Issue 140 Nov 2025

The Indie Edition 2025

The Indie Champions 2025, Natasha Gregory’s 20 Years in Music, Architects Tour Report, Rockhal Turns 20, Portugal Market Report....

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Indie Champions 2025

For the second year, we salute the accomplished indies rocking the sector

State of Independents

Why so many industry professionals opt to remain independent in the age of corporate globalisation

A Mother’s Instinct

Natasha Gregory looks back on 20 years and ahead to the future as Mother Artists rewrites the workplace rules

Blueprint for Success: Architects' European arenas tour

Catching up with the folk who helped take Architects from playing small rooms to filling arena

20 Years of Rockhal

The Luxembourg venue celebrates its 20-year anniversary

ILMC 38: Sports Day

ILMC 2026 gets competitive

Indie Champions 2025

For the second year, we salute the accomplished indies rocking the sector...

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Paléo Arts & Spectacles

Non-profit cultural association Paléo Arts & Spectacles was formed in 1974 to bring popular folk music to the local youth.

LETSGO

Brothers Iñaki and Gorka Fernández founded LETSGO in 2009, with an ambition to fuse the performing arts and captivate audiences worldwide.

Serious

With over 30 years’ experience in producing events from grassroots to large scale concerts, festivals and tours, Serious aim to make meaningful music experiences and opportunities for everyone.

Voulez-vous Danser

Paris-based Voulez-vous Danser (VVD) has grown from a small independent initiative into a full-scale international booking and live production agency.

Barley Arts

Barley Arts was founded in 1979 when Italian record label Dischi Ricordi decided to launch a catalogue of country and folk music by organising tours and concerts.

All Things Go

Having evolved from a single-day event, All Things Go now welcomes more than 120,000 fans annually to multi-day events in Washington, New York, and Toronto.

Cobra Agency

Specialising in the rock and metal genres, Cobra Agency was founded in 2017 by business partners Günther Beer and Dominik Meyer.

Solo

Now functioning as an all-around artist agency service, Solo was formed in 1985 by John Giddings

Eat to the Beat

Eat to the Beat (ETTB) has come a long way since the late Tony Laurenson launched operations more than 40 years ago.

Silverdust

Formed after a rocky start for Summer Breeze Open Air, Silverdust GmbH was formed as the company behind the rock and metal-focussed festival.

Double Vee Concerts

Jacco van Lanen and Willem Venema founded the three-people-strong promotion company Double Vee Concerts at the end of 2009.

Good Taste Production

Formed in 2012, Good Taste specialises in creating original festival concepts and large-scale live experiences across Poland.

DHP Family

Working at both national and regional level, DHP Family promote artists including James Blunt, Lewis Capaldi and Sam Fender.

People Entertainment Group

Founded in 2001, People Entertainment Group now operates its own network of companies, allowing it to self-present its tours.

IAG

IAG was formed in June 2023 following the merger of legacy full-service agency APA and music touring agency AGI.

Aiken Promotions

Aiken Promotions is a multi-generational family company, founded over 60 years ago by the late James Aiken in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Bonus Track

Bonus Track was formed 40 years ago in the wake of the inaugural Rock in Rio Festival, where company founder Luiz Oscar Niemeyer had the role of general coordinator

S2BN Entertainment

Michael Cohl founded S2BN Entertainment, an independent company dedicated to producing & promoting world-class live experiences across multiple sectors.

Opus

Opus was founded in 1994 in order to develop Jazz Open Stuttgart festival, and was positively transformed by serial entrepreneur Jürgen Schlensog in 2008.

Northern Music

Launched in 1987 as a response to a London-dominated music industry, Northern Music offers a swathe of services to clients, employing 12 staff and using freelancers for specific projects.

A Mother’s Instinct: Natasha Gregory celebrates 20 years in music

As she celebrates 20 years in music, plus the fifth anniversary of Mother Artists, Natasha Gregory looks back on her remarkable career to date

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Splendour

State of Independents: Celebrating the indie sector

The challenges for independent companies operating in the live entertainment sector have arguably never been greater, as consolidation around the world continues apace.

Feature 19 November 2025

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ROAM is Where the Heart is

As the big four global agency conglomerates battle for market share, Arrival Artists and ATC Live have merged to offer an indie alternative: ROAM.

Feature 19 November 2025

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Blueprint for Success: Architects’ European arenas tour

Our expert on all things deep, dark, and heavy, Sam Law, catches up with the folk who helped take Architects from playing small rooms to filling arenas

Feature 18 November 2025

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Rockhal

20 Years of Rockhal: Luxembourg’s mighty venue

Lisa Henderson learns about Rockhal’s impressive history, and expansion plans for the future

Feature 19 November 2025

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COMMENT

We have proven that being boutique and being global are not opposites

Eduardo Basagaña

Eduardo Basagaña outlines his company’s assent as a small independent outfit in a sea of huge conglomerates

COMMENT 17 Nov 2025

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Going independent isn’t just a romantic idea – it’s a lot of hands-on problem solving...

Johanna Beckman

Johanna Beckman describes how newly-formed Swedish outfit Rush Ent. is doing things differently

COMMENT 17 Nov 2025

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