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Morrissey helps Sanctuary make its numbers; YATQ has sold 700,000 worldwide

posted by davidt on Tuesday November 02 2004, @10:00AM
BlueGirl writes:

From the Reuters UK Business section:

Music firm Sanctuary on track
Mon 1 November, 2004 09:37

LONDON (Reuters) - Music firm Sanctuary is on track to meet market expectations for its financial year, boosted by acts ranging from lugubrious lyricist Morrissey to rowdy rabble rousers The Libertines, it says.

London-based Sanctuary SGP.L , whose 150,000 track-strong music catalogue makes it the world's largest independent owner of music intellectual property rights, said it expected to benefit in the future from new albums and major tours by disco divas Destiny's Child and ageing rockers Iron Maiden.

House broker Credit Suisse First Boston is forecasting a pretax profit of 18.3 million pounds for the year ending September 30.

Sales were boosted by Morrissey's "Your are The Quarry" album, which sold in excess of 700,000 copies worldwide and The Libertines's self-named Number 1 album.

"We continue to view the future with confidence in the belief that our business model provides the basis for sustainable growth and cash generation," the company said in a statement on Monday.

The company said it had continued to invest in new recorded products, with advances to artists continuing at a similar level to last year's 14 million pounds.

Sanctuary made several acquisitions this year, notably reggae catalogue, Creole Records, and artist management company TDM. It has since added artists multi-platinum selling urban artist Nelly, Mary J Blige and rock group Slipnot to its Artist Management arm. It expected fewer acquisitions in the future.

Sanctuary said merchandising had also performed well, particularly in the United States.

In early morning trading, Sanctuary shares were up 2.40 percent at 42-1/2 pence.
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blowblowblowaway sends a scan of the report from the Daily Mirror, Nov. 2, which features a Morrissey picture.

Jobriath/Attack Records Party - NYC (Nov 10)

posted by davidt on Tuesday November 02 2004, @10:00AM
Michael D. Fellows writes:

Sanctuary is having a release party for the Jobriath CD release and also the launch of Attack records.

Nov 10th at Serena Bar, under the Chelsea Hotel, 222 W 23rd St. NYC 7 PM to 10 PM

All are welcome.

flyer/invite

James Maker, PJ Harvey - Moz UK tour support

posted by davidt on Tuesday November 02 2004, @10:00AM
Mark Nicholson writes:

I've just paid one of my regular visits to James Maker's great website and the live dates he's just posted on there coincide with Morrissey's forthcoming gigs in France and the UK. Get there nice and early - you won't be sorry!
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Nick also writes:

P J Harvey has just announced that she will joining Morrissey as his special guest on two of his forthcoming UK dates. This will probably be one of the last opportunities to catch Polly live in the UK for some time.

The shows are:
Glasgow SECC on December 13th
Birmingham NIA on December 14th

Chloe Sevigny's Night of 1,000 Morrisseys

posted by davidt on Tuesday November 02 2004, @10:00AM
Andy writes:

Chloe Sevigny and designer Benjamin Cho (another Moz addict) threw a Morrissey themed Halloween party at Sway in New York City on Halloween night; everyone came dressed as Moz...it's mentioned in the first item in today's Page Six column from the New York Post.

Excerpt:

And at Sway, Chloe Sevigny and fashion designer Ben Cho hosted the "Night of 1,000 Morrisseys" party, where virtually everyone dressed up as the pompadoured former Smiths singer.
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Padgett sends the flyer that was posted to the Friends of March mailing list.

Irish Voice - post show on NY Radio City Hall

posted by davidt on Tuesday November 02 2004, @10:00AM
An anonymous person writes:

Post Show write up here on both Radio City Hall concerts. Explains the tragic ending to the second night. Written for an Irish American audience.
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