Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
‘No toilets’ music promoter makes application for permanent Finsbury Park concert licence
SJM concerts, one of the leading music promoters in the UK has applied to Haringey Council for a licence to allow it to put on live and recorded music events, as well as supply alcohol, seven days a week throughout the year.
SJM concerts promotes over 2,500 concerts a year across the UK. Their impressive roster of artists includes The Stone Roses, Take That, Oasis, Radiohead, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Robbie Williams, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Stereophonics, Snow Patrol, ACDC, Paramore, Spice Girls, The Prodigy, JLS, Muse and Peter Kay.
Simon Moran MD of SJM Concerts
Simon Moran, Managing Director of SJM also runs a management company, whose clients include the Script, and is a director of the Academy Music Group of venues. He is also a shareholder in Future Records, a joint-venture label with Gary Barlow. Moran also owns rugby league club Warrington Wolves.
Last year SJM posted a profit of £10.6m and expect a ‘significant increase’ in business in the current financial year.
But not all is rosy at SJM. Earlier this year the company was slammed for poor management at The Stone Roses concert in Heaton Park, Manchester.
Residents were upset that things promised by SJM didn’t seem to work. Residents who live around the park were assured that residents’ parking would be preserved. But claimed that didn’t worked. There was also concern about how loud the music was, particularly when the Stone Roses were on stage.
Strange but true: Concert goers were photographed urinating up against residents' garages near Heaton Park this summer. Picture: Manchester Evening News
But the loudest voices were raised over complaints of the area being turned into ‘one big public toilet’. Amidst claims that the organisers had failed to provide adequate portaloos, Residents were angered at the antics of revellers, urinating and worse in and round local properties.
Now residents around Finsbury Park fear that N4 could be about to suffer the same fate.
Madeline Palm, co-chairman of the Woodstock Road Residents’ Association, was reported as fearing the loss of residents’ power of objection: “We would not have any say on what actually would be put on in the park, whether it’s going to be chamber music or pop music.
But Haringey Council is seeking to assure residents that there would not be a free-for-all if the licence is granted.
A spokesman said: “Promoters SJM have applied for a premises licence for Finsbury Park which is currently under consideration. Even if this is granted they would still need to obtain a contract for the use of park space in the first instance for each particular event.
Residents have until November 15 to comment on the application.
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Woodstock Residents' chamber music or pop music.
Make your own mud, smoke your own pot, bring your own chamber pot.
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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So 'no toilets' could read 'organisers had failed to provide adequate portaloos', often a claim made at other concerts, such as Glastonbury for example.
And with a 'consultation' link put up here on HOL now everyone has an opportunity to comment.
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Looking back seeing Pulp at Finsbury Park in 1998 must have been the first time I visited Haringey. I think it could introduce new people to the area and it would be great to have more gigs on our doorstep.
Obviously it would be hoped that contractual arrangements re facilities, transport and curfews were respected.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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Yup, could be a good thing, as long as it's not every other summer weekend and I hope any licence will aggressively protect the interests of people living near the park
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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Every weekend concert takes up most of the week, with large areas of the park cordoned off an unavailable to users, set-up and sound checks creating extra noise, plus the pressure on the park itself of all those people. Living as close to the park as I do, you hear the music pretty much as if you were there - I could hear Bob Dylan loud and clear last summer. I think a maximum of 3 such weekends per year should be allowed.
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Sorry, Hugh I can't find where to comment - this link just takes you to the general Licensing page rather than the particularly application. I would like to make my feelings known to the council before the cut-off date, could you help at all?
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Permalink Reply by tigha on
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I think it would be great to get back to the music culture of finsbury park, and there wa so much going on outside the winter months instead of just noisy fairs- it used to be so vibrant, but yes it needs to be properly controlled
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I'm a great fan of live music & think it would be great to have more live music in Finsbury Park.
This kind of thing is what makes London an interesting & vibrant city.
and of course we should get discount tickets, living in the area!
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