FUTURE ENTERTAINMENT, ANGEL MUSIC GROUP AND MINISTRY OF SOUND AUSTRALIA DELIVER A NOVEMBER KNOCK OUT WITH THE WORLD’S UNDISPUTED HEAVY WEIGHT OF DANCE MUSIC FESTIVALS!
Hot off the heels of the most successful Global Gathering in the UK
to date, Future Entertainment, the Angel Music Group and Ministry
Of Sound Australia announce the most dynamic and groundbreaking
joint venture the Australian music industry has seen in a
very long time; the launch of the Global Gathering Festivals across
the country this coming November.
Since its launch in 2001, Global Gathering has become the world’s
undisputed front runner of dance festivals. A massive 50,000
revellers congregate annually from all corners of the globe at the
renowned Long Marston Airfield in the last weekend in July, creating
the biggest dance and live music weekender of the European
summer. This year’s record attendance exceeded 55,000 and stood
tall as the strongest performer amidst the myriad of UK festivals
this summer.
Headliners Kanye West, Moby and Mark Ronson nailed their live
sets leaving the entire audience breathless, whilst the likes of Armin
Van Buuren, John Digwqeed, Roger Sanchez, Above and Beyond
and many other amazing superstar DJ’s rocked and rolled everyone
in attendance.
This is a landmark union between Australia’s largest festival promoter
and international touring agent, Australia’s most recognised dance
music brand and record label, and the UK’s most successful dance
festival promoters. Future Entertainment, The Angel Music Group
and Ministry of Sound Australia are respectively leaders in their
fields and collectively present what may well be the biggest venture
of its kind in Australia to date.
Over the next few week’s details of the very first Global Gathering
Festivals will be revealed. Make no mistake; this will be a milestone
for festival culture in Australia.
Global Gathering UK began life in July 2001 as a one-day electronic
music event for 25,000 people featuring a plethora of superstar
DJs. Since then it has become a two-day camping weekender for
over 55,000 people a day with line-ups that boast the very best
electronic and live music acts on the planet.
Global Gathering’s commitment to musical excellence has always
been apparent from their line-ups. In recent years the UK event
has enjoyed many amazing exclusives and defining performances.
In 2006, Daft Punk chose the Global Gathering for their first British
live performance in ten years and this year Kanye West picked
Global Gathering for his exclusive UK festival performance.
Global Gathering UK attracts over 20,000 people from overseas,
with the site littered with flags from all nationalities, from Australia
and New Zealand, to Brazil and Argentina. As its name suggest, it
has become a truly international event with Global Gathering hitting
the USA in 2006 and launching in Ukraine, Turkey and Malaysia in
2007.
This year Global Gathering is going even more Global with festivals
occurring in six countries over and above the UK in 2008. Each
international Global Gathering festival will be unique to its location,
special care is taken to mould the festival to the local market,
paying extra special care as always to delivering the best possible
talent line up and ensuring the highest production values possible
for each country. Global Gathering International events are a true
reflection of the original UK festival, taking the spirit and the
commitment to excellence giving the Global audiences an experience
to remember.
The Background
The last weekend in July saw 55,000 music fans attend what was
Europe’s biggest, best and loudest electronic festival, featuring the
crème de la crème of the International music scene including Kanye
West, Moby, Mark Ronson, Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Roisin Murphy,
Etienne De Crecy, Erick Morillo, Sven Vath, Roger Sanchez, Ferry
Corsten, Sasha, John Digweed and many more.
Mark Ronson told Global Gathering this had been his biggest festival
date of the year so far: “It was the first festival where we were the
actual headliners and it just felt there was a crowd out there just
to see you.”
Since pitching its massive tents amidst the lush green fields at
Long Marston Airfield way back in 2001, Global Gathering has not
only established itself as the UK’s premier dance music festival…
it has redefined Europe’s festival experience and achieved iconic,
legendary status worldwide.
And now, Australia, it’s our turn to experience what the world’s
finest has to offer: it’s our turn to revel in all the music, mayhem
and madness that makes Global Gathering the undisputed King of
festivals … finally! Artist Quotes
“Simply the best electronic music festival in the world, bar none.”
Roger Sanchez
“Global Gathering is always one of the best parties of the year and I can’t
wait to play again after last year was just so AWESOME!”
Erick Morillo
“Global Gathering always has the biggest DJs from all different music
styles from all around the world. Its incredible!”
David Guetta
“Global Gathering has become one of the essential festivals in the
world.”
Armin Van Buuren
“I’m looking forward to playing at Global Gathering simply because it is the
best festival, hands down”
Nic Fanciulli
Future Entertainment have over a decade of event production
experience and have always been at the forefront of musical culture,
constantly leading the way in re-shaping the festival experience in
the Asia-Pacific region.
Renowned for delivering premium quality festival experiences such
as the Future Music Festival, Summadayze & The Hot Barbeque
and concert tours for the likes of the Chemical Brothers, Groove
Armada, The Prodigy and many more, their experience in large
capacity music events is unparalleled.
Angel Music Group is the owner and promoter of the world’s leading
dance music brands including Godskitchen, Global Gathering &
Escape To The Park.
Angel Music Group are part of the music and media business which
includes the Barfly network of live music venues, the Hammersmith
Apollo, the Jazz Cafe, the Forum and the Borderline in London
and also holds interests in live music events including the Lovebox
festival.
Ministry of Sound, which opened in London in 1991, is the most
famous nightclub in the world. Outside of the UK, Australia is the
most successful territory for Ministry of Sound and outperforms
even the UK in annual turnover on a per capita basis. In 9 years
Ministry of Sound has grown from an import based record label into
Australia’s highest selling dance label with sales of 900,000 units
across 45 local and imported releases annually, currently maintaining
more than 75% share of all domestic dance music sales on an annual
basis. In 2007 alone 200,000 people attended a Ministry of Sound
event at one of 175 club dates across Australia & New Zealand.
In addition, the Touring & Events division has expanded over the
past 12 months to include larger format boutique events attracting
attendance of between 4,000 and 10,000 people per event.
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