Global Publicity 2021 Reflections
This has been another tough year for the live music and events industry, but we have worked hard to support our clients through the highs and lows of the pandemic and are privileged to continue our work with industry leading events and festivals.
We are grateful to have been some of the lucky few to travel and work on events this year including EXIT in Serbia, which was one of the first major festivals to take place post pandemic and the Amsterdam Dance Event.
We have also used our expertise to help support the industry with our work for the Night Time Industries Association and we are looking forward to continuing to make a positive contribution to the industry we love being part of so much in 2022.
Massive thanks to everyone we have worked with this year and for the love and support of our colleagues in the music industry community. Looking forward to a positive and productive 2022.
NTIA Launches #LetUsDance Campaign to Save New Years Eve
Attention Prime Minister “LetUsDance” on New Years Eve Campaign
23rd December 2021
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson, MP
Prime Minister
Office of the Prime Minister
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA
Dear Prime Minister,
We are asking you for a chance to survive 2021!
Once again, our sector, which contributes £46 billion to the culture economy and employs 425 thousand people, has suffered enormous damage as a result of the Government response to the pandemic in recent weeks.
It’s likely that tens of thousands of our businesses will never recover from this damage. Most of these are small and medium sized owner run businesses that play a vital part in the cultural, social, and economic lives of our towns and cities. And if that is not bad enough, we now face the possibility that major parts of our sector may face further curbs, and, in the case of nightclubs, total closure immediately after Christmas. In a very real sense, we are facing the Sword of Damocles.
We have always respected and acknowledged that public health is of paramount importance and have played our part in the crisis, although extremely challenging, have tried to work through the constraints and restrictions placed upon us.
However, there are increasingly promising reports that the Omicron variant, though highly transmissible, may not be as aggressive as previous variants. We also restate our view, backed up by data, that it has been clear for some time that late night economy venues, particularly nightclubs, with the appropriate measures in place, are not a major source of virus transmission.
Even so, given the extended restrictions including covid certification recently enforced by you, this should be enough to give people the confidence in your leadership and assure them that they can, in fact, participate in night life safely, through these measures. Full closure of venues on top of this does not give people any confidence in your current mitigations and backs our sector into a corner with no chance of survival, based on very little scientific evidence.
Connecting through music, dance and socialising in our communities is an essential part of physical, social, and mental wellbeing and during this extremely difficult time especially needed to give people hope.
We must open! We do not want to rely on public funding, but you are giving us no choice. And the little gesture of support given recently, is simply not enough for many businesses to survive.
We have worked so hard and invested heavily to keep our customers and staff safe, against all adversity, and continue to present safe well-regulated spaces for people to come together safely and enjoy a night out!
In view of the above, we urge you to act with clarity and decisiveness, as soon as the data allows, to firmly reject calls for further draconian measures against our sector as we fear that they will be unnecessary and will not contribute to the fight against the virus. Every hour of uncertainty condemns thousands of businesses to failure with all the human, social and economic consequences that entails,
Let’s not end this year as we did last.
End the uncertainty and Let Us Dance on New Year’s Eve
Yours faithfully
Michael Kill
Chief Executive NTIA
Notes to Editors:
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Email: press@ntia.co.uk
Mobile: 07957 434517
The Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) is the leading trade body representing the businesses in the Night Time Economy in the UK. It has more 1400 members, including night clubs, bars, casinos, festivals, and supply chain businesses.
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Frans Timmermans confirmed for opening keynote at ESNS 2022
Frans Timmermans is confirmed for the opening keynote speech at the ESNS 2022 conference. As Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Timmermans is responsible for the Green Deal.
The Green Deal is one of the topics Timmermans will address in his opening keynote. As ESNS underwrites that sustainability is no longer just a buzzword and holds it as an important policy focus festival-wide, Timmermans will dive deeper into taking green steps going forward, for the music industry.
This aligns with the theme of the ESNS 2022 conference, Building Back Better Together. After almost two years of regulations around the pandemic, it is time to look forward and focus on how we can build the live industry back better, together.
Among other newly announced speakers and panels that will join the conference line-up, are: Mark Mulligan (MIDiA Research) will be speaking about the creator economy in ‘Slicing the Music Industry Funnel’; Music Moves Europe Awards nominee BLANKS joins Bandcamp, Erasmus University and Tunecore in ‘Why are fans loyal anyway?’; and ‘NFT’s: hype or future of the music industry’, with Colin Benders (Kyteman). Pepijn Lanen (Faberyayo of De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig) is one of the panellists of ‘How to build a family friendly music industry’. IMPALA’s Helen Smith will discuss the RAAP court ruling; The impact of COVID-19 on the 2022 Festival Season with Marta Pallares (Primavera), Codruta Vulcu (ARTmania), Paul Reed (AIF), Christof Huber (Yourope) and Stephan Thanscheidt (FKP Scorpio). At ESNS 2022 we will talk about how Brexit affects the music market, Europe’s Green New Deal as well as accessibility and inclusion. ESNS invited inspiring people dedicated to diversity within the music industry; Freyja Lawson, Sakina Saouti, Malle Kaas and Kobi Ampoma will join the Omroep Zwart panel ‘Diversity in the backstage’. In collaboration with Erasmus University we introduce ESNS Science talking about the resilience of people and companies in the sector.
Previously, ESNS announced a keynote interview with longtime record executive Merck Mercuriadis by Helienne Lindvall, as well as a keynote address by Urgenda director and ‘leading global thinker’ Marjan Minnesma, while Anne Löhr will be running the Mental Health Help Desk and Heather Shaw and Cortney Harding tell all about the Metaverse.
Due to the uncertainty around the COVID-19 regulations, we are moving some of the panels and keynotes to ESNS 2023, which includes the keynote interviews with Sub Pop’s Pavitt & Poneman, Peter Weening (Vera), Matt Schwarz (DreamHaus) and André de Raaff. Our focus on Spain will also be postponed to 2023, as ESNS wants to guarantee the quality that the showcase festival and conference is known for.
ESNS takes place – entirely online – from January 19 – 22, 2022. Tickets for the digital conference are available for €99,- via www.esns.nl/tickets. The festival will be available – free of charge – with sessions recorded by Dutch broadcaster NTR in collaboration with NPO 3FM, to be broadcast by NPO 3FM, NPO 3 and the digital festival platform, hosted by VPRO 3VOOR12.
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Altin Gün, Arlo Parks, Aurora, Black Country, New Road, Celeste, Dua Lipa, Fontaines D.C., girl in red, Hinds, Idles, Mavi Phoenix, Meduza, Melanas, Oscar and the Wolf, Pip Blom, Podium, Pongo, Shame and Sigrid.
The conference side of the event attracts more than 4,000 entertainment industry professionals from all sections of the industry, including representatives of over 400 European festivals. Each year, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases all over the city of Groningen as well as offering a comprehensive and focused conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes, alongside multiple networking opportunities.
The Music Moves Europe Awards 2022 Jury Members Announced
As the nominees are very diverse in style, genre, and personality, the judges come from different backgrounds in the music industry as well. Each jury member represents a distinct expertise.
The jury members are:
- Alyona Alyona, Public Choice Winner of 2021;
- Gemma Bradley, host at BBC 1 Radio;
- Cindy Castillo, Management & Bookings for Mad Cool Festival;
- Kevin Cole, DJ and host at KEXP;
- Bryan Johnson, International Artist & Industry Partnerships manager at Spotify.
A total of fifteen outstanding artists have been nominated for the Music Moves Europe Awards 2022. The nominees are: Alina Pash (Ukraine), Anna (Italy), Balkan Taksim (Romania), Blanks (The Netherlands), Denise Chaila (Ireland), Дeva (Hungary), DORA (Spain), Francis of Delirium (Luxembourg), Friedberg (Austria), Jada (Denmark), Ladaniva (Armenia), Meskerem Mees (Belgium), Mezerg (France), Nenny (Portugal), and Zoe Wees (Germany).
Music fans across Europe will vote to select the winner of the Public Choice Award 2022 via the Music Moves Europe Awards website; www.musicmoveseuropeawards.eu. The nominee with the most votes wins the Public Choice Award. Last year's Public Choice Award Winner, the Ukrainian hip hop artist Alyona Alyona, is now a member of the jury of the Music Moves Europe Awards for 2022.
Five artists will be selected as winners by the international jury and one artist wins the Grand Jury Prize. All winners will be revealed at the Music Moves Europe Awards ceremony on Thursday January 20, 2022.
Prize package
Five Music Moves Europe Award winners will receive € 10.000,- each. The winner of the Grand Jury Award will receive €10.000 and a green touring voucher worth €5.000.
All fifteen nominees are invited for a business education day, with best practices in the music industry, organised by ESNS and its partners; the live sector (Liveurope, Yourope and Live DMA), the recording industry (IMPALA and Digital Music Europe), the International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) The European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE).
About
The Music Moves Europe Awards are the The European Union Prize for popular and contemporary music. The aim of the awards is to celebrate upcoming European artists and support them in developing their international careers.
The awards succeed the European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA) and the Music Moves Europe Talent Award (MMETA), supported and handed out by the European Union since 2004. The Prize has an impeccable track record, awarding artists including Stromae, Adele, Mumford & Sons, Dua Lipa, Rosalía, Meduza, Lous and the Yakuza, Inhaler and last year's winner Alyona Alyona. Each of these artists have since reached new levels of fame and success in the global music industry.
Notes to Editors
Link to download all artists photos and assets here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1shQLKd5UuL73dPHSSlhbYgdp5vkGegVG?usp=sharing
Showcase Festival and Conference ESNS 2022 Will Take Place Entirely Online
The European showcase festival and conference ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) in Groningen will take place entirely online from 19 – 22 January 2022. The organisation took the tough decision after the recent government announcement with the latest COVID-19 measures.
The current measures regarding COVID-19 will not allow ESNS to host all the booked European acts and bring music professionals together in the Netherlands. Motivated by the continuously changing COVID-19 restrictions and the uncertainties surrounding entry to the Netherlands, a physical edition of ESNS is no longer possible.
ESNS already successfully organised an online edition for both the showcase festival and the conference at the beginning of 2021, due to a lockdown. The online edition offered European musicians a huge amount of exposure and gave music industry professionals the opportunity to visit the conference online to take part in panels and discussions and to network digitally. The organisation is building on its successful 2021 digital edition and is looking forward to seeing what they can achieve in 2022
Managing director Dago Houben will not give up and says: “ESNS is of great importance to the entire music industry and especially to European musicians. It is therefore essential to carry out our function of providing the best possible platform for European pop music. Earlier this year we saw that the reach of a digital edition can be huge and that we were able to make a difference to an artist's career. We are therefore pleased to give all booked ESNS artists the exposure they deserve with the help of our media partners.”
ESNS will give all booked ESNS acts the opportunity to take centre stage on the freely accessible platform, in collaboration with Dutch radio broadcaster NPO 3FM. Tickets for the digital conference ESNS at € 99,- are available via www.esns.nl. Ticket buyers who previously bought a ticket for the physical edition will be notified as soon as possible.
The digital edition of ESNS 2022 includes a conference programme as well as the festival programmes of Noorderslag, Eurosonic and the Music Moves Europe Awards award ceremony.
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Altin Gün, Arlo Parks, Aurora, Black Country, New Road, Celeste, Dua Lipa, Fontaines D.C., girl in red, Hinds, Idles, Mavi Phoenix, Meduza, Melanas, Oscar and the Wolf, Pip Blom, Podium, Pongo, Shame and Sigrid.
The conference side of the event normally attracts more than 4,000 entertainment industry professionals from all sections of the industry, including representatives of over 400 European festivals. Each year, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases all over the city of Groningen as well as offering a comprehensive and focused conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes, alongside multiple networking opportunities.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
EXIT Releases an Aftermovie of the Festival’s Historic 2021 Edition
EXIT has announced an official aftermovie of its 20th anniversary edition, held in July, which will be remembered as the first major festival in the world to take place since the start of the pandemic. The four-minute video depicts the many emotions and memories of the festival, which many global media outlets called historic, and where many global stars performed for the first time after a long 18-month break.
The aftermovie also launches the EXIT 2022 campaign, with the festival’s upcoming edition set to take place at the Petrovaradin Fortress from 7th to 10th July, and the first two headliners have already been announced - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Boris Brejcha.
EXIT FESTIVAL 2021 | The Official Aftermovie
The rewinding of memories will bring us all back to the four days in July, during which the world was shown the power of unity, life, adventure, freedom, and love, guided by the idea of Exit 2.0 — “Celebrate Life.” Many performers, including David Guetta, Paul Kalkbrenner, Charlotte de Witte, Nina Kraviz and Solomun, performed in front of a large audience for the first time after a long break. We could see what that felt like based on their reactions — Guetta told the audience before his performance that EXIT was “the best place to be on the entire planet”, Nina Kraviz posted on her Instagram page after the performance, calling the experience “surreal,” and DJ Snake described his performance as a “legendary night,” exclaiming “We’re back!”
The world has recognized the importance of these moments – many reputable media outlets reported on EXIT. Leading American music magazine Billboard announced that EXIT “went down in history as the first major European festival since the beginning of the pandemic,” one of the leading professional magazines related to the concert industry Pollstar stated that EXIT “achieved something revolutionary” in 2021, one of the world’s most prestigious magazines about the entertainment industry, Variety, reported that the Serbian festival is “the biggest European music event since the beginning of the pandemic” while the leading Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad called this year’s edition of EXIT “hope for festivals”. EXIT was presented to BBC World News viewers live in a programme as “the first major international music festival in 2021”, and the opening of the festival gates was announced by EXIT founder Dušan Kovačević and Serbian DJ Tijana T. News of the EXIT Festival travelled all over the world and was also reported in the famous Beijing daily newspaper Guangming Daily, whose article was shared on social networks over million times in 24 hours!
EXIT’s audience and performers proved once again that they will always be together, no matter the obstacles. The significance of the jubilee edition of EXIT is perfectly described by the words of Humana Rias, who performed at the No Sleep stage: “Dear EXIT festival, you gave me hope, you gave me light, and most of all you gave me back my flame which I will carry in pride! You started the revolution and reminded me and countless others, that we belong together, all United through music. You gave me life. We are the future”.
The 20th anniversary edition of the EXIT Festival, was held from 8th to 11th July at the Petrovaradin Fortress and gathered more than 180,000 people from over 70 countries around the world, as well as numerous performers, including David Guetta, DJ Snake, Sabaton, Charlotte de Witte, Amelie Lens, Paul Kalkbrenner, Maceo Plex, Solomun, Artbat, Pan-Pot, Roni Size, Robin Schulz, Paul Van Dyk, Meduza, Laibach, Sheck Wes, Jonas Blue, Asaf Avidan, Satori, DJ Topic, Adiel, Francois X, Marko Nastić, Tijana T, Rundek i Ekipa, Massimo, Ida Prester & Lollobrigida, Amira Medunjanin, Senidah, Hladno Pivo, Buč Kesidi, and many others.
Special Ticket Prices for EXIT 2022
Four-day tickets for EXIT 2022 can be purchased at a price of 109 EUR + b/f, with a discount of as much as 60 percent. One-day tickets for Friday 8th July, when Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds perform, are available at gift prices at a price of 34 EUR +b/f for regular, 44 EUR + b/f for Fan pit and 100 EUR + b/f for VIP GOLD. Tickets can be purchased on the festival’s official website and via sales locations. Tickets can be purchased on the festival’s official website and via sales locations.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
The Music Moves Europe Awards 2022 Nominees Revealed
The European music prize for emerging artists representing the sound of today and tomorrow
The nominees of the Music Moves Europe Awards 2022 have been announced at the Linecheck Music Meeting & Festival opening event at BASE Milano in Italy on Monday November 22. The Music Moves Europe Awards are the European Union Prize for popular and contemporary music. The aim of the awards is to celebrate upcoming European artists and support them in developing their international careers.
A total of fifteen outstanding artists have been nominated for the Music Moves Europe Awards 2022. The nominees are: Alina Pash (Ukraine), Anna (Italy), Balkan Taksim (Romania), Blanks (The Netherlands), Denise Chaila (Ireland), Дeva (Hungary), DORA (Spain), Francis of Delirium (Luxembourg), Friedberg (Austria), Jada (Denmark), Ladaniva (Armenia), Meskerem Mees (Belgium), Mezerg (France), Nenny (Portugal), and Zoe Wees (Germany).
Music fans across Europe will vote to select the winner of the Public Choice Award 2022 via the Music Moves Europe Awards website; www.musicmoveseuropeawards.eu. The nominee with the most votes wins the Public Choice Award. Last year's Public Choice Award Winner, the Ukrainian hip hop artist Alyona Alyona, is now a member of the jury of the Music Moves Europe Awards for 2022.
Said Alyona Alyona, Ukraine:
“I was an award winner last year and I also won the public choice award. It was really exciting for me and I'm really happy that my country Ukraine was a winner last year. I will be a jury member of this edition, which is the tradition for every public choice winner and I'm very excited to be a part of it this year and I'm looking forward to study all 15 nominees and finding the winners of this year.”
Five artists will be selected as winners by an international jury and one artist wins the Grand Jury Prize. All winners will be revealed at the Music Moves Europe Awards ceremony on Thursday January 20, 2022 at ESNS in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Prize package
Five Music Moves Europe Award winners will receive € 10.000,- each. The winner of the Grand Jury Award will receive €10.000 and a green touring voucher worth €5.000. All fifteen nominees are invited for a business education day, with best practices in the music industry, organised by ESNS and its partners; the live sector (Liveurope, Yourope and Live DMA), the recording industry (IMPALA and Digital Music Europe), the International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) The European Music Exporters Exchange (EMEE).
About
The Music Moves Europe Awards are the The European Union Prize for popular and contemporary music. The aim of the awards is to celebrate upcoming European artists and support them in developing their international careers.
The awards succeed the European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA) and the Music Moves Europe Talent Award (MMETA), supported and handed out by the European Union since 2004. The Prize has an impeccable track record, awarding artists including Stromae, Adele, Mumford & Sons, Dua Lipa, Rosalía, Meduza, Lous and the Yakuza, Inhaler and last year's winner Alyona Alyona. Each of these artists have since reached new levels of fame and success in the global music industry.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpubliciuty.co.uk
ESNS Completes Eurosonic 2022 Line Up
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) confirms 20 acts for Eurosonic and completes the line-up of the European showcase festival. More acts are to be added to the Noorderslag festival in the coming weeks.
Eight acts added to Eurosonic line-up;
The festival adds eight up-and-coming European artists to the line-up; Alberta Balsam (nl), Anushka Chkheidze (ge), Claudia Valentina (gb), Enny (gb), Gaidaa (nl), James BKS (fr), Scotch & Water (de), and Skaar (no, NRK P3).
Twelve Hit the North acts to play at ESNS 2022;
Hit the North is a unique collaboration between festivals and educational institutions from the north of the Netherlands. Hit the North is established to stimulate professional talent development in Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe. Northern pop culture is unique, but often artists experience many difficulties that hold them back from really breaking through. Twelve acts were part of this year’s Hit the North programme and will play at ESNS 2022 in January. These twelve acts are; Blondeau, Cloudsurfers, christopher404, CYNN, DANYTHA, Faske, Hiigo, Jadi D, Jonathan Rhodes, T A M A R, Them Dirty Dimes, and Timo de Jong.
206 acts have already been confirmed for the showcase festival, see all acts here esns.nl/line-up. More acts are yet to be added to the Noorderslag line-up in the coming weeks.
For the ESNS Conference, speakers previously announced include; a keynote interview with ‘songmanager’ Merck Mercuriadis by Helienne Lindvall, an interview with Sub Pop's founders Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman by Everett True, Peter Weening talks about programming club Vera, Groningen for 41 years and get to know all about the metaverse in a panel with Heather Shaw (Vita Motus) and Cortney Harding (Friends with Holograms) moderated by Gary Smith.
ESNS already confirmed a keynote address with Urgenda director and ‘leading global thinker’ Marjan Minnesma, an interview with ‘the one billion dollar man’ André de Raaff, and an interview with Matt Schwarz (DreamHaus) by Greg Parmley (ILMC/IFF/IQ Magazine). Anne Löhr (Mental Health in Music) will be running the Mental Health Help Desk.
Find more information about the conference programme at esns.nl/conference
Conference Registrations are available in a limited batch at the medium rate via esns.nl/tickets
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Altin Gün, Arlo Parks, Aurora, Black Country, New Road, Celeste, Dua Lipa, Fontaines D.C., girl in red, Hinds, Idles, Mavi Phoenix, Meduza, Melanas, Oscar and the Wolf, Pip Blom, Podium, Pongo, Shame and Sigrid.
The conference side of the event attracts more than 4,000 entertainment industry professionals from all sections of the industry, including representatives of over 400 European festivals. Each year, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases all over the city of Groningen as well as offering a comprehensive and focused conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes, alongside multiple networking opportunities.
ESNS Adds 85 Up and Coming Acts to 2022 Line Up
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) announces another 86 artists for the upcoming edition, taking place from 19 – 22 January 2022 in Groningen. Seventy-eight acts are added to the line-up of Eurosonic, seven acts confirmed for Noorderslag
Seventy-eight acts added to Eurosonic line-up;
The festival adds seventy-nine up-and-coming artists to the line-up; 49th & Main (ie), 52 Hertz Whale (sk), Aili (be), Alina Pash (ua), Anna (it), Anna B Savage (gb), Aramboa (at), AVAWAVES (de), Beharie (no), Berwyn (gb), Big Mountain County (it), Bluem (it), BSÍ (is), Carla Prata (pt), Chibi Ichigo (be), Cian Ducrot (ie), Clarissa Connelly (dk), Conchúr White (ie), Coucou Chloe (fr), CV Vision (de), Dea Matrona (ie), Discovery Zone (de), Dorian Dumont plays Aphex Twin (be), Epoque (it), Evelinn Trouble (ch), Funk Shui (mk), Ghøstkid (de), Giudi (cz), Go_A (ua), Hanne Mjøen (no), Hermanos Gutiérrez (ch), Hôy La (no), John Francis Flynn (ie), Jungle By Night (nl), Juno Francis (se), K.ZIA (de/be, ARD), Kai Kwasi (gb), Leon Of Athens (gr), Luidji (fr), May The Muse (de), Melby (se), Memes (gb), Mezerg (fr), Mooneye (be), Moritz Fasbender (de), Nenny (pt), Paceshifters (nl), Pale Moon (is), Panic Shack (gb), Pip Millett (gb), Platon Karataev (hu), Pothamus (be), Psychonaut (be), Puuluup (ee), Qlowski (it), QUINQUIS (fr), Quinzequinze (fr), Sabrina Bellaouel (fr), Secret Night Gang (gb), Self Esteem (gb), Sharktank (at), Slope (de), Smash Into Pieces (se), Son Mieux (nl), Spill Gold (nl), Sprints (ie), Suistamon Sähkö (fi), The Haunted Youth (be), The Lathums (gb), The Lounge Society (gb), Tomi Saario (fi), Ultraflex (is/no), Unschooling (fr), Vero (se), Vola (dk), Wodorost (pl), Zouj (de), and Дeva (hu).
Seven new acts confirmed for Noorderslag;
ESNS presents the best of Dutch pop music at Noorderslag. The festival adds seven acts to the line-up; Dragonfruit, Future Husband, Meau, Prins S. en De Geit, Sophie Straat, Wodan Boys, and Yade Lauren.
ESNS previously confirmed 121 acts for the showcase festival. Find all confirmed acts at esns.nl/line-up. More acts will be added to the line-up in the coming weeks.
Previously, ESNS added more speakers to the conference programme; a keynote interview with ‘songmanager’ Merck Mercuriadis by Helienne Lindvall, an interview with Sub Pop's founders Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman by Everett True, Peter Weening talks about programming club Vera, Groningen for 41 years and get to know all about the metaverse in a panel with Heather Shaw (Vita Motus) and Cortney Harding (Friends with Holograms) moderated by Gary Smith.
ESNS already confirmed a keynote address with Urgenda director and ‘leading global thinker’ Marjan Minnesma, an interview with ‘the one billion dollar man’ André de Raaff, and an interview with Matt Schwarz (DreamHaus) by Greg Parmley (ILMC/IFF/IQ Magazine). Anne Löhr (Mental Health in Music) will be running the Mental Health Help Desk.
Find more information about the conference programme at esns.nl/conference
Conference Registrations are available in a limited batch at the medium rate via esns.nl/tickets
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Altin Gün, Arlo Parks, Aurora, Black Country, New Road, Celeste, Dua Lipa, Fontaines D.C., girl in red, Hinds, Idles, Mavi Phoenix, Meduza, Melanas, Oscar and the Wolf, Pip Blom, Podium, Pongo, Shame and Sigrid.
The conference side of the event attracts more than 4,000 entertainment industry professionals from all sections of the industry, including representatives of over 400 European festivals. Each year, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases all over the city of Groningen as well as offering a comprehensive and focused conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes, alongside multiple networking opportunities.
Music industry entrepreneur Merck Mercuriadis, Sub Pop founders and more speaking at ESNS 2022 conference
Music industry entrepreneur Merck Mercuriades will be interviewed by Helienne Lindvall at ESNS 2022 explaining why songwriters deserve more credit. The European Music platform also presents an exclusive keynote interview by Everett True with Sub Pop’s Jonathan Poneman & Bruce Pavitt. Peter Weening talks about programming Groningen’s underground club Vera for 41 years; and what is the Metaverse and what does it mean for the music industry?
Merck Mercuriadis is a longtime record executive and artist manager who counts Beyoncé, Guns N’ Roses and Elton John among his former clients. Mercuriadis is the founder and CEO of the Hipgnosis Songs Fund LTD in 2017, which currently owns over 150 catalogs and 65,000 songs. In a keynote interview - moderated by Helienne Lindvall (Swede as Candy Music). The Canadian born music veteran Mercuriades will go into subjects like song management and fair remuneration for composers. ‘Songs should be managed with the same respect as artists should be managed’.
Sub Pop was founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman. The Seattle record label signed bands such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, and Mudhoney, central players in the grunge movement. In 1995, the owners of Sub Pop sold a 49% stake of the label to the Warner Music Group. The keynote interview with Pavitt & Poneman, by music journalist Everett True will dive deep into the story of the record label.
Peter Weening, long-time programmer of the legendary Vera club in Groningen will be doing a live interview at ESNS 2022. Peter recently retired after 41 years and booked 7000 acts – from Dead Moon, Dinosaur Jr. and Bo Diddley to Pearl Jam, Nirvana and The White Stripes.
In the last six months talk of the Metaverse has been everywhere, with predictions that it will revolutionise the relationship between fans and artists by adding new layers of interaction and engagement. In this in-depth session, globally acknowledged virtual reality experts will explain what it is, what it does, and what it could mean for the music industry. Joining this panel – moderated by Gary Smith – are Heather Shaw (Vita Motus) and Cortney Harding (Friends with Holograms).
Previously, ESNS announced the first speakers for the conference; a keynote address with Urgenda director and ‘leading global thinker’ Marjan Minnesma, an interview with ‘the one billion dollar man’ André de Raaff, and an interview with Matt Schwarz (DreamHaus) by Greg Parmley (ILMC/IFF/IQ Magazine). Anne Löhr (Mental Health in Music) will be running the Mental Health Help Desk. Find more information about the conference programme at esns.nl/conference
ESNS takes place from January 19 – 22, 2022 in Groningen, The Netherlands. Conference registrations are available in a limited batch at the medium rate via esns.nl/tickets