Long established UK based artist agency Concorde International Artistes has ceased trading, although a number of the people working for the agency at closure plan to continue working in their respective areas through their own new companies.
Concorde began life as a standard artist agency, but later moved into other domains including tour accounting and production and event management and promotion. Over thirty years it worked with a wide range of artists, including Lemar, Nirvana, The Prodigy, Jamiroquai and Westlife.
It is not entirely clear why Concorde closed its doors, but one of its managers, Debra Downes, yesterday confirmed the company formally closed on 1 Sep, while also announcing the launch of her own new company, Dawson Breed Music, which will launch on 1 Oct.
Music Week quote Debra as saying, regards herself and her former colleagues: "On a positive note, everybody is moving in to other things".