European Border Breakers Awards Public Choice Award
Win a trip to the European Border Breakers Awards show with Jools Holland.
On January 13, the Dutch city of Groningen will be the place to be if you're a fan of the latest pop, rock, indie and dance sounds. Winners of the 2016 European Border Breakers Awards will perform in a televised show hosted by Jools Holland – and you could be in the audience.
All you have to do is vote at www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu for your favourite artist from among the EBBA winners:
Álvaro Soler (Spain)
Aurora (Norway)
Carnival Youth (Latvia)
Christine and The Queens (France)
Kovacs (Netherlands)
Oscar And The Wolf (Belgium)
Robin Schulz (Germany)
Seinabo Sey (Sweden)
SOAK (Ireland)
Years & Years (United Kingdom)
Watch videos: Public Choice Award - EBBA 2016 here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EBBAAWARDS/featured
The act receiving the most votes will win the Public Choice Award.
Fifteen lucky voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award show: each will be able to bring a friend and the prize includes their flight, hotel costs and the opportunity to attend a social media workshop given by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
The vote is open from December 1, 2015 until January 1, 2016.
About EBBA
The EBBA are about breaking down borders and recognising emerging European rock, pop and dance artists who achieved success in countries other than their own. These unique European music awards are funded under the European Union (EU) Creative Europe programme. With the EBBA, the European Union wishes to highlight the success of 10 debuting European artists in selling albums and touring outside their home territory.
From Adele (2009) to Milky Chance (2015), the winners of the EBBA represent the full breadth of European talent and diversity. Other previous winners include Stromae, Emeli Sandé, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Melanie De Biasio, Of Monsters and Men, Woodkid, Mumford & Sons, Caro Emerald, Lykke Li, Disclosure, Katie Melua, John Newman, The Ting Tings, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Zaz, Nico & Vinz, Saybia, Damien Rice, KT Tunstall, Alphabeat, Milow and Afrojack.
Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity is a strong part of its cultural appeal, but linguistic barriers sometimes make it harder for artists to work internationally and achieve cross-border sales success. The EBBA seek to help them overcome these obstacles.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39
Octave One Announce First Live Performance with Members of a Philharmonic Orchestra
Legendary group announce show will take place in Zurich in December
Following on from the recent hype of their brilliant album "Burn It Down" and the current special remix package of their single "Jazzo/Lose Yourself" (which sees contributions from the likes of producer du jour Paul Woolford and Mat Playford), the much loved Octave One today announce that they are set to perform with members of a Philharmonic Orchestra (for the very first time), in Zurich.
The night will begin with German cellist Daniel Muller-Schott, together with the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Following the opening, Octave One will join members of the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, on stage for a special performance.
Said Octave One...
"When the opportunity of doing a special performance with members of the Tonhalle Orchestra was presented to us, we immediately thought of our time working with arranger, Stephen Hussey, on the "Blackwater" live strings mix back in 2001. Things got even better when Tonhalle were up for bringing him in, on this project. We're really excited about this collaboration and can't wait to bring it to life".
The Project Leader, Pierre Bachmann, goes on to elaborate...
"The TonhalleLate is an event series, which aims to take it's guests on a musical and visual journey in three acts: I. Classical concert with Philharmonic Orchestra. II. Collaboration of electronic and classical soloists. III. Live act and DJ set. Each event is carefully crafted around a theme identified in the classical programme for the selected artists and choreographed accordingly. Invited electronic live acts are chosen for their state of the art musical approach, their fit with the classical pieces/theme, as well as their representativeness of the Zeitgeist".
At the heart of the event lies a collaboration between the live act and five to eight soloists from the orchestra, where they create unique versions of the former's tracks, gliding back and forth between the electronic and the classical world.
The Tonhalle Orchestra, conducted by Lionel Bringuier, is considered one of the Top Ten Philharmonic Orchestras in the world. During its twelve year run, the event has become hugely popular engaging a mix of classical and electronic music lovers.
The event will take place on the 11th December 2015.
Connect:
http://www.octaveone.com/
https://www.facebook.com/octaveone
www.twitter.com/octaveone
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39
International Radio Festival Moves to EXPO City Milan
After six years and seven successful editions, the International Radio Festival (IRF) is moving from Zurich to its new European home in Milan, Italy’s power house and successful EXPO city.
Invited by Milan’s Mayor and the director of Radio City Milan, the IRF takes another step in evolving its unique public on-air festival and conference format, confirming it as the leading platform for showcasing and debating the business of music radio content; the world’s most consumed medium.
The IRF will join up with Radio City Milan and together present Europe’s largest public on-air radio festival at the fabulous Piazza Gae Aulenti midst Milan’s city centre, 7-10 April 2016.
Taking place in and around the UniCredit pavilion, the IRF Milan Radio City festival will welcome over 20 international and 50 Italian radio stations who will broadcast their radio shows live-on-air to millions of their listeners back in their home cities.
“I am inspired to be working with such a future thinking and experienced team who have embraced the unique aspect of the IRF, and look forward to broadcasting the city of Milan to the world, as much as I am excited in welcoming some of the finest radio makers to the IRF conference at the beautiful UniCredit Pavilion”, says IRF festival director Darryl von Däniken.
Likewise, the initiator of the successful Radio City Milan festival, Filippo Solibello, says “After our participation at the IRF this year, we just knew we had to bring this festival to the city of Milan and join forces with our own radio festival and develop the full potential of bringing radio close to the public whilst also having the unique opportunity of carrying on telling people around the world about our great EXPO city”.
In addition to the new annual Milan edition, the IRF is midst in planning an Americas edition in Music City Nashville, a Middle East Edition in Dubai, and a South East Asia edition in Shanghai. “Developments are well under way to produce IRF editions in these world class cities and we are looking forward to releasing more news and dates during 2016.” says festival director von Däniken.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39
Keynote with Marek Lieberberg at Eurosonic Noorderslag plus conference update
German music event promotor Marek Lieberberg is confirmed for a keynote interview by Allan McGowan at the 30th edition of the Eurosonic Noorderslag conference, which takes place from the 13th to the 16th of January, in Groningen, The Netherlands.
Marek Lieberberg - biography: He has established himself as one of the most successful German music entrepreneurs, a true market leader, who managed to open up the road for pop and rock music on the European festival scene. For more than 40 years, he has been presenting the most up to date acts and taking considerable risks with his own business.
More info here: http://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/news/conference/article/keynote-interview-with-marek-lieberberg-at-eurosonic-noorderslag/
Todd Hansen, lead interactive festival programmer at South by Southwest (SXSW), was announced as the first keynote speaker for the Buma Music meets Tech programme. He will also be part of the Buma Music meets Tech jury, helping to determine which start-up will win the 2016 award. The BMMT jury has also been announced: http://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/news/conference/article/fabrique-sxsw-interactive-jury-buma-meets-tech-award/
In addition to the keynotes there are a host of other panels covering all the key topics associated with the live music industry including; How to Turn Data into Money?, How Cities Are Impacting Music Industry Development, The Agents, Panel, Youth and the Future of the Music Industry, Touring Artists and Taxation, The Festival Panel: Past, Present, Future, The German Live Music Market, The Trouble with Ticketing, Audience Communication, Off the Record with a Smile and the Beer Crate sessions giving intimate stories from music industry influencers; Helen Sildna (Talinn Music Week, EE), Stephan Thanscheidt (FKP Scorpio, DE) and Stefan Lehmkuhl (Melt Booking, DE).
Buma Meet Tech presents 3 more panels have been added to the Buma Music meets Tech programme:Chris Carey: How to Turn Data into Money, Game Changers: Youth and the Future, Music Hack Day: The Results
The EPIC program has moved to the Hampshire Hotel, a 2 minutes stroll from our main conference centre, De Oosterpoort and focuses specifically on production and innovation at festivals and music venues. The first panel to be announced is concerning Noise Pollution.
There will also be panels covering topics related to Central and Eastern Europe related to the CEETEP country focus for 2016. More will be announced soon.
More info on the conference and panels here: http://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/conference/programme/
The next next registration deadline is 10th December. Register for the conference here: http://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/tickets/conference/
About Eurosonic Noorderslag
Eurosonic Noorderslag is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, with a proven track record for helping to break new acts on the international live music scene. Selling out each year, the event attracts close to 4,000 professional delegates, including representatives of over 400 international festivals. Each year, Eurosonic Noorderslag presents showcases by more than 300 acts alongside a conference programme covering the latest developments in international music media, production and interactive industries.
Eurosonic Noorderslag has been responsible for kick-starting the careers of European acts like Ásgeir, Aurora, Bastille, Dotan, Ibeyi, James Blake, Jett Rebel, Hozier, Milky Chance, Royal Blood, Seinabo Sey and Vök.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39
Robin Schulz wins European Border Breakers Award
Robin Schulz was today unveiled as the tenth and final winner of the 2016 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), the European music awards for emerging artists.
Schulz is the 28-year-old German DJ producer behind a string of worldwide chart-topping hit remixes and songs including Prayer in C and Sugar.
He started DJ-ing in his hometown of Osnabrück at the age of 17 and started his own club three years later. He shot to fame when his uptempo version of Waves by Dutch rapper Mr Probz charted in 10 countries, reaching No1 in Germany, the UK, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland.
His follow-up, a revival of Prayer in C by French act Lily Wood & The Prick, was even more successful, hitting the top spot in 22 European Union countries and receiving more than 275 million views on YouTube to date.
Schulz went on to release his debut album Prayer in autumn 2014, which featured his earlier hits and a number of his own compositions including Sun Goes Down, featuring British singer Jasmine Thompson.
A second album, Sugar, was recently released and looks set to repeat the success of his debut. Schulz is currently on tour in the north and south of America, where his genre-transcending and highly recognizable deep house sound is winning him a new legion of fans. In early 2016, he will be back in Europe, with dates in Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium and Switzerland.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39
Final ETEP & CEETEP 2015 Results
We proudly present the final results of the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) and the Central Eastern Europe Talent Exchange Programme (CEETEP) 2015.
ETEP is an initiative of Eurosonic Noorderslag to stimulate the circulation of European repertoire on festivals, on radio and across the media in Europe.
You can listen to all booked ETEP and CEETEP acts in our ETEP Spotify Playlist.
ETEP results
The results presented include 394 confirmed shows by 132 artists from 21 different European countries. Eurosonic Noorderslag started organising the European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP) in 2003. Since then a total of 2294 shows by 810 European artists from 30 countries have taken place at the 90 ETEP festivals (2003 - 2014). These are the top scoring ETEP acts:
AURORA NO 13
Ibeyi FR 13
MØ DK 12
SOAK IE 12
Kate Tempest IE 11
Years & Years UK 10
Jack Garratt UK 10
JoyCut IT 9
Batida PT 9
Alo Wala DK 9
View all results at the ETEP website.
CEETEP results
Presenting the final CEETEP results of 2015: 43 confirmed shows by 25 artists from 10 different European countries. The top scoring CEETEP acs are:
Repetitor RS 4
Ludovik Material SI 4
Momend LV 3
Alina Orlova LH 3
Elephants from Neptune EE 3
Middlemist Red HU 2
Golden Parazyth LV 2
BA. LH 2
Iza PL 2
Jimmy Pé SK 2
Project 2501 MK 2
View all results at the CEETEP website.
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2016 focuses on Central East European (CEE) Countries.
Eurosonic Noorderslag is preparing for its 30th edition with the Central East European regions as the focus for 2016. Each year a different country is highlighted in order to showcase the diversity of musical talent across Europe. We are delighted to announce that in 2016, 14 CEE countries will be the focus region of Eurosonic Noorderslag. Countries that have been showcased at previous editions include France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, The Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, Austria and Iceland. The 30th edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag will take place on 13, 14, 15 and 16 January 2016.
Read more about the CEE focus of Eurosonic Noorderslag 2016 here:
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39
Christine and The Queens announced as winner of European Border Breakers Awards
Christine and The Queens were today unveiled as the ninth winner of the 2016 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), the European music awards for emerging artists.
The alter ego of 27-year-old French singer songwriter Héloïse Letissier, Christine and The Queens blends electronica with the classic chanson style. The result is a theatrical, sensual combination that has captivated fans across Europe and beyond.
Letissier has been making music since 2011 but her big breakthrough outside France came with her single 'Christine'. Her debut album 'Chaleur Humaine' (titled ‘Christine and the Queens’ for its international release) was acclaimed by critics and fans alike. Her live shows have also attracted rave reviews for their dynamic mix of music, theatre, dance and video.
Born near Nantes in 1988, Letissier father was a professor of English literature and her played the piano from an early age and started classical dance training at the age of five, although a foot injury meant she switched to modern jazz for a while. ""For me, real life is art on the stage; I want to disappear into it,” Letissier has said.
Christine and The Queens have just completed successful tours across Europe and North America.
Earlier this month Carnival Youth (Latvia), AURORA (Norway), Oscar and The Wolf (Belgium), KOVACS (Netherlands), Álvaro Soler (Spain), SOAK (Ireland), Seinabo Sey (Sweden) and Years & Years (UK) were unveiled as 2016 EBBA winners. One final winner will be announced and filmed in the coming week. Footage of all the winners will form part of a unique ‘road-trip’ mini-movie, which will be shared via the EBBA social media account and website.
The EBBA are about breaking down borders and recognising emerging European rock, pop and dance artists who achieved success in countries other than their own. These unique European music awards are funded under the European Union (EU) Creative Europe programme. With the EBBA, the European Union wishes to highlight the success of 10 debuting European artists in selling albums and touring outside their home territory.
From Adele (2009) to Milky Chance (2015), the winners of the EBBA represent the full breadth of European talent and diversity. Other previous winners include Stromae, Emeli Sandé, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Melanie De Biasio, Of Monsters and Men, Woodkid, Mumford & Sons, Caro Emerald, Lykke Li, Disclosure, Katie Melua, John Newman, The Ting Tings, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Zaz, Nico & Vinz, Saybia, Damien Rice, KT Tunstall, Alphabeat, Milow and Afrojack.
Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity is a strong part of its cultural appeal, but linguistic barriers sometimes make it harder for artists to work internationally and achieve cross-border sales success. The EBBA seek to help them overcome these obstacles.
To be eligible for the 2016 awards, the artists must have achieved border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2014 and 31 July 2015.
Background
The winners are selected on the basis of data from Nielsen Music Control research, the European Broadcasting Union, EBU radio stations, and from festivals participating in the European Talent Exchange Programme.
The winners will receive their awards in a ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on January 13, 2016. The ceremony will feature performances of the winning acts.
One of the winners will receive a Public Choice Award based on votes cast on the EBBA website from December 1, 2015 until January 1, 2016. Up to 15 voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award ceremony: each will be able to bring a friend and the prize includes their flight and hotel costs.
The EBBA, now in their 13th year, is organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), with support from Buma Cultuur, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Groningen, the City of Groningen and Music Week.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39
Eurosonic Noorderslag: AURORA, Oscar and the Wolf, Seinabo Sey, SOAK and more
Eurosonic Noorderslag is gearing up for its 30th edition. With today's announcement the line-up of the anniversary edition of the festival is almost complete. There are tickets available for the conference and Eurosonic, the showcase festival for European music.
Added to the Eurosonic line-up:
Afterpartees (NL)
Álvaro Soler (ES)
AURORA (NO)
Douglas Firs (BE)
Filous (AT)
Forever Pavot (FR)
Hydrogen Sea (BE)
James Hersey (AT)
Lea Porcelain (DE)
Oscar and the Wolf (BE)
Seinabo Sey (SE)
SOAK (IE)
Tickets Eurosonic and conference available
Festival tickets for the Noorderslag festival and passepartouts for both the Eurosonic and Noorderslag festivals are sold out. Tickets for Eurosonic, the international evening programme on Wednesday 13, Thursday 14 and Friday, January 15, 2016, are still available. Official tickets are available through Ticketmaster.nl. Conference registrations can be obtained through www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl.
About Eurosonic Noorderslag
Eurosonic Noorderslag is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, with a proven track record for helping to break new acts on the international live music scene. A sold-out event for many years, Eurosonic Noorderslag attracts over 3,900 professional delegates, including representatives of over 430 international festivals. Eurosonic Noorderslag presents showcases by more than 300 acts alongside a conference programme featuring 175 panels, keynote speakers, interviews, workshops, dinners, pitches, parties and meetings covering the latest developments in the international music, media and interactive industries.
Eurosonic Noorderslag has been responsible for kick-starting the careers of European acts like Ásgeir, Aurora, Bastille, Dotan, Ibeyi, James Blake, Jett Rebel, Hozier, Milky Chance, Royal Blood, Seinabo Sey and Vök.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill
EXIT Festival Announce Dates and Early Bird Tickets
The world’s most unique festival holiday package kicks off early bird ticket sale!
Exit and Sea Dance festivals have announced their dates for next summer. Exit Festival (7-10 July 2016), combined with its seaside sister Sea Dance festival (14-16 July 2016), makes for the unique festival package which has become the most talked-about festival holiday on the planet that spans over 10 days! This package, dubbed the Exit Adventure, combines two award-winning festivals at two spectacular locations in two neighbouring countries, which proved to be a success formula that attracted 300.000 people from 60+ countries who have travelled from magical Petrovaradin fortress in Serbia to stunning Jaz Beach in Montenegro. While Petrovaradin fortress is one of the biggest of its kind in Europe, Jaz is officially the best European beach according to leading tourist guide Lonely Planet.
Atmosphere from Exit and Sea Dance festivals is often referred to as magical, both in international and local media accordingly, which is why this year’s theme is – Exit Magic. It stands for particular emotion that all those who partake in Exit Adventure share and feel. Emotion of love for music and freedom, emotion that can change the world for the better.
Exit Magic – Official Trailer for Exit Adventure 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdBcYUuLyqg
Both festivals have multitude of stages and diversity of genres, from the most demanded rock and pop acts, to EDM, techno, bass, hip-hop and even metal, punk and hard-core! In its previous edition, Exit was headlined by the likes of Emeli Sande, Manu Chao, Faithless, Motorhead, John Newman, Hardwell, Martin Garrix and many others, while Sea Dance featured stars like The Prodigy, Roisin Murphy, Rudimental, Sigma, Gramatik, Odesza, Flight Facilities and many more. Next edition of Exit Festival will be held from 7 to 10 July at the Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi sad, after which all visitors will head down to Jaz Beach near Budva to attend the third annual Sea Dance Festival, held from 14 to 16 July. Both festivals are once more shortlisted for the Best European Festival titles, and winners will be announced on January 13th at Eurosonic Noordeslag in Groningen!
Early Bird tickets available now!
New early-bird offer has been launched and purchasing the four-day ticket to Exit Festival will also get you a free ticket to Sea Dance Festival! You can buy tickets now at the price of 79£+b/f (110€+b/f) which is a remarkable 40% discount from the final price of the entire Exit Adventure package! Whoever purchases Exit ticket in this special offer will also get a complimentary ticket for Sea Dance Festival (*needs to be further registered from 1st to 31st March at www.exitfest.org).
About EXIT:
EXIT started off humbly but bravely back in 2000 when it was a student movement fighting for freedom and democracy in Serbia. Evolving from the student protests of 2000, the expression of rebellious spirit of young people in Serbia and fighting for political change and freedom. In addition, EXIT has played a vital role in bringing together the new nations of former Yugoslavia, war-torn by the events at the end of last century. It is the social importance of the Festival that made it unique and globally recognized.
EXIT is a non-corporate event with a unique history, proving that music is a universal language that can connect and bring people together to make the world a better place. EXIT is more than just a music festival, where hedonism meets activism as EXIT continues to evolve and bring like-minded people together. Exit also supports many community and humanitarian missions.
Today, EXIT is globally acknowledged as one of the most popular European music festivals winning the highly coveted title of ‘Best Major Festival’ at the 2014 European Festival Awards and reflects how EXIT has grown over the years attracting a global audience of 2.5 million visitors from 60 different countries. What was once a movement is now one of the most prestigious music events in the world!
EXIT where hedonism meets activism.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39
Years & Years win European Border Breakers Award
The British band Years & Years are announced as the eighth winner of the 2016 European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA), the European music awards for emerging artists.
Lauded as the ‘Sound of 2015’ by the BBC, Years & Years are well on their way to world fame. Formed in London in 2010, the band consists of frontman Olly Alexander, bassist Mikey Goldsworthy and keyboardist Emre Türkmen.
Their catchy electropop, fusing synth with 90s-style R&B vocals, first caught the eye of French independent label Kitsuné Records, which released early singles Trap and Real. The video for the latter featured Ben Whishaw, best known for portraying Q in the James Bond films; he also co-starred with Olly Alexander in a West End play.
Years & Years subsequently signed with Polydor, which released King, their first No1 single, in February this year. The song also made the top 10 in nine European countries. Their debut album, Communion, followed in July and instantly topped the charts. Years & Years have just started a major European tour, with shows planned in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Italy and the UK. They will also tour extensively in the US in Spring 2016.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymJ2OYtQ2NY
Earlier this month Carnival Youth (Latvia), AURORA (Norway), Oscar and The Wolf (Belgium), KOVACS (Netherlands), Alvaro Soler (Spain), SOAK (Ireland) and Seinabo Sey (Sweden) were unveiled as 2016 EBBA winners. Two more winners across Europe will be announced and filmed in the coming weeks. The footage will form part of a unique ‘road-trip’ mini-movie, which will be shared via the EBBA social media account and website.
The EBBA are about breaking down borders and recognising emerging European rock, pop and dance artists who achieved success in countries other than their own. These unique European music awards are funded under the European Union (EU) Creative Europe programme. With the EBBA, the European Union wishes to highlight the success of 10 debuting European artists in selling albums and touring outside their home territory.
From Adele (2009) to Milky Chance (2015), the winners of the EBBA represent the full breadth of European talent and diversity. Other previous winners include Stromae, Emeli Sandé, Gabriel Rios, Hozier, Melanie De Biasio, Of Monsters and Men, Woodkid, Mumford & Sons, Caro Emerald, Lykke Li, Disclosure, Katie Melua, John Newman, The Ting Tings, C2C, Tokio Hotel, The Script, Zaz, Nico & Vinz, Saybia, Damien Rice, KT Tunstall, Alphabeat, Milow and Afrojack.
Europe's cultural and linguistic diversity is a strong part of its cultural appeal, but linguistic barriers sometimes make it harder for artists to work internationally and achieve cross-border sales success. The EBBA seek to help them overcome these obstacles.
To be eligible for the 2016 awards, the artists must have achieved border-breaking success with their first international release in Europe between 1 August 2014 and 31 July 2015.
Background
The winners are selected on the basis of data from Nielsen Music Control research, the European Broadcasting Union, EBU radio stations, and from festivals participating in the European Talent Exchange Programme.
The winners will receive their awards in a ceremony hosted by TV personality and musician Jools Holland at the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen, Netherlands, on January 13, 2016. The ceremony will feature performances of the winning acts.
One of the winners will receive a Public Choice Award based on votes cast on the EBBA website from December 1, 2015 until January 1, 2016. Up to 15 voters, chosen at random from different countries, will be invited to the award ceremony: each will be able to bring a friend and the prize includes their flight and hotel costs.
The EBBA, now in their 13th year, is organised by Eurosonic Noorderslag in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), with support from Buma Cultuur, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Province of Groningen, the City of Groningen and Music Week.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@46.32.240.39