Straight from the Brighton Music Conference, we headed back to London to attend this year’s Music Week Awards. We were joined by lots of our lovely clients and it was a pleasure to host those from SJM, Musicalize, Tuffnell Park Dome and Brixton Academy. Unfortunately we were unable to replicate the success of last year’s Ticketing Company of the Year award, as this year the lucky recipients were Eventim UK. Congratulations to them and our fellow nominees, sometimes it’s not about the winning… 

Highlights of the night have to include Alex Hardee’s acceptance speech for Best Agent and the opening video for Strat Award winner Max Lousada, which was truly incredible. It featured everyone from Stormzy to Ed Sheeran and had us zooming around London’s Urban Jungle.

Congratulations too to all the nominees and winners including:

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CHARITY: PRS Foundation

PR CAMPAIGN: Stormzy, Wired PR

TICKETING COMPANY: Eventim

LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR: Lee & Thompson

MANAGER OF THE YEAR: Stuart Camp, Grumpy Old Management

MUSIC & BRAND PARTNERSHIP: Big Shaq / FIFA 18 / Universal Music Globe / EA

LIVE MUSIC AGENT (INDIVIDUAL): Alex Hardee, Coda Agency

PROMOTIONS TEAM: Warner Bros Records

LABEL/ARTIST SERVICES COMPANY: Caroline International

GRASSROOTS VENUE: SPIRIT OF THE SCENE: The Boileroom, Guildford

INDEPENDENT RETAILER: Rough Trade

SALES TEAM: Warner Music UK

RADIO SHOW: Annie Mac, BBC Radio 1

RADIO STATION: BBC Radio 6 Music

CATALOGUE MARKETING CAMPAIGN: George Michael, Sony Music Commercial Group

LIVE MUSIC PROMOTER (COMPANY): Kilimanjaro Live

ARTIST MARKETING CAMPAIGN: Ed Sheeran, Atlantic Records

MUSIC RETAILER/STREAMING PLATFORM: Spotify

INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY: Play It Again Sam

A&R AWARD: Polydor Records

RECORD COMPANY OF THE YEAR: Atlantic Records

FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR: Glastonbury Festival

PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR: Sony/ATV Music Publishing

THE STRAT: Max Lousada

Words by Sarah Slater