Participants at the Free and Public Events Roundtable called for a festival-specific PRS tariff for British festivals, similar to that of the IMRO in Eire
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Live Nation-Gaiety and SJM Concerts have acquired a controlling stake in the formerly Global-owned ’80s festival, IQ has confirmed
By Jon Chapple on 18 Sep 2019
Lulu played Rewind Scotland 2019
Live Nation’s LN-Gaiety Holdings and SJM Concerts have jointly acquired a controlling stake in the UK’s Rewind Festival, the ’80s themed music festival which takes place annually in Henley-on-Thames (Rewind South) and Cheshire (Rewind North), England, and Perthshire, Scotland (Rewind Scotland).
First held in 2009 (as ‘80s Rewind Festival’), Rewind was formerly owned by Impresario Festivals and was acquired by Global in October 2016. It was one of a handful of events not acquired by either Broadwick Live or Superstruct Entertainment when Global divested its festival assets earlier this year.
Artists who played Rewind 2019 include Thin Lizzy (Rewind North), UB40 (North and South), Bryan Ferry (Scotland), Bananarama (North), Michael Bolton (South) and Foreigner (Scotland).
The festivals will return next summer.
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