20 years ago...
TOP STORY
CRISIS MANAGEMENT This is a story that sounds sadly familiar in 2021, as uncertainty shrouds
the future of the live sector. Back in 2001, the foot-and-mouth crisis was spreading alarm across the live industry, as the prospect of cancellations loomed large. Bishopstock blues festival was the first to fall and Mean Fiddler’s Homelands event was in the balance. While Mean Fiddler’s Melvin Benn moved to dismiss the doubts, V Festival and T In The Park weighed up the possible implications of the growing epidemic.
TALK OF THE O’TOWN
Far be it from Music Week to miss a chance to drop a pun, but we did just that in our O’Town front page story, when we reported that the boy band were “sweeping into town” to play for Clive Davis’ J Records at BMG’s spring sales conference. Davis was to give a presentation at the event, which would also see live performances from Dido, Dane Bowers, Shea Seger and more. In the interests of redressing the balance, we just hope they all went out and painted the O’Town red afterwards.
DANCE NATION
MTV added its seventh channel in the UK as MTV Dance began strutting its stuff. Its original MTV Extra guise became MTV Hits, a new 24-hour pop service, while VH1 Classic was overhauled with plans for “mood- based programming” put in place. MTV Networks UK, said MD Paul Bakker, was seeking to reach “every segment of its potential audience”. The news sparked joy for living room disco lovers across the nation, not to mention the music business, which was busily exploring new partnerships.
Also inside... Sparked by Bob The Builder’s success, the BBC struck a deal with Universal Music for the promotion of children’s TV songs... Warner Music International relocated its classical business to London... Capital FM’s Party In The Park secured a deal with ITV... Live & Kicking Magazine’s future was at risk after the TV show was axed... The Strokes caused so much hype at SXSW that “50 industry figures were salivating over their soundcheck”... Hear’Say were No.1 in the singles chart with Pure And Simple, while the albums topper was Eva Cassidy’s Songbird...
5 years ago...
Sainsbury’s head of music and books Pete Selby praised the universal appeal of vinyl records as the supermarket chain began stocking LPs... First Access Entertainment boss Sarah Stennett addressed the business in The Big Interview... Bullet For My Valentine signed to Search And Destroy... Anne-Marie starred in On The Radar... Mike Posner’s I Took A Pill In Ibiza was the singles No.1, while Adele’s 25 topped the albums chart for the third time in its history...
40 years ago...
RCA staff fought the decision to close its Tyne And Wear pressing plant... Elton John filed a £5 million lawsuit against MCA... Parliament rejected demands for an investigation into PRS... Music For Pleasure MD Richard Baldwyn announced his retirement... Shakin’ Stevens topped the singles chart with This Ole House, while Adam And The Ants’ Kings Of The Wild Frontier ruled the albums chart...
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