1-2-3 Entertainment Launches Outside Events; Live Event Production Company to Produce 2003's ``Electric Barnyard'' and ``Festival Con Dios'' Tours.Entertainment Editors NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003 1-2-3 Entertainment has announced the establishment of Outside Events, a live-events company that develops, manages and markets touring properties and portable concert venues. Outside Events is responsible for producing this summer's "Electric Barnyard" Tour featuring country legends Marty Stuart Marty Stuart (b. September 30 1958, Philadelphia, Mississippi) is an American country music singer, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music. In the early-1990s, he had a successful string of Country hits. and Merle merle a pattern of coat color pigmentation with dark, irregular blotches on a lighter background. Seen in some Collies and Welsh corgis. In shorthaired dogs, e.g. Great Danes and Dachshunds, the similar pattern is called dapple. Haggard. In addition, the company will also produce the third annual "Festival Con Dios Festival Con Dios was a Christian rock traveling music festival that began in fall 2001. The first festival was started by The Newsboys and also featured Audio Adrenaline and The O.C. Supertones. This was one of the largest CCM traveling festivals to date. " Tour, headlined by best-selling and award winning group Newsboys Newsboys is a Christian pop band. The band was formed in Australia in 1985 and has been one of the most popular and best selling Christian music artists of the past two decades. . In conjunction with the announcement, 1-2-3 Entertainment CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Charlie Lico announced that longtime First Company Management operations director, Dave Wagner, has been appointed general manager of Outside Events. Wagner will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Outside Events in addition to his artist management role with First Company. Outside Events is composed of three major divisions including a mobile touring division responsible for designing and developing the "Extreme Mobile Venue," a 10,000-seat portable concert venue that can be moved from market to market overnight. This portable amphitheatre will serve as the venue for the "Electric Barnyard" Tour and "Festival Con Dios." Outside Events' other two divisions include Creative Audio and Light, an audio and lighting company that utilizes state-of the-art equipment to produce concert tours, festivals and corporate events, and a business development group that is exploring new opportunities within the live entertainment industry. "I'm very excited about the launch of Outside Events, because it represents a key element of 1-2-3 Entertainment's vision and purpose as a multi-faceted entertainment and marketing company," said Lico. "The team we've assembled is second to none, and they have proven themselves as innovators and leaders in live event production and technology. Dave Wagner has been an integral part of that process and will be a great asset to Outside Events growth and future development." Outside Events blends together the live event marketing, production, booking, venue design and promotion expertise found within 1-2-3 Entertainment's core companies. By combining the assets, client base, contacts and experience under one company, 1-2-3 Entertainment will be able to offer essential services to the growing number of artists and venues which comprise the live entertainment industry. "As the live event division of 1-2-3 Entertainment, Outside Events is another distinctive mark that makes 1-2-3 Entertainment unique as an entertainment and marketing company," commented 1-2-3 Entertainment Co-Founder Wes Campbell. "Outside Events' team of innovators continue to prove themselves as one step ahead in the live event marketplace. From the cutting edge production of the Newsboys tours, which featured everything from flying spaceships and a 360-degree rotating drum kit A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. , to the development of the prototype for what is now the 'Extreme Mobile Venue,' this team has been at the forefront of event production. Outside Events represents a natural progression for us in that area." In addition to the public events, tours and festivals market, Outside Events will also provide services to the corporate events and private sector that has become a growth area within the music performance industry. "We feel like Outside Events is another step in our larger vision for making 1-2-3 Entertainment a respected force in the entertainment business," Lico added. "With the business of music having changed dramatically over the past few years, 1-2-3 Entertainment is a company that is ready to meet the new challenges facing labels and artists." About 1-2-3 Entertainment Based in Franklin, Tenn., 1-2-3 Entertainment is a wholly integrated entertainment company focused on music marketing, touring, live events and music publishing The contractual relationship between a songwriter or music composer and a music publisher, whereby the writer assigns part or all of his or her music copyrights to the publisher in exchange for the publisher's commercial exploitation of the music. . Among the company's divisions is Inpop Records  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , the label home to a variety of recording artists including Plus One, Superchic(k), Petra, Erin O'Donnell Erin O'Donnell is an American Contemporary Christian music singer originally from Severn, Maryland. She has a degree from the University of Miami in Jazz Performance. She is married to Brad O'Donnell, who is a Christian music A&R executive. , Phil Joel Philip Joel Urry (born January 5, 1973) is a musician known as a solo artist in addition to being the former bassist for the Christian Rock Group, the Newsboys. He uses the name Phil Joel professionally due to pronunciation issues with his surname. , Shane Barnard Shane Barnard born January 14, 1975 is a Christian praise and worship singer-songwriter. He is known mostly for his work with Shane Everett as Shane & Shane. Barnard was born in Lubbock, Texas and attended Texas A&M University, where he led worship at the popular Christian student and Shane Everett, Go Fish, Bob Smiley, Sky Harbor and Tree 63. About The Electric Barnyard Tour The Electric Barnyard Tour begins on July 6 and stars Marty Stuart and his fabulous Superlatives, Merle Haggard and The Strangers, BR-549, Connie Smith, Rhonda Vincent and The Rage and The Old Crow Medicine Show. Waffle House, a southern icon known for its good food and fast, friendly service, has joined with CMT CMT Certified Medical Transcriptionist. CMT abbr. Certified Medical Transcriptionist CMT California mastitis test. and WSM WSM Samoa (ISO Country code) WSM Wave Structure of Matter WSM Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland) WSM Web Services Management WSM Weston-Super-Mare (Somerset, England) Radio to sponsor The Electric Barnyard Tour. For more information about the "Electric Barnyard" Tour, visit http://www.shorefire.com/artists/electricbarn. About "Festival Con Dios" 2003 Festival Con Dios 2003 will feature many of the top artists in Christian music including Newsboys, Plus One and Kutless. The tour begins in September and will make stops in over 30 major markets across the country. The highly-successful tour has been featured on the cover of Newsweek in addition to numerous local and national outlets. For more information about Festival Con Dios 2003, visit www.festivalcondios.com. |
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