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> GODSKITCHEN ANNOUNCE
> 'SPUNDAE WORLDWIDE' TAKEOVER
>
> The last 3 years have seen Godskitchen secure their
> place as the UK's biggest dance promoters. Their
> flagship venue AIR has reinvented itself physically
> and musically, their arena events reach over 250,000
> people each year and Global Gathering has sold out for
> the last 3 years to 35,000 clubbers. So with the UK
> operation running smoothly the U.S. plan has been put
> into action.
>
> After months of negotiations in the U.S. Godskitchen
> are pleased to announce their recent acquisition of
> North America's largest dance events company Spundae
> Worldwide.
>
> GK are whole-heartedly buying into the global dance
> scene with the acquisition of Spundae Worldwide. This
> venture is ground breaking and a first for any UK
> dance brand; giving Godskitchen unique and unrivalled
> access to the U.S. dance market. By building upon an
> already established and nascent scene and by buying
> into a ready made fan base of dance fans Godskitchen
> have masterminded this deal so that they can deliver
> the best of
> the GK experience directly to their target audience.
> GK will become the premier brand for large-scale
> events, festivals and tours while Spundae will remain
> the base for the weekly events.
>
> Spundae is easily America's biggest electronic dance
> music promoter. The company was founded in San
> Francisco eleven years ago by Peter Beckers and Guiv
> Naimi, with Spundae Worldwide launched in 2001 with
> Brooks Pettus as the managing partner; Mr. Pettus will
> now adopt the role of CEO of GK North America.
> Founders of Spundae Peter Beckers and Guiv Naimi will
> over see the regional and national promotional
> activity of GK
> USA including events in San Fran, LA, Vegas, Houston,
> and Chicago.
>
> Brooks Pettus Commented:
> 'This deal is about leveraging a global base to
> forward Dance Music in North America. Godskicthen
> will thrive where other UK brands have failed because
> their approach to the scene is organic, it's from the
> street up rather then the brand down. It's the early
> stages of the dance scene here, once we can expand
> into broad media to support our well promoted events,
> GK North America may just give our UK partners a run
> for their money as the leading country in electronic
> dance music.'
>
> Over the last 3 years Spundae has held events in 19
> North American markets and has booked virtually every
> top DJ in the world. They have executed 15,000 person
> events on the famed Hollywood Boulevard in LA and
> produced arena scale events with Clear Channel in San
> Francisco. Godskitchen will continue with events of
> this scale and calibre, continuing to build on the
> incredible dance music base that Spundae has created
> in the States.
>
> GK CEO Neil Moffitt commented
> 'We have spent 3 years getting to this point and we
> feel we have everything in place for it to be a great
> success. We have learnt a lot from others mistakes and
> adjusted our plans accordingly. We're not trying to
> re-invent the wheel, we realise the U.S market is
> already established. We want to enhance and polish
> what is already there using the foundation of Spundae
> and the success of Godskitchen over the past few years
> throughout Europe and the rest of the world. By
> marrying the two together and adapting it for a new
> market we believe we will have a fantastic product to
> deliver to the all important end user.the customer'
>
> With over 500 dates in the US in 2004 Godskitchen's
> presence will most definitely be felt right across the
> vast country. The best production, talent and venues
> will make up part of this ultimate clubbing experience
> and be a milestone for UK clubs. GK will be producing
> monthly events in each of the core Spundae markets and
> half a dozen other territories as well as three or
> four arena scale events on major holiday weekends and
> 2 exceptional NYE events. This is the biggest venture
> for any UK club brand in the States and with the
> backing of some of the most respected names in US
> dance music 2004 is going to see Godskitchen conquer
> America.
>
> FIRST STOP : MIAMI
> Godskitchen, Spundae and Mansion present
> 1235 Washington Avenue, South Beach /21+
> March 6 - 8 / 10pm to 5am
>
> Pre-sale tickets exclusively at www.wantickets.com
> www.wantickets.com keyword Spundae
>
> Saturday March 6 2004
> Delta Heavy featuring Sasha and John Digweed, James
> Zabiela
> GA Pre-sale Tickets $40
>
> Sunday March 7 2004
> Astralwerks presents The Chemical Brothers (dj set),
> Audio Bullys, Miss Kitten and Special Guest brought to
> you in part by SPIN
> GA Pre-sale Tickets $25
>
> Monday March 8 2004
> Godskitchen night featuring Armin van Buuren, The
> Crystal Method LIVE and Armada feat. M.I.K.E, Remy,
> Harry Lemon, Markus Schulz
> GA Pre-sale Tickets $35
>
> For all press enquiries including interviews / photos
> and guestlits please contact :
>
> Claire Ashman @ ALCHEMY PR on 020 7324 6154 /
> [email protected]
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March is gonna rock.....
and thankfully it doesn't interfere w/ my trip to FL!!
