Organisers of German music industry convention Popkomm have said they will move their event back into September next year after a 9% fall in attendees this year. This year's Popkomm fell in a busy week for music industry shingdigs, clashing with both In The City in Manchester and the Live UK Summit in London. That said, while both delegate and exhibitor numbers were down at Popkomm, the convention's organisers point out that the number of non-German delegates were actually up.
Billboard quote a spokeswoman for Popkomm thus: "There are less people working in the [German] industry than one year ago. But most trade visitors still see it as a must-go event. [But] we talked to the industry and most of them said the October date was too late for them to do business. We're always open to suggestions from the industry".