK and Ireland, and will report
to Denis Desmond.
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MusicIn SharesManfred Tari [email protected]
CTS Eventim - Price Targets Set
Latest Research Reports by Analysts reveal
positive prospects for CTS Eventim. While
Warburg Research increased the price target
from formerly 30 up to 33 Euro, Berenberg
Bank pitched the price target for the share
even as high as 46 Euro. The analyst of
this bank considers that the deployment of
customer data in the midterm perspective
could contribute to the growth of the
company. The rating by Warburg Research
remains on “Hold” while Berenberg Bank
indicate “Buy”.
In the last issue Vip News reported a share
price of 32.18, on September 28 the share
price was 33.08 Euro.
DEAG - Under Pressure
New festivals cost DEAG both financial land
share price losses. When DEAG revealed
its business report for H1-2015, (first half
year 2015), the company reported a strong
revenue increase from 96.7 up to 118.8
million Euro. However, DEAG also reported
that in conjunction with ongoing legal claims
resulting out of the move from one of its new
festivals from the Nürburgring site to the
“Veltins Arena” in Gelsenkichen could lead
to a company loss of 9.3 million Euro.
DEAG declared that the legal case should be
settled by the end of the year. In its report
DEAG furthermore announced the sale of
its asset Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt. Since
then the share price of DEAG decreased from
a previously reported 6.07 to 4.51 Euro. In
the 52 week comparison the share price loss
has now amounted to 22.6 percent.
Live Nation - The Share Price Compass
Seeks Direction
The share price of the global player Live
Nation is struggling. Even if the business
results for H1-2015 indicated a revenue
increase reported in the previous edition of
Vip News from $1,665 up to $1.765 bn, the
share price itself remains only stable. Last
time it was $23.98, this time it is $24.38.
On June 26 the share stood at $28.56, now it
is almost on the same level as on September
29, 2014 when the closing price was $24.31.
SFX Entertainment - How Low Can You
Go?
One months ago the reported share price was
$0.85. The headline for this development
was “A Financial Tragedy”, this time the share
price of SFX Entertainment slipped down to
$0.45...
Correction & Apology
In the recent article “The Meaning Of Live Nation” we reported in the introduction:
“The market entry of Live Nation in Germany by taking on Marek Lieberberg as CEO and Daniel Lieberberg as a president
came as a surprise for many industry players.”
This was an incorrect reference to the name of the president which should have been Andre Lieberberg not Daniel
Lieberberg. We regret the mistake and apologise.
VIPNEWS > MISC > SEPTEMBER 2015
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Basement JaxxTerritory: EuropePeriod: 2015Agency: Primary Talent InternationalAgent: Peter EilliotPhone: +44 20 7400 4500E-mail: [email protected]: www.primarytalent.com/basement-jaxx/
Chris Thompson (Ex-Manfred Mann¥s Earth Band)Territory: WorldPeriod: Available all year on requestAgency: Live Concept Entertainment GmbHAgent: Michael WidmannPhone: +49 7203 9219180E-mail: [email protected]: www.christhompson-central.com
The”Original”Blues Brothers BandTerritory: EuropePeriod: On request, May - August 2016Agency: BasitoursAgent: Peter BaslerPhone: +41 79 7692393E-mail: [email protected]:www.basitours.com/artist/original_blues_brothers_band
Sandro Territory: World TourPeriod: July 2015 - July 2016Agency: TotalisimoAgent: Manuel VillegasPhone: +34 670 666 023E-mail: [email protected]: www.totalisimo.com/en/djs/sandro.html
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MEMBER PRESENTATION
Peter Basler and Basitours started in
the music business at the age of 25.
Peter’s professional career began
in Switzerland in 1981 as a concert
promoter producing shows around
the area and cantone’s of Berne and
Aargau with artists such as Joe Cocker,
Weather Report, Edoardo Bennato.
Peter Basler had previously studied
drums at the Swiss Jazz School and had
also performed live with an acoustic
group between 1976 and 1978.
In 1986 he became an agent and
launched his own agency Basitours.
Basitours started booking European
tours from his Austrian office for Jazz
giants such as Archie Shepp, Sam Rivers,
Abdullah Ibrahim “Dollar Brand”, Don
Cherry.
Between 1988 and 1990 Basitours
worked for Billy Cobham, drummer of
11 years with Joe Zawinul and 17 years
with The Zawinul Syndicate.
Basitours also worked on tours with
Kris Kristofferson, Jose Feliciano, The
Original Blues Brothers Band and
legendary Tango Master Astor Piazzolla,
Salif Keita, Miles Davis, Vasco Rossi and
Dave Brubeck.
Basitours has worked as a sub-agent
with Manhattan Transfers,Ray Charles,
Wishbone Ash, Jethro Tull, Ian Gillan
Band, Mink de Ville, Lionel Hampton
Big Band, Maynard Ferguson and Al di
Meola.
From 1992 onwards, Basitours worked
on regular bookings and exclusive
European tours for artists such as Joe
Zawinul, Billy Cobham and Chico & The
Gypsies.
In 2000 Basitours created a business
partnership relationship with Eastern
Promotion Agency in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Providing great artists for the annual
Jazz Festival such as Bobby McFerrin,
Jean Luc Ponty, Victor Bailey, Bill Evans,
Bob Mintzer, John McLaughlin, John
Scofield, Al McKay Allstars, The Earth,
Wind & Fire Experience, Scott Kinsey,
Kool & The Gang, L’Image, The Blues
Brothers Band amongst others.
Basitours also worked on larger single
events such as: Toto Cutugno, Lalo
Schifrin “Mission Impossible”, Chris de
Burgh, Andrea Bocelli and others.
Basitours are currently booking
exclusively and territorially for Victor
Bailey, Jojo Mayer, The “Original”Blues
Brothers Band, Hugh Masekela, Carmen
Souza, and more.
Since 2000, Basitours have been the
talent booker for Jazz Festival Tbilisi and
Black Sea Festival Batumi in Georgia.
In addition to his significant professional
achievements, Peter is proudly married
to Nino from Georgia who is also his
office manager.
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BASITOURS - Established 1982 in Switzerland