Ant and I went to see Underworld last night at the Roundhouse in Camden. It was a fantastic show and it seems we were lucky to go when we did.
Underworld have been forced to cancel their show in London tonight, after an unnamed member was struck down by “severe illness”.
It looks like the Ofcom debacle is finally coming to a close.
The future of live events, concerts, festivals and theatre shows could be secured thanks to a u-turn by Ofcom.
The regulator has said it will look again at proposals to auction off the spectrum which radio microphones that power such events rely on.
Or is it? L&SI Online:
Ron Bonner, technical resources manager for PLASA, speaking for BEIRG, has said that while this is an important step in the right direction, there is still a great deal of work for BEIRG to do to ensure that sufficient spectrum allowance is made for the PMSE sector. He went on to say, “whilst to the casual observer this may appear as an Ofcom U-turn as suggested by other headlines recently published, the devil is in the detail and Ofcom still hold the opinion that a market-led approach is still an option for this industry.
It will nice to eventually wrap this up, but as with all things politics, this could take a while.
It’s interesting to see the Live Earth gigs being used to promote green measures, including eco-friendly electricity, sustainable lighting and carbon-neutral travel.
Not so long ago in a trade magazine that I read, they had a feature on the gigs that take place at the Eden Project in Cornwall. It was quite an interesting article and it’s good to see the industry I work in taking a positive step towards environmentally friendly systems of work.
Back in December and February I wrote about Ofcom’s proposal to sell of parts of the analogue radio spectrum. It’s time for an update!
At the end of last month, BEIRG called a brief meeting in London to update on its progress so far. Around eighty people showed up to see where things are standing currently. Unfortunately I wasn’t around on the date, but LSI have a good write up in their current issue.
Speaking at the meeting was Jonathan Sayeed, chairman of Ranelagh International, which has been assisting BEIRG with its parliamentary lobbying.
Sayeed explained that the way to bring pressure to bear is through MPs, and stressed the importance of everyone writing to their MP to ask them to sign the Early Day Motion.
I’ve taken the time this evening to go through the readily available PLASA MP letter template to amend the details pertaining to me (address, etc). I also adjusted the EDM 531 page to show the current count of MPs as it stands, 143. If anyone would like a Mac compatible Pages version of the letter, please leave a comment and I’ll email it to you.
Here’s a few interesting snippets of information for you.
To finish the round up this month, here’s a few useful links should you wish to get involved. There’s also links to the two other posts I wrote.
BEIRG
PLASA MP letter template
EDM 531 Information
