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World-beating Waldbühne breaks attendance record

Performers at CTS Eventim’s Waldbühne amphitheatre played to more than 350,000 people during the 2017 concert season, recording the open-air Berlin venue’s highest yearly attendance to date.

A total of 22 events, eight of them sold-out, also pushed the Waldbühne (‘Woodland Stage’) to the top of Pollstar’s 200 leading amphitheatres by ticket sales in Q3 2017, up from fifth place in Q3 2016.

Summer 2017 highlights included sold-out shows by Robbie Williams, Pink and Udo Lindenberg, along with performances by Aerosmith, Kings of Leon and Andreas Gabalier and classical concerts by Ludovico Einaudi, Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov (newly exclusive to DEAG) and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The successful Peace x Peace charity festival, meanwhile, raised nearly €414,000 for children living in war zones.

“It’s great how the Waldbühne Berlin has developed over the past nine years”

The season closed with Rumpelstil’s now-traditional Taschenlampenkonzert (‘torch concert’), which for the 19th time saw attendees “dance, sing and celebrate in an ocean of light”, says CTS, which has operated the 22,000-cap. venue (pictured), built for the infamous 1936 Olympic Games, since 2009.

“It’s great how the Waldbühne Berlin has developed over the past [nine] years,” says CTS Eventim executive vice-president Rainer Appel. “By now it is not just the leading European open-air location, but also a frontrunner worldwide. Once again, we’d like to thank the artists, promoters and visitors who together with us made 2017 another record year for the Waldbühne.”

 


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DEAG signs new long-term deal with classical stars

Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG) has followed up yesterday’s positive H1 financial results by extending its deal with popular classical singers Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov.

DEAG will have exclusive rights to stage concerts and open-air events, as well as sponsorship and TV rights, by the husband-and-wife duo in the GSA (Germany, Switzerland and Austria) region until 2022. Netrebko is a Russian-born soprano, now based in Vienna with Austrian citizenship, and Eyvazov a Azerbaijani operatic tenor.

The company has also secured an initial option for extending the deal to other European countries, in a move it says “underscores DEAG’s prominent classical music portfolio”.

“We are laying the foundations for future positive business development in our classical and jazz segment”

“We’re proud to already be in our 14th year of cooperation with Anna Netrebko and are excited to present many more concerts from this exceptional artist in the future,” says DEAG chairman Peter Schwenkow. “Anna Netrebko is one of the greatest sopranos of the century and has inspired millions with her performances.

“In addition, we are laying the foundations for future positive business development in our classical and jazz segment.”

 


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