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Vinyl lives! And why the net isn't (entirely) killing music

And the tyranny of Radio 2

By Andrew Orlowski Published Tuesday 23rd October 2007 17:54 GMT

In The City Manchester's In The City music conference this year was the first without the presence of co-founder Tony Wilson, who died two months ago.

But the local music network - and some parts of the London business - rallied to bring the event back to its roots. Unlike the endless circuit of "Future Of Music" talking shops, the panels at In The City reflect a much more practical focus. The event itself is still, first and foremost, about the 600-odd unsigned acts who perform over the three days.

The organisers single-tracked most of the panels this year, there was less overlap - and they were excellent value.

I was intrigued to hear the views of Tommy Boy records founder Tom Silverman's take on the future of the physical music thingy. Silverman joined a panel of three North West music shops, one mainstream, one alternative, and one specialising in the market for collectors.

Silverman said he'd lambasted his fellow RIAA board members for prolonging the life of the CD, and not being more forward looking. The CD had given them a short-term revenue boost, raising the price of the album from $8-$10 to $14-16 as the format switched from vinyl and cassette to CD. The good old days weren't coming back.

While all three retailers were optimistic - Silverman thought things were so bad that even cautious optimism was unwarranted.

Phillippa Kennedy from Manchester's Piccadilly Records said vinyl was doing great guns - a double-thick 200g vinyl import reissue of Led Zeppelin was flying off the shelves, for example, at £40 a time.

Silverman wondered how many artists could command this kind of high margin product - enough to build a business on?

Kennedy agreed that it wouldn't work for 90 per cent of new releases.

The real problem was that few people felt it necessary to buy new product.

The new release was becoming a "first day" product, Silverman argued - with an unprecedented drop-off in second week sales. He cited the example of Kanye West and 50 cent, who released new CDs simultaneously and shifted 1.5 million in the first week. The second week, sales had fallen off 71 per cent.

"The drop-off used to be 20 to 30 per cent - and only the biggest flops fell 50 per cent in the second week."

"I've seen a lady out with her kids in a record store, saying 'Don't buy it, Honey, Daddy will burn you a copy at work'. That's the mentality - they think it's stupid to buy a record."

For every record sold, he argued, two copies are sold that the music industry doesn't see anything from.

"So I don't think it matters how attractive you make the store is going to make a difference - everyone has a piracy machine at home and blank CDs are 25 cents."

At this, just about everyone in the room looked sheepish. We used to be warned that "Home Taping Was Killing Music" - but the negative impact was never proved. The difference today of course, is that music competes with other entertainment products, like $50 video games, so naturally, people send discretionary spending earmarked for entertainment elsewhere.

Yet even the RIAA has given up pushing "Music CD" blanks alongside identical and cheaper "Data CD" blanks. In most countries, there's no appetite for a CD tax, and no-one realistically advocates it would do much to make up for lost income.

Here's a funny thing.

The subject of a blanket license for digital music came up in a panel entitled "Leave Those Kids Alone…” And They’ll Sell Your Records For You". The idea of "decriminalizing" P2P was unanimously welcomed.

What makes this unusual is that the panel was chaired by IFPI chief executive and former Universal UK chief John Kennedy, who said he'd welcome the revenue.

So the idea, which has been around for years - and was still considered too radical for most people just three years ago - is now mainstream.

However Jupiter analyst Mark Mulligan pointed out that a blanket license was no silver bullet. You couldn't blame P2P file sharers for all the industry's woes, he said, because the numbers just didn't add up.

In the UK, he pointed out, just 15 per cent of internet users, and therefore something around 12 per cent of the population were using P2P file sharing. And these are often users with the lowest disposable income.

Yet the industry has seen a 30 per cent decline in revenues. There must logically be other reasons for the "value gap".

Founder of The Orchard, Scott Cohen, was the loudest advocate of a blanket license.

There's no point chasing pirates with view to converting a P2P transaction into a discrete paid download.

"But people are getting access to music. If they paid just $1 a month they don't know, we have 1.1bn ISP customers and 2.6bn mobile customers, giving us $45bn overnight to be divided up."

That might be optimistic: hardly any of those 2.6bn listen to music, and today, it's invariably music they've already paid for - there's no reason to pay for it twice. However $45bn is twice the size of the industry today - and a blanket license allows new models to arise where punters can acquire music without worrying about the cost per song, or RIAA lawsuits.

Sean Adams of music site (and now label) DrownedinSound.com agreed.

"It makes perfect sense to go to a usage model. You pay for mobile, for water, for data, for the BBC like this. What happens today is that the mobile phone company makes the money, and invests by it buying the Dome to promote their own brand!"

Adams was consistently scathing about the network operators who profit from music, but put nothing back, as well as the labels. For example, mobile phone companies hold "Pointless award shows that don't award anything."

He was unusually optimistic ,however.

"The record industry is incredibly heathy, and the labels are incredibly healthy - and I never defend them".

"It's their inability to monetize it that's the problem. They don't need to diversify"

As an aside, Adams finally nailed the myth of the Arctic Monkeys and MySpace.

"It was PR by MySpace. The bands were simply using the channels to sell product," he said. "Fans were using sendit links on our board, and journalists were wondering why they couldn't get in. Then MySpace put out a press release."

His point was that no one has figured out a model yet - and added that the charts vastly over-represent the tastes of 40-year olds, and not bands with younger audiences who can sell out large enues for a week - but never get played on the radio.

It was the tyranny of Radio 2.

Adams and Cohen lamented the loss of an intelligent "gatekeeper" or curator function. "MySpace doesn't push things," pointed out Cohen, and Adams made the point that infinite choice was really no choice at all.

Naturally Last.FM co-founder Jonas Woost disagreed, arguing that the crowd/hive mind was "the best filter we'll ever have."

(Unfortunately it only works for homogenous options, recommending similar artists, and ends up as the bland leading the bland.)

The panel despaired that music was such a discretionary purchase: a $300 PS3 was a no-brainer, but $5 was considered too much for music.

And Scott sounded a timely warning about advertiser-supported sites. The entire internet advertising business is just $31bn, and only a fraction of that goes back. Jupiter's Mulligan pointed out that 100 ad impressions are needed to recoup a single digital song download. Who on earth would get that?

Refreshing stuff.

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In The City 2007 Attendance Buoyant

By Richard Smirke, Manchester

The U.K.'s largest music convention, In The City, drew to a close Monday evening with a final series of band showcases and unofficial fringe events taking place throughout the city of Manchester, in north England.

According to the organizer's preliminary figures, attendance throughout the three-day event was roughly equal to that of 2006, with no noticeable change in the number of delegates who registered or attended panel discussions.

"This was always going to be a difficult year for In The City, following the death of Tony Wilson, but it's been a great success. We've had some really positive feedback and some really strong panels," said an ITC spokesman.

With performances from over six hundred bands or artists, in more than 60 venues throughout the city, live music was in abundance over the three days. Twisted Wheel, Sergeant, Vampire Weekend, the Slips, the Moths!, Carlis Star and James Yuill were among the performers.

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The third and final day of the In The City conference came to a close Monday with a lively panel discussion on new British music.

Culminating in a tribute to the late Tony Wilson, who passed away in August of this year, the forum predicted a positive future for music consumers, but offered little hope for major record labels in the face of falling album and single sales.

Echoing the dominant theme of this year's convention, much of the talk centered on artists increasingly adopting a DIY ethic and bypassing conventional industry routes when it comes to recording, releasing and promoting records.

"I think it's a great time because technology has made music that much easier," said Mark Jones, managing director, Wall Of Sound, who are currently having U.K. chart success with Revered And The Makers. "You can do it yourself now and get yourself on to that first level. The equipment is there for you to be able to do it. The beauty of MySpace is that it's opened it up," he said on the panel, hosted by journalist and Goldblade singer John Robb. "That can only be a good thing."

Earlier in the day, keynote speaker Jonathan Poneman, joint founder of Sub Pop Records, offered a rather more down-to-earth assessment of the changes that the music industry is currently undergoing.

"The music industry has basically been in a state of transition for the entire time that I've been participating in it, which has been well over 20 years now. As I'm sure many of us can attest, staying on top of the new challenges, keeping abreast of artists and maintaining one's enthusiasm is a challenge, [as is] keeping a business going in the present climate."

He continued, "I think that what's going on [now] in the music industry is very exciting in that it supports the music consumer and the music fan. As someone who participates in the music industry I obviously don't want to see the music industry shrivel up and die, but as a fan first and foremost, there's more information and more music than ever before and I think somehow that's got to be a good thing."

While most of the talk at this year's In The City has revolved around falling revenue and the need for a new business model if the industry is to survive, Poneman did offer some hope for future British acts attempting to break into the U.S.

"That could change when things go from being less retail focused and become more critically focused," he said.

"The great thing about what's been happening for years with blogs and specialist [music] magazines is that people are becoming more informed. I think as time goes by the challenge is going to be for British bands to come to the U.S. and tour, but if they can do so, I think there will be more who break into the U.S. market."

Poneman also provided a colourful insight into what life was like at the Sub Pop label during their boom in the early 1990s and how Sub Pop has survived for almost two decades.

"Truth be told, neither Bruce (Pavitt, Sub Pop co-founder) or I really knew what the fuck we were doing and to this day I still don't," he said. "But I've got better at faking it."

By Richard Smirke, Manchester

PRESS - MUSICWEEK ON ITC

Manchesters streets and venues were busier than usual over the weekend with the annual In The City conference drawing hundreds of hopeful artists to the northern capital for three days and nights of gigs, label showcases and parties.

The live music aspect of Anthony Wilson and Yvette Livesey's music conference has earned a deserved reputation as a shopwindow to new talent and this year attracted the usual pool of publishers, record labels and managers who were in town to see the latest batch of music hopefuls.

Despite commencing on Saturday, Sunday is traditionally one of the busiest nights and last night saw hotly tipped Mancunian Twisted Wheel, teenage out The Naturals and Noah And The Whale draw A&R staff out in numbers.

Fringe events this year have included gigs from LCD Soundsystem, Sunshine Underground and Scouting For Girls who headlined Xfm's Breakthough stage last night. Last night also saw international showcases for Australia and Italy.

The music continues today with Sam Isaac, Nut Bros, Elle s'appelle, The Alones and Sergeant among those garnering interest. In The City concludes tomorrow.

PRESS - XFM ON ITC

ITC’s official media partner Xfm Manchester was out in force over the weekend to keep their listeners up to date with the best of In The City as it happened. In fact, they even found time to provide the odd speaker for our panels, which is surely above and beyond the call of duty.

So, to have a look at their fab coverage and for more on the blogs, interviews, live gigs, secret shows and photos from Manchester’s new music station click here

PRESS - NME ON ITC

The NME were out and about over ITC, checking out the best of our new bands, misbehaving in the classic style and, amazingly, finding time to write a rather ace blog about us, which you can find here

Something you don't see every day...

...unless you live in Sweden that is.

SVT, Swedish national public service television (which is also the largest network in the country), has featured one of our ITC bands, Swedish For Beginners in its daily show 'Nöjesnytt' (or 'entertainment news' as we'd say in Manchester). The show is obviously in Swedish, but here's the link anyway

SUNDAY AT IN THE CITY

The Trafford Suite 11.45am – 12.30pm
‘If The Hat Fits, F&*k It’ – Multi-Tasking In The Modern Music Industry

The Alexandra A Suite 12.30pm – 1.15pm:
"Down On The Assembly Line, They Keep Puttin' The Same Thing Out. But The People Today, They Just Ain't Buyin’…” – Can Music Retail Fight Back?

The Alexandra B Suite 1.00pm – 1.45pm:
ITC Keynote: Jazzie B In Conversation With Lloyd Bradley

The Trafford Suite 1.30pm – 2.15pm:
DIY? We’re Already Doing It Thanks…

The Alexandra A Suite 2.30pm – 3.15pm:
Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience: The Breakdown Of A Hit

The Trafford Suite 3.15pm – 4.00pm:
After The Gold Rush: The Changing Face Of Agents

The Alexandra A Suite 3:30pm – 4:15pm:
Chris Morrison in conversation with Jon Webster

The Alexandra B Suite 4.00pm – 4.45pm:
“The Hardest Button To Button” – The Producer Panel

The Alexandra A Suite 5.00pm – 5.45pm:
ITC Keynote: Harvey Goldsmith In Conversation With Jonathan Shalit

SATURDAY AT IN THE CITY

The Alexandra B Suite 1.45pm – 2.30pm:
Leaders Of The Free World: The Publishers Panel

The Alexandra B Suite 3.15pm – 4.00pm:
“The Stranger In The Crowd”: The Fans Shout Back

The Trafford Suite 4.00pm – 4.45pm:
“Won’t Get Fooled Again” – How Not To Get Screwed

The Trafford Suite 5.15pm – 6.00pm
ITC Keynote – Daniel Miller In Conversation With Flood

BREAKING NEWS AT ITC - NEW PANEL

Chris Morrison - CEO of CMO Management - will appear at ITC on Sunday 21st October at 3:30pm, in conversation with the MMF's Jon Webster

In 2001 Chris was awarded The Lifetime Achievement Award (Peter Grant Award) at the annual MMF Awards and inducted into the MMF British Music Roll of Honour.

Chris Morrison signed his first artist – Thin Lizzy for management in 1972. He Managed Thin Lizzy for the duration of their career during which time they released fourteen albums, many compilation albums and sold in excess of fifteen million records. CMO continued to manage Phil Lynott as a solo artist until his untimely death in 1986 and until recently CMO managed the Thin Lizzy catalogue.

Since the beginning CMO have always had major artistic and commercial success in each decade representing the best in cutting edge music at that time whether with Thin Lizzy and John Cale in the 1970’s or with Ultravox and Visage at the vanguard of the new wave/new romantic movement in the early 1980’s. By the late 1980’s CMO were managing Dead or Alive, The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Beloved. Through the 1990’s it has been Blur, Elastica, Gorillaz, Morcheeba and Turin Brakes. We have had gold and or platinum success in the States with Thin Lizzy, Dead or Alive, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Elastica, Blur and Gorillaz.

Chris became a founding Band Aid Trustee in 1984 together with Midge Ure, Harvey Goldsmith, John Kennedy, Bob Geldof and Michael Grade. His work as a Trustee continues to this day and Chris and CMO co-ordinated the Band Aid 20 single in 2004 which sold over 1.1 million copies in the UK.

Webbo has recently moved from the BPI to the MMF - and we at ITC love him....

Well - rather than explain the thinking behind this wonderful poster (proceeds from which will go to charity - and which you lucky people can buy from the European Poster Expo at Urbis Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st between 11am and 5pm ) we thought we'd let Nick Rhodes, the chap behind it, explain:

"I started off in Screen printed posters about 4-5 years ago. Id produce little flyer's and art for my friends band called No arm . All around the time I studied Fine Art at Manchester Metropolitan University . I was quite a photo realist painter, painting cityscape's, non places etc. I actually never screen printed a poster or print at university. I think about 2 years after was my first Screen print . It was for the band Elbow . Truly a nerve wracking time . I had my first commissioned poster through the Richard Goodall gallery ( they now represent all of my music poster work after me bugging them to take me on for 2 years !! ), and I hadn't even raised a squeegee before that time. It was the challenge and buzz I guess of actually producing a poster and piece of art for a band who's music I'm in to .

From there in , I had the bug . Screen printing is such a accessible medium to work with . Its not quite rocket science , whoever it can come across like that when something goes wrong during a poster print run !! .

A little about my work .

I am about 80 % of the time inspired by the bands (who I'm making work for) lyrics . The lyrics are the first stating point for me to gauge where they are coming from and I add my own twist to what they are 'saying'. Often I hear one line that will totally get my neurons going , and it will form the basis of my first initial sketch which in turn ends up as the main image.The other 20% is what ever im inspired by at the time.

A very big plus about producing music/gig posters is, you are your own 'Art director'. I think its one of the most freely creative art 'jobs' you can have. The only information you 'have' to include is the name of band, venue and promoter. From there on is you are your own boss . Which creatively speaking, is amazing .
The next step for me is the printing of my posters. As I hand screen print my own posters, I often limit myself colour wise to a limited palette. As I know what it takes to print a poster !!! More colours mean a lot more work. Its not that I'm lazy its just some of the most inspiring musical posters that I like , often are a 2-3 colour prints.

I guess its the limitation that brings out essentially what you are after in the first place, that is, impact. As after all the music poster is an advertisement for the band primarily and your own artwork secondly.

Bands I have produced posters for up to date - Mark Lanegan, Arctic Monkeys,Babyshambles, Elbow, Keane, T Model Ford, Super Furry Animals, Isobel Campbell, Crippled Black Phoenix, Mondo Generator , Fu Manchu, Eagles of Death Metal, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, The Decemberists, The National, and The Soulsavers .

My website - www.switchopen.com "

Filming at ITC

This year In The City will be filmed by Monster Music and Marksman Productions for Coke Music and iTunes.

A team of filmmakers will be catching all the action over the weekend – from performances and interviews with the bands to full documentation of the keynote panels. Their short films will be available to view on Coke Music and via download from iTunes.

‘Monster Music Videos’ is a new company based in Manchester working closely with emerging bands and labels, their principal aims are to develop exciting visuals that compliment all styles of music, help emerging bands and labels get on the promotional ladder and provide a viable professional North West based production service to the music community.

Check out their website www.monstermusicvideos.co.uk for details of Monster Music film and video promo production (music videos), band/ label P.R. and marketing, music event coverage, location services, production crews, documentaries, CGI, editing, grading and delivery across all media platforms.

Production enquires please email: - email@monstermusicvideos.co.uk

ITC 2007 UNSIGNED ALBUM - EXCLUSIVE ON iTUNES

Ladies and gentlemen, say hi once again to the ITC Unsigned album, exclusive to iTunes. And again, we’ve put together a selection of tracks by the bands gracing our venues at this year's ITC. The first two were such a success it frankly seemed daft not to.

Of course, the Unsigned Album is free to delegates at ITC - who will get a natty little custom card when you arrive at The Midland - and a mere £9.99 to the rest of the population, which is still a bargain no matter how you look (or rather listen) to it.

However, where we're veering off piste like a drunken public school toff on an ill-advised black run is that this year we've also got an ITC International Album - with 16 of the best tunes our friends overseas could find. Again free to delegates, we should add...

All in all yet another reason - if you ever needed one - to pop along to Manchester we'd have thought?

NME AT ITC

As if it needs explaining

It’s the NME after all – new music, the clue’s in the name

So ladies and gentlemen, say hi to the Club NME/ITC special. And again, we’d have thought this one explained itself. Three of the best NEW bands in the country, picked by the editorial team to play a free gig at ITC: it’s hardly rocket science.

But we’re sure it’s going to go off like one

Club NME @ In The City will take place at Studio, Manchester on the opening night of ITC (Sat 20th 2007) and feature Does It Offend You Yeah?, Tired Irie and Beep Seals

BREAK IN THE CITY

Kids are the future – unless we stop them now that is

We joke.

That vital next generation of label bosses, bands, producers, A&Rs, managers are out there, waiting to invigorate and inspire the music industry. Sure they’ll get there themselves eventually, but we want to give them as much of a chance as we can.

So that’s why – along with the Band Agency and friends - we have Break In the City. A day of free seminars, masterclasses, one-to-ones and open mics, taking place at The Bridgewater Hall on Saturday 20th October, that aims to give those trying to make their mark in the business the ammunition to do just that.

The gigs, parties and showcases that follow it?

Well, that’s just because we can

Break In The City Listings

Saturday 20th October

Break In The City presents…
Artist Academy
Bridgewater Hall, Lower Mosley St
Starts 11.00am

Including the Music Business Education Seminar Series, Demo Reviews, Music Mart’s Industry Speed Dating and the Radio One Open Mic Stage where Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly was discovered in 2005. He’s since been signed to Atlantic.

Friday 19th October – Monday 22nd October

Break In The City in association with VmanEvents, Speechlesswithsound and Designer Magazine present…
CATCH In The City
250 bands : 7 venues : 4 days

Sunday 21st October

Break In The City Live
Walkabout, Quay Street
Doors 1.00pm
Free Entry

Filter Magazine presents…

20 new bands and DJs across 2 days of In The City
Sunday October 21st (all dayer) and Monday 22nd October
Free Entry

Filter Magazine
“Good music will prevail. These are the words that we here at Filter live by. In an ever-evolving musical landscape, we're here to help. Through Filter's various outlets - our informative website, our irreverent blog, the good music guide, our local events and, the jewel in our music-loving crown, the magazine - we want to help you discover your new favourite band.”

Monday 22nd October

Break In The City Live
Walkabout, Quay Street
Doors 7.00pm
Free Entry

Satan's Hollow, Princess St
Doors 7.00pm
£3 entry (free for delegates)

And more to be announced…

Time is a harsh mistress indeed....

Well the clock's ticking, the posters are up and the event is nearly upon us.

The standard cost of a delegate pass for ITC runs out on Thursday 18th October, so to avoid the walk-up charge book now. And the same date sees the end of the ITC room rate too - our delegates can still book a room for ITC HQ at The Midland direct from us at the reduced rate of £109 – click here for more information – but hurry as there are only a handful of rooms left.

So to register for ITC 2007, find out about the bands or for more info as it happens go to the website and have a look around.

Manchester City Council honours the Boss

Tony Wilson's name is to be inscribed on the Roll of Honour in Manchester
Town Hall in appreciation of the outstanding contribution he made to the life, music and culture of the City over many years.

Councillors agreed unanimously to the move which is usually reserved for honorary freemen of the city.

Only 75 individuals and six regiments have been given honorary freedom and it is the first time such an honour has been given to a late Mancunian.

The last person to be given Freedom of the City was Sir Alex Ferguson in 1999. A life-long supporter of Manchester United, Tony Wilson's name will be inscribed alongside Sir Alex's and in close proximity to that of Sir Matt Busby.

The Lord Mayor of Manchester, Councillor Glyn Evans, said: "Tony Wilson promoted Manchester, its arts, and its culture across the world.

"He was a big supporter of numerous arts and charitable organisations across Greater Manchester and was of course the inspiration to a generation of young musicians who put Manchester centre stage in the world of music.

"Equally important was the contribution he made to the political life of the City, in particular through the involvement of the creative sector in the process of renewal."

Councillor Pat Karney, spokesperson for the City Centre, added: "This is a unique and historic honour for a unique individual who was the very epitome of a modern Manchester man.

"Tony will be much missed for his loyalty, his creativity, his drive and his enthusiasm, both by the City and by all those who knew him."

ITC URBAN EVOLVES: 2007 IS ITC ECLECTRIC

Over the past 3 years we have been broadening our own horizons to the meaning of the term "urban" to such an extent that the most diverse and creatively varied artists have had the chance to perform in front of a top music industry audience. For 2007 we felt that the evolution of the event had reached its climax.

So, for 2007 we've found the bands and artists who share this vision: that modern music should have no boundaries...

The bands are: Dead Kids, Lyla Foy, Rendle will, The Raid, Finger Monster, Lil’ Rascals, My Toys Like Me, The Young Punx, Inner City Dwellers, Neighbourhood, Ejectorseat, The Yarns, The Tunics, The Low Lights, Superstar Syndrome, Ellie Lawson, Royal Treatment Plan.

Reduced hotel rate and ITC Opening Party

It’s with great pleasure that ITC can announce that we’ve negotiated a special rate at The Midland Hotel, better known to all as ITC HQ.

Our delegates can now book a room for ITC direct from us at the reduced rate of £109 – click here for more information – meaning you don’t have to stumble that far to get to bed.

Which might be useful given that we're equally pleased to announce that on Saturday 20th at The Midland Hotel, ITC and Tuborg will be hosting the inaugural In The City Opening Party. Open to all delegates and a selection of invited guests, there will be bands, DJs and, perhaps most importantly, free beer for all.

Yes, you read that right - free beer. Call it bribery, call it coercion or just call it a little gift from us to you.

ITC Unsigned 2007 bands announced

So - here they are, the bands we think have got what it takes to go from being the ringing in your ears to the name on everyone's lips...

Alan Pownall, Amy Crowther, An Orange End, Blind Archery Club, Code Pie, Cohesion, Colum Regan, Connan & The Mockasins, Dirty Circus, Ed Laurie, Elle S'Appelle, Eugene Francis Junior & The Juniors, Fiona Bevan, Fourteen Corners, Freerunner, Godwits, Jakokoyak, James Yuill, Kidkanevil, Kojo, Kowalski, Little Engine, Look See Proof, Lovvers, Mayday, Model Radio, Noah & The Whale, OK Tokyo, Paul Marshall, Riff Raff, Rosie Taylor Project, Sam Isaac, Sargeant, Sister, Sky Larkin, smallwhitelight, Tellison, The Alones, The Author, The Dodoz, The Flaws, The Joy Vegas, The Moths!, The Naturals, The Nut Bros, The Officers, The Old Romantic Killer Band, The Slips, The Sugars, The Sylvias, The Winchell Riots, ThisCity, Tim and Sam's Tim and the Sam Band with Tim and Sam, Tom Hatred & The Angry Band, Twisted Wheel

For full biogs, photos and links, go to the website

And watch out for the ITC 2007 iTunes album - Available to buy on Monday 15th October

Harvey Goldsmith to speak at ITC

Well we promised you more news and more news is what you’ll get, as In the City 2007 are pleased to announce that live music legend Harvey Goldsmith has been added to this year’s line-up.

Actually, pleased is the mother of all understatements...

Harvey Goldsmith CBE is probably the United Kingdom's best known rock promoter and has been instrumental in developing the live touring industry in Europe. In addition Harvey has promoted some of the most prominent performers and shows in live music. His career has spanned four decades and highlights include promoting London's Live Aid concert at Wembley in 1985 and more recently Live8 in London's Hyde Park. Recently Harvey announced yet another coup, a reunion concert involving the surviving members of Led Zeppelin in memory of Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun. Harvey Goldsmith will be in conversation at In the City and will be talking about his life, career and views on the modern music industry.

Pretty impressive huh?