Kilimanjaro Live

Kilimanjaro Live Ltd
Industry Entertainment
Entertainment Promoter
Founded 2008
Headquarters London
Area served
 United Kingdom
Website www.KiliLive.com

Kilimanjaro Live is a live event promotions company specialising in music concerts, based in the United Kingdom. They are one of the largest event promoters in the UK. They own or operate Sonisphere Festival, Wakestock Festival and Warped Tour (Europe only).[1][2][3] The company was founded by music promoter Stuart Galbraith in 2008 as a joint venture with AEG Live.[4] In 2012 the organisation was restructured leaving Galbraith as sole owner of Kilimanjaro Live.[5] Previously Galbraith worked as Managing Director of Live Nation[6] and was responsible for the creation of Download Festival, Wireless Festival, Hyde Park Calling and the Live8 Concert.[7][8][9]

Sonisphere Festival

Sonisphere is a rock/metal touring festival taking place across Europe between June and August. The festival was created in 2009 by Kilimanjaro Live and John Jackson.[10] It is jointly promoted by Kilimanjaro Live and K2. The festival has hosted heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Slayer, Alice Cooper and Megadeth. On 29 March 2012 the UK leg of the festival was cancelled. Sonisphere continues to run in Italy, France and Spain yearly.[11]

Wakestock Festival

Wakestock is Europe's largest wakeboard music festival, combining the cultures of music and wakeboarding.[12] It is held on the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales, in between Pwllheli and Llanbedrog. Founded by Mark Durston, the festival began in Abersoch, North Wales back in 2000.[13] In 2008 the festival was bought by Kilimanjaro Live.[14] The festival is split over three sites - the main festival site at Penrhos, Pwllheli Marina hosts the main wakeboard competition and Abersoch Bay hosts the Big Air Classic competition. The festival prides itself as being at the foot of the Snowdonia Mountains and looks out over Cardigan Bay. Previous headline music acts have included Ellie Goulding, Calvin Harris, Dizzee Rascal, Ed Sheeran, Bastille, The 1975, Example and James.[15]

Vans Warped Tour UK

Warped Tour was created in 1994 by Kevin Lyman and became sponsored by Vans Skateboards in 1995. The music/sports festival toured the USA for many years before Kilimanjaro Live licensed the European operations of Warped Tour in 2012.[16] In the United Kingdom, Warped Tour is hosted at Alexandra Palace in North London.[17] In 2012 the headliners were Lostprophets and Bring Me the Horizon, in 2013 the currently scheduled headliners are Enter Shikari, Rise Against, Parkway Drive and Billy Talent.[18]

Notable Kilimanjaro Live concerts/tours

The Rolling Stones performed two shows at The O2 Arena, London in November 2012.

References

  1. ↑ AIF "Kilimanjaro Live adds Wakestock, Vans Warped Tour and Sonisphere", "Association of Independent Festivals"
  2. ↑ Chris Cooke "Kilimanjaro Live joins AIF", The Complete Music Update, Friday 22 March 2013
  3. ↑ James Dickson "Stuart Galbraith Joins AIF Board", Event Industry News, Thursday 21 March 2013
  4. ↑ Music Week "Stuart Galbraith to return with AEG-linked venture", Music Week, Jan 14th 2008
  5. ↑ Music Week "Galbraith buys AEG out of Kili", Music Week, 23 March 2012
  6. ↑ Caroline Briggs "'Golden age' for live music scene", BBC News, Monday, 16 April 2007
  7. ↑ Music Tank "Speaker Biographies: Stuart Galbraith - CEO, Kilimanjaro Live", Music Tank
  8. ↑ City Showcase "Workshop Panellist: Stuart Galbraith", City Showcase Website
  9. ↑ Georgie Rogers "Live Nation ex-boss rues merger", BBC News, Friday, 31 July 2009
  10. ↑ Festival Planet "Sonisphere 2012", Festival Planet
  11. ↑ Sean Michaels "Sonisphere 2012 festival is cancelled", The Guardian, Thursday 29 March 2012
  12. ↑ Ross Robinson "Alexis Balladon Interview", Boardsport Source
  13. ↑ Glass Butter Beach "Glass Butter Beach Story", SENSATION LIVE & VME PRODUCTION
  14. ↑ Bloomberg Businessweek "Company Overview of Wakestock Limited", Bloomberg
  15. ↑ BBC Wales, Music "Wakestock details", BBC News, 11 July 2011
  16. ↑ LickLibrary "Vans Warped Tour to return to the UK for the first time since 1999", LickLibrary, Fri, 30 March 2012
  17. ↑ Alexandra Palace "Vans Warped Tour returns to the Palace with headliners including Rise Against and Enter Shikari.", Alexandra Palace
  18. ↑ David Harrison "Enter Shikari and parkway drive confirmed tons more", Vans Warped Tour UK, June 17th, 2013
  19. ↑ Paul Williams "The Big Interview: Barry Gibb", Music Week, 28 June 2013
  20. ↑ contactmusic.com "Ed Sheeran Has Announced A String Of Live Shows For Early 2012", Contact Music, 2011
  21. ↑ Record of the Day "Kilimanjaro Live - update", Record of the Day, 03 June 2013
  22. ↑ Martin Williams "Bocelli confirms Hydro date delayed by building issues", The Herald, Saturday 1 June 2013
  23. ↑ Full Fat Agency "Kilimanjaro Live present two UK 2012 exclusive dates from Red Hot Chili Peppers", Full Fat Agency
  24. ↑ Tour Dates "2009 Metallica Tour Dates", Official Metallica Website
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