121 Acts confirmed for ESNS 2018
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the place to discover and access the very best emerging European music talent and with 121 more acts confirmed the line-up for #ESNS18 is almost complete.
New Acts confirmed;
Ace Tee & Kwam.E (de), Afterpartees (nl), Alfa Mist (de), Altin Gün (nl), Amanda Delara (no), Astroid Boys (gb), Austinn (lu), AVEC (at), aYia (is), Belau (hu), Bergfilm (de), Binkbeats (nl), Black Snake Moan (it), Blackberries (de), Blind Butcher (ch), Bowrain (si), Broen (no), Bruno Belissimo (it), Callum Beattie (gb), Cari Cari (at), Chapelier Fou (fr), Chelou (gb), Colin Benders (nl), Curtis Alto (be), Dakota (nl), Darling West (no), Death Alley (nl), Dewolff (nl), Diablo Blvd (nl), Dinamarca (se), Dope Calypso (hu), Echo Collective (be), Elizabete Balčus (lv), Emma Bale (be), Equal Idiots (be), Erotic Market (fr), Faces on TV (be), Fenne Lily (gb), Fred Well (no) George FitzGerald (gb) Gizmo Varillas (es) Great News (gb) Gruppo Di Pawlowski (be) HAEVN (nl) Hak Baker (gb) HÅN (it) Hey Elbow (se) HMLTD (gb) Högni (is) Holy (se) Hope (de) Husky Loops (it) IAMDDB (gb), IceAge (dk), IDER (gb), Iguana Death Cult (nl), Isaac Gracie (gb), Jeangu Macrooy (nl), Jesus Chrüsler Supercar (se), Jo Goes Hunting (nl), Kareem Kalokoh (gr), Keir (gb), KO KO MO (fr), Leoniden (de), lilly among clouds (de), Lomboy (be), Luwten (nl), Lysistrata (fr), Malihini (it), Marlene (se), Mateusz Franczak (pl), Millionaire (be), Milo Meskens (be), Mogli (de), MOLÉCULE Live (fr), Monolithe Noir (be), Museless (es), MY BABY (nl), MYRKUR: Folkesange (dk), Never Sol (cz), One Sentence. Supervisor (ch), Paceshifters (nl), Pale Grey (be), Pale Waves (fr), Panivalkova (ua), Pip Blom (nl), Polo & Pan live (fr), Pom Poko (no), Raoul Vignal (fr), Robocobra Quartet (ie), Roméo Elvis x Le Motel (be), Sälen (gb), Sheep Got Waxed (lt), Sônge (fr), Spoil Engine (be), Suff Daddy & The Lunch Birds (de), Super Besse (by), Super Parquet (fr), Surma (pt), Témé Tan (be), Terra Profonda (hu), The Cool Quest (nl), The Dawn Brothers (nl), The Zephyr Bones (es), TheColorGrey (be), Theodore (gr), THIRSTY EYES (at), Tolstoys (sk), Tom Grennan (gb), Tom Tripp (gb), Tom Walker (gb), Tontario (fi), Transylvania [Damn Fun] (ro), VUUR (nl), VRWRK (be), Walking Dead On Broadway (de), Warmdusher (gb), Will Heard (gb), WWWater (be), Yxng Bane (gb), Zulu Zulu (es)
Denmark Blooms
Denmark is the focus country of ESNS 2018 and they will bring a host of exciting Danish acts to perform in Groningen including; Phlake, August Roseenbaum, D/Troit, Iceage, Svin, Baest, Off Bloom, Av Av Av, School of X, Soleima, Goss, Velvet Volume, Iamjj, Pardans, Lydmor, We Like We, Ellis May, Snavs, Scarlet Pleasure, Maximillian, Vera, Myrkur:Folkesange. More info on all the acts here: https://mxd.dk/eurosonic/
See the Full ESNS line up here:
https://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/festival/line-up/#festivalFilter=.fest_1143,.fest_1141
Listen to the he Spotify playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/user/eurosonicnoorderslag/playlist/5cRLHWNAgLUNVlEXel4sUn
ESNS will take place in Groningen (The Netherlands) from the 17th to 20th of January 2018. The event hosts showcase festivals Eurosonic and Noorderslag, a music conference and several awards ceremonies.
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the place to discover and access the very best emerging European music talent. The event has a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Ásgeir, Aurora, Dua Lipa, Hozier, HER, Mø, My Baby, Rejjie Snow, Lost Frequencies, Roosevelt, Royal Blood, Seinabo Sey and Vök, having played at ESNS as up and coming talents. The B2B 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, managers, agents, publishers, labels, tech companies and event suppliers. 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. The event also hosts multiple networking opportunities, annual meetings by music associations, pitch sessions, dinners, parties and dedicated areas featuring the very latest thinking and technical innovation in the music, media, interactive and production industries. At this year's edition Denmark will be the ESNS focus country.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Vote for our festivals in the European Festival Awards
Feeling very honoured to be working with some of Europe's most amazing festivals who are nominated in this years European Festival Awards.
Congrats to EXIT, Lowlands, Positivus, OFF, Sea Dance, Sea Star and Secret Solstice.
Vote now! http://eu.festivalawards.com/vote/
EXIT, Serbia - Best Major
Lowlands, The Netherlands - Best Major & Best Line Up
Positivus, Latvia - Best Medium
OFF, Poland - Best Medium
Sea Dance, Montenegro - Best Medium
Secret Solstice, Iceland - Best Medium
Sea Star, Croatia - Best New & Best Medium
Salvador Sobral and Sigrid announced as winners of 2018 European Border Breakers Awards
Salvador Sobral and Sigrid are confirmed as winners of a 2018 European Border Breakers Award (EBBA), the European music award for emerging artists who have seen outstanding success across Europe. For health reasons, Salvador Sobral could not be present at Manhãs da 3 when DJ Luis Oliveira announced the news. His manager Ana Paulo, represented him on the radio. Sigrid was surprised by DJ’s Tor-Otto Mjelde and Kjartan Ericsson live on Stjernepose at Nrk P13. Sigrid is also confirmed to play at Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) festival.
Salvador Sobral
Being the winner of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, you would think it could only get better from there for Salvador Sobral. But life has dealt the Portuguese singer some very different cards. A serious heart condition forced him to interrupt his career in September. At an emotional last concert the 27-year old singer stated: "It is, unfortunately, time to hand over my body to science and to abandon my life of concerts and music." Sobral achieved a record win at the Eurovision competition, and the first ever for Portugal, with his ballad Amar Pelos Dois, written by his sister Luísa Sobral. In 2016 the singer had already released debut album Excuse Me, which underlines his great song writing talent.
Sigrid
Norwegian pop singer/songwriter Sigrid signed a worldwide label deal at just 20 years of age. With her rich, powerful, versatile voice, and elfin looks, she seems ready-made for pop stardom. Sigrid delivered on the promise in February 2017 with her anthemic single Don't Kill My Vibe. It became BBC Radio 1 "Hottest Record in the World" and was streamed over 37 million times, with new single Pilot Twist following the same path. Sigrid is influenced by artists like Mø, Adele and Sia.
EBBA ceremony
Earlier, Alice Merton from Germany, Skott from Sweden, Off Bloom from Denmark and Blanche from Belgium were also announced as winners of an EBBA. A total of ten artists will be awarded an EBBA over the coming weeks. The winners will receive their award in a ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on 17 January 2018. The ceremony will also feature performances by the winning acts.
Public Choice Award
All EBBA winners are also in the running to win the Public Choice Award. Fans from all over the world can vote online from the end of November up to Christmas for their favourite emerging artist. The winner of the Public Choice Award will be announced during the EBBA ceremony at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen. Up to ten voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award ceremony. Each winner will be able to bring a friend with the flight and hotel costs covered by Eurosonic Noorderslag.
The EBBA
The EBBA celebrate new and border-breaking artists who create today and tomorrow's music. From Adele (United Kingdom) to Christine & the Queens (France), the EBBA winners represent some of the standout European sounds of recent years. Other previous winners include Dua Lipa, Stromae, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Of Monsters and Men, Mumford & Sons, Aurora, Disclosure, John Newman, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Years and Years, Robin Schulz, Carnival Youth, MØ and Selah Sue.
From the group of enthusiastic gig-goers out on the weekend to the industry dedicated to making the music you love, Music Moves Europe. The EBBA are one of the EU's ways of celebrating European popular and contemporary music, by bringing the artists, the industry and the fans together to celebrate European music.
15th edition of EBBA
Every year, 10 European artists receive an EBBA to recognise their success in countries other than their own. This success is measured by: airplay, sales, live performances in Europe, position in the European Border Breakers Charts
To be eligible for the 2018 awards, the artists must have achieved border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016 and come from a country participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme.
The EBBA, now in their 15th year, is an EU Prize, organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Commission (Creative Europe) and the European Broadcasting Union, with support from Buma Cultuur, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Groningen, the City of Groningen and Music Week.
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Eurosonic Noorderslag announces keynote by David Marcus, Ticketmaster
David Marcus, Ticketmaster (us) is confirmed for a keynote speech at the ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) conference. As Head of Music, David Marcus is responsible for Ticketmaster’s largest business segment, selling more than 60M concert tickets annually. ESNS will take place in Groningen (The Netherlands) from the 17th to 20th of January 2018. The event hosts the showcase festivals Eurosonic and Noorderslag, an extensive daytime music conference and several awards ceremonies.
How do high-demand tours like U2, Ed Sheeran, and Hamilton ensure fans – as opposed to scalpers or bots – have the best access to tickets? It’s the responsibility of industry stakeholders - agents, managers, artists, promoters and the companies like Ticketmaster who support them - to ensure tickets are being sold to people who actually intend to use them. David Marcus, EVP and Head of Music for Ticketmaster North America, will take an in-depth look at the road to planning a sales campaign, from the economics of a tour to fan identification and engagement using the latest technology like Verified Fan - all with the end goal of putting the fans first.
Biography David Marcus, Ticketmaster (US)
David Marcus is EVP, Head of Music for Ticketmaster, where he is responsible for the company’s largest business segment, selling more than 60M concert tickets annually. Before joining Ticketmaster, Marcus was Chief Commercial Officer at ScoreBig, the country’s first name-your-own-price ticketing platform. Before Scorebig, Marcus spent four years as Warner Music Group’s SVP, Worldwide Artist Services, where he had direct oversight for the development of new lines of business for the music group, including global touring, ticketing, merchandising, and e-commerce. Previously, he was SVP, Global Music at Ticketmaster, LLC, where he built and led an international team that provided sales and marketing strategy and operational support to touring musical artists. Marcus began his career as an entertainment and intellectual property attorney at O'Melveny & Myers.
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the place to discover and access the very best emerging European music talent. The event has a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Ásgeir, Aurora, Dua Lipa, Hozier, HER, Mø, My Baby, Rejjie Snow, Lost Frequencies, Roosevelt, Royal Blood, Seinabo Sey and Vök, having played at ESNS as up and coming talents. The B2B 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, managers, agents, publishers, labels, tech companies and event suppliers. 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. The event also hosts multiple networking opportunities, annual meetings by music associations, pitch sessions, dinners, parties and dedicated areas featuring the very latest thinking and technical innovation in the music, media, interactive and production industries. At this year's edition Denmark will be the ESNS focus country.
Alice Merton wins European Border Breakers Award
Alice Merton is the latest artist to be confirmed as a winner of a 2018 European Border Breakers Award (EBBA), the European music award for emerging artists who have seen outstanding success across Europe. Alice Merton was surprised with her award during rehearsals at Black Box Music in Berlin.
Alice Merton is the latest artist to be confirmed as a winner of a 2018 European Border Breakers Award (EBBA), the European music award for emerging artists who have seen outstanding success across Europe. Alice Merton was surprised with her award during rehearsals at Black Box Music in Berlin.
Alice Merton could very well be the next big popstar in Europe. With her powerful voice, her EP and the catchy song 'No Roots', the 24-year-old holds all the cards. The sentence "I've got no roots, but my home was never on the ground" seems to sum up the life of the English/Canadian singer- songwriter who lived in four countries. No Roots charted high on iTunes, Spotify, Shazam and Hype Machine in France, Switzerland and Austria. In Germany, the song reached platinum status and #2 in the single charts. International success is imminent.
EBBA ceremony
Earlier, Skott from Sweden, Off Bloom from Denmark and Blanche from Belgium were also announced as winners of an EBBA. A total of ten artists will be awarded an EBBA over the coming weeks. The winners will receive their award in a ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on 17 January 2018. The ceremony will also feature performances by the winning acts.
Public Choice Award
All EBBA winners are also in the running to win the Public Choice Award. Fans from all over the world can vote online from the end of November up to Christmas for their favourite emerging artist. The winner of the Public Choice Award will be announced during the EBBA ceremony at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen. Up to ten voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award ceremony. Each winner will be able to bring a friend with the flight and hotel costs covered by Eurosonic Noorderslag.
The EBBA
The EBBA celebrate new and border-breaking artists who create today and tomorrow's music. From Adele (United Kingdom) to Christine & the Queens (France), the EBBA winners represent some of the standout European sounds of recent years. Other previous winners include Dua Lipa, Stromae, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Of Monsters and Men, Mumford & Sons, Aurora, Disclosure, John Newman, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Years and Years, Robin Schulz, Carnival Youth, MØ and Selah Sue.
From the group of enthusiastic gig-goers out on the weekend to the industry dedicated to making the music you love, Music Moves Europe. The EBBA are one of the EU's ways of celebrating European popular and contemporary music, by bringing the artists, the industry and the fans together to celebrate European music.
15th edition of EBBA
Every year, 10 European artists receive an EBBA to recognise their success in countries other than their own. This success is measured by: airplay, sales, live performances in Europe, position in the European Border Breakers Charts
To be eligible for the 2018 awards, the artists must have achieved border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016 and come from a country participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme.
The EBBA, now in their 15th year, is an EU Prize, organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Commission (Creative Europe) and the European Broadcasting Union, with support from Buma Cultuur, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Groningen, the City of Groningen and Music Week.
SURGEON AND THE HACKER REMIX DAVE CLARKE’S ‘I’M NOT AFRAID’ FEAT ANIKA
Techno and electronic music icon Dave Clarke last month released The Desecration of Desire, his first album in fourteen years, through SKINT. Today, Clarke releases two new remixes by Surgeon and The Hacker for the single ‘I’m Not Afraid’, which features the sublime vocals of Anika.
The first remix comes from legendary DJ Surgeon, who has been at the forefront of UK techno since the early 1990s and has a past history of working with Clarke. The second comes from another veteran of the techno world, French electroclash and techno producer The Hacker who has been making his own music in the classic Detroit style since 1995.
Listen here: https://DaveClarke.lnk.to/AfraidRMXPR
Says Clarke: “I bought Anika’s album from Get Records in Amsterdam when it came out, Masters of War was the track for me and I have always thought about working together on a bass heavy track and her lyrics here are sublime and political”.
Over the last three decades, Clarke has proved a singular voice in the underground dance world. As well as turning out essential tracks such as his famous Red Series, he has also hosted his influential White Noise radio show, which has just surpassed 600 episodes and remixed an array of artists including Depeche Mode, Chemical Brothers, A Place To Bury Strangers, Placebo, Underworld and Soft Moon.
The Desecration of Desire follows 1995’s collection of singles Archive One and 2003’s Devil’s Advocate, which came produced under various outside pressures. The album itself contains very little techno. “Not because I don’t like it—I live and breathe it every single week—but I wanted to make an album that was not a collection of club tracks. I listen to many types of music all the time and I felt free for the first time to implement this approach for my own project.” As such it comes coloured with the perspectives of “some delightful, intelligent and deep people who inspired me in their own way” such as LOUISAHHH, Mark Lanegan, Mt. Sims, Anika, Gazelle Twin and Keith Tenniswood.
“The ‘baron of techno’ conjures a brooding, medieval mood with songs that loom in murky light.”- Financial Times
Baron of techno Dave Clarke’s first album in 14 years is worth the wait.”– Line of Best Fit
Buy ‘The Desecration Of Desire’ Here: https://DaveClarke.lnk.to/TDoDPR
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Event PR | Festival PR | Music PR
Blanche announced as winner of 2018 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA)
Today in Liège, Belgium, Blanche was announced as a winner of the 2018 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), the European music awards for emerging artists with outstanding success across Europe. Blanche was surprised at Pure Like On Stage, organized by PURE FM.
Blanche
Blanche stepped into the spotlight when she represented Belgium at the first semi-final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. It's hard to imagine a better version of the folky song City Lights, but she did it again in the final. It earned her a 4th place ranking. The young Belgian singer has a soothing, husky voice that reminds of Lorde and London Grammar's Hannah Reid. Blanche is signed to PIAS, and with just this one song released so far, that has racked-up over 20 million streams, it is safe to say the world is eager to see and hear her next move.
EBBA ceremony
Earlier, Skott from Sweden and Off Bloom from Denmark were announced as winners of an EBBA. A total of ten artists will win an EBBA in the upcoming weeks. The winners will receive their award in a ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on 17 January 2018. The ceremony will feature performances by the winning acts.
Public Choice Award
All EBBA winners are also in the running to win the Public Choice Award. Fans from all over the world can vote online from the end of November to Christmas for their favourite emerging artist. The winner of the Public Choice Award will be announced during the EBBA ceremony at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen. Up to ten voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award ceremony. Each will be able to bring a friend and the flight and hotel costs will be taken care of.
The EBBA
The EBBA celebrate new and border-breaking artists who create today and tomorrow's music. From Dua Lipa (UK) to Alan Walker (Norway), the EBBA winners represent some of the standout European sounds of recent years. Other previous winners include Adele, Christine & the Queens, Stromae, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Of Monsters and Men, Mumford & Sons, Aurora, Disclosure, John Newman, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Years and Years, Robin Schulz, Carnival Youth, MØ and Selah Sue.
From the group of enthusiastic gig-goers out on the weekend to the industry dedicated to making the music you love, Music Moves Europe. The EBBA are one of the EU's ways of celebrating European popular and contemporary music, by bringing the artists, the industry and the fans together to celebrate European music.
15th edition of EBBA
Every year, 10 European artists receive an EBBA to recognize their success in countries other than their own. This success is measured by: airplay, sales, live performances in Europe, position in the European Border Breakers Charts
To be eligible for the 2018 awards, the artists must have achieved border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016 and come from a country participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme.
The EBBA, now in their 15th year, is an EU Prize, organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Commission (Creative Europe) and the European Broadcasting Union, with support from Buma Cultuur, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Groningen and the City of Groningen.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Event PR | Festival PR | Music PR
ESNS announce 48 upcoming acts including Blackwave (be), Nilüfer Yanya (gb), Stefflon Don (gb), Warhola (be)
ESNS will take place in Groningen (The Netherlands) from the 17th to 20th of January 2018. The event hosts showcase festivals Eurosonic and Noorderslag, a music conference and several awards ceremonies.
Confirmed for Eurosonic festival: Agar Agar (fr), Andrea Belfi (de), AV AV AV (dk), Blackwave (be), Canshaker Pi (nl), Cléa Vincent (fr), David Keenan (ie), Dillon (de), Erki Pärnoja : Efterglow (ee), Foé (fr), Freya Ridings (gb), Goss (dk), Hannah Williams & The Affirmations (gb), Hearts Hearts (at), Hior Chronik (gr), Jade Bird (gb), Jafaris (ie), Loïc Nottet (be), Luca D'Alberto (it), Lydmor (dk), Maximillian (dk), Melissa Kassab (ch), MEUTE (de), Miriam Bryant (se), Mueveloreina (es), Nathy Peluso (es), Nilüfer Yanya (gb), Nordmann (be), Odina (es), Omiri (pt), Papooz (fr), Rohey (no), RONE (fr), Rosborough (ie), Ruby Empress (se), Ryan McMullan (ie), Rytmeklubben (no), Sam Fender (gb), Snavs (dk), Stefflon Don (gb), Stereo Honey (gb), SVIN (dk), Tshegue (fr), Tuvaband (no), Warhola (be), Weird Bloom (it), Wildwood Kin (gb), Xinobi (pt).
Last week ESNS announced the following acts for Noorderslag: Cartiez (nl), The Overslept (nl), EUT (nl) en Mooon (nl).
Full Line up here: https://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/festival/line-up/
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the place to discover and access the very best emerging European music talent. The event has a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Ásgeir, Aurora, Dua Lipa, Hozier, HER, Mø, My Baby, Rejjie Snow, Lost Frequencies, Roosevelt, Royal Blood, Seinabo Sey and Vök, having played at ESNS as up and coming talents. The B2B 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, managers, agents, publishers, labels, tech companies and event suppliers. 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. The event also hosts multiple networking opportunities, annual meetings by music associations, pitch sessions, dinners, parties and dedicated areas featuring the very latest thinking and technical innovation in the music, media, interactive and production industries. At this year's edition Denmark will be the ESNS focus country.
Check out the Spotify Playlist here...
https://open.spotify.com/user/eurosonicnoorderslag/playlist/5cRLHWNAgLUNVlEXel4sUn
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
ESNS announce keynote interview with Harvey Goldsmith
Legendary English rock promoter Harvey Goldsmith is confirmed for a keynote interview at the ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) Conference, moderated by renowned British journalist Allan McGowan. Goldsmith is widely recognised and highly respected as a visionary producer, manager and promoter of rock concerts, charity events and television broadcasts. He has worked with the world's biggest artists and ran two of the largest music events ever, Live Aid and Live 8. His current projects include UK concert tours by Jools Holland, Andrea Bocelli and Hans Zimmer.
Goldsmith joins the conference alongside the previously announced industry heavyweight Scumeck Sabottka (MCT-Agentur, DE) who will take part in a keynote with Emma Banks, making this years line up strong from the outset and not to be missed. ESNS will take place in Groningen (The Netherlands) from the 17th to 20th of January 2018.
Biography Harvey Goldsmith
Born in 1946 in the north London district of Edgware, Goldsmith founded live music venue Club 66 while a pharmacy student in Brighton. By the end of the sixties the young student had already organised large live events at the Brighton Metropole as well as creating and producing rock events like the Crystal Palace Garden Parties. Clearly it was time to move to bigger events and larger stadiums, and in 1976 he promoted a show for prog-rock act Yes at Queens Park Rangers' football ground. His first global TV event as a promoter was The Concerts for Kampuchea in 1978 at Hammersmith Odeon, London, featuring artists such as Paul McCartney, Queen and The Who. In 1985 he and Bob Geldof set up Live Aid, a seventeen-hour live TV event watched in over sixty countries that also raised £140 million for charity. Goldsmith has received numerous awards including a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 1996, and more recently a Diamond Award for his contribution to The Arts. In July 2012, Goldsmith received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Brighton.
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the place to discover and access the very best emerging European music talent. The event has a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alma, Ásgeir, Aurora, Dua Lipa, Hozier, HER, Mø, My Baby, Rejjie Snow, Lost Frequencies, Roosevelt, Royal Blood, Seinabo Sey and Vök, having played at ESNS as up and coming talents. The B2B 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, managers, agents, publishers, labels, tech companies and event suppliers. 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. The event also hosts multiple networking opportunities, annual meetings by music associations, pitch sessions, dinners, parties and dedicated areas featuring the very latest thinking and technical innovation in the music, media, interactive and production industries. At this year's edition Denmark will be the ESNS focus country.
Acts announced for Eurosonic
Alice Merton (de), Ana Curcin (rs), Ankathie Koi (at), Arcane Roots (gb), Au/Ra (de), August Rosenbaum (dk), Auðn (is), Bad Sounds (gb), BAEST (dk), Bitch Falcon (ie), Cannibale (fr), Celeste (fr), Coals (pl), D/troit (dk), Daniel Brandt & Eternal Something (de), Dermot Kennedy (ie), Diron Animal (pt), Drops & Points by Pascal Schumacher feat. Maxime Delpierre (lu), Ellis May (dk), Giorgio Poi (it), Hater (se), Housewives (gb), Hrtl (cz), IAMJJ (dk), Isac Elliot (fi), Jacob Banks (gb), Janice (se), Jardier (si), KillASon (fr), KONOBA & R.O (be), KYTES (de), L.A. (es), Lorenzo Senni (it), Lxandra (fi), Makree (lv), My Sacrifice (Max Fall) (md), meisterjaan (ee), Mist (gb), Mörk (hu), Naaz (nl), NIHILS (at), Off Bloom (dk), Pale Honey (se), Pardans (dk), Pekko Kappi & K:H:H.L (fi), Peter Kernel (ch), Phlake (dk), Saint Electrics (bg), SANDOR (ch), Scarlet Pleasure (dk), Schnellertollermeier (ch), School of X (dk), Seamus Fogarty (ie), Serushio (pt), SEVEN (ch), Sigrid (no), Širom (si), Soleima (dk), Sonar (pl), Soulé (ie), Superorganism (gb), Tamino (be), The Magnettes (se), Theo Lawrence & The Hearts (fr), TT Syndicate (pt), Úlfur Úlfur (is), Velvet Volume (dk), Vera (dk), Vurro (es), We like We (dk), YONAKA (gb), Yungblud (gb), Zagami Jericho (cz), Zeal & Ardor (ch), ŽEN (hr). More to be announced soon.
Acts confirmed for Noorderslag
Boef, Dakota, Equalz, Figgie, HAEVN, Iguana Death Cult, Komodo, Korfbal, Latifah, MOOON, MY BABY, Naaz, Nana Adjoa, Rollàn, Roxeanne Hazes, Tusky, Waltzburg, Wulf. More to be announced soon.
Danish Act Off Bloom announced as winner of 2018 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA)
Today in Copenhagen, Denmark, Off Bloom was announced as a winner of the 2018 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), the European music awards for emerging artists who have had outstanding success across Europe.
Off Bloom
Off Bloom understand what modern times are asking for. They threw out the rule book to create unconventional, eccentric and future-proof pop music, just like their influences such as Hudson Mohawke, Baauer, Major Lazer and AlunaGeorge also did. Eager to offer some glimmer of hope and solace in a dark world, this Danish trio and their inventive take on pop should be part of music's future.
EBBA ceremony
Earlier, Skott from Sweden was also announced as the winner of an EBBA. A total of ten EBBA winners will be announced in the upcoming weeks, and the winners will receive their award in a ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at the Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) in Groningen, Netherlands, on 17 January 2018. The ceremony will feature performances by the winning acts.
Public Choice Award
All EBBA winners are also in the running to win the Public Choice Award. Fans from all over the world can vote online from the end of November to Christmas for their favourite emerging artist. The winner of the Public Choice Award will be announced during the EBBA ceremony at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen. Up to ten voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award ceremony. Each will be able to bring a friend and the flight and hotel costs will be taken care of.
The EBBA
The EBBA celebrate new and border-breaking artists who create today and tomorrow's music. From Adele (United Kingdom) to Christine & the Queens (France), the EBBA winners represent some of the standout European sounds of recent years. Other previous winners include Dua Lipa, Stromae, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Of Monsters and Men, Mumford & Sons, Aurora, Disclosure, John Newman, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Years and Years, Robin Schulz, Carnival Youth, MØ and Selah Sue.
From the group of enthusiastic gig-goers out on the weekend to the industry dedicated to making the music you love, Music Moves Europe. The EBBA are one of the EU's ways of celebrating European popular and contemporary music, by bringing the artists, the industry and the fans together to celebrate European music.
15th edition of EBBA
Every year, 10 European artists receive an EBBA to recognise their success in countries other than their own. This success is measured by: airplay, sales, live performances in Europe, position in the European Border Breakers Charts
To be eligible for the 2018 awards, the artists must have achieved border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2015 and 31 July 2016 and come from a country participating in the EU's Creative Europe programme.
The EBBA, now in their 15th year, is an EU Prize, organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Commission (Creative Europe) and the European Broadcasting Union, with support from Buma Cultuur, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Groningen, the City of Groningen and Music Week.