Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis says, "[Metallica] wanted to play for a long, long time and they're one of the most amazing rock bands in the world, everywhere I go people say 'When are Metallica going to play?' I said, 'They will be here one day' and this is their time now...We've done it before (with Rage Against the Machine in 1994). People think that we're prone to have Radiohead and Coldplay and Oasis but when we had Jay Z a few years ago, people said he wasn't a Glastonbury act but we have all kinds of music."
Berlin Briefing - The 136th Audio Engineering Society Convention, which took place at the Estrel Hotel and Convention Centre in Berlin, Germany, celebrated "four days of the best professional audio has to offer". Additionally, AES Executive Director Bob Moses made the announcement that next year's European AES Convention will take place in Warsaw, Poland (Spring 2015), "taking advantage of its burgeoning audio industry and growing base of audio engineers, producers and music aficionados".
Super Rich - Cameron Mackintosh has become the first Briton from showbusiness to make it on to the Sunday Times' Super Rich List. The list details 108 billionaires living in Britain and Ireland, and shows that Mackintosh's wealth is £1 billion, up by £175m on 2013, when his wealth was reportedly £825m. Mackintosh is listed as joint 102. It marks the first time he has been on the list. The Sunday Times said the producer owed his fortune to shows such as The Phantom of the Opera and Cats, as well as Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, which has just reopened in the West End. Mackintoshowns seven theatres through Delfont Mackintosh, including Wyndham's, the Gielgud Theatre and the Prince Edward Theatre.
Hospital Club Awards - Nominations for this year's Hospital Club hClub100 awards, which celebrate the 100 most innovative individuals working across the creative industries, have opened. Following public nominations, a panel of industry experts will select the shortlist for each of the categories - advertising, marketing and PR, art and design, broadcast, creative entrepreneurs, fashion, film, gaming and tech, music, publishing and writing, and theatre and performance. The annual awards, which are in their sixth year, will be held on 8 October 8, and will honour 10 winners in each category; nine chosen by the judges and one 'people's choice' per category.
Manchester Lad - The early life of former Smiths frontman Morrissey is being turned into a film by the team behind Oscar-nominated short The Voorman Problem. The biopic, provisionally entitled Steven, will focus on the singer's life "pre-Smiths", growing up in Manchester. "It's as much a film for non-Morrissey fans as it is for die-hard devotees," said director Mark Gill. "But I can't deny that this is a love letter to Steven Patrick Morrissey and the dark satanic mills of Manchester."
(Jim Evans)
