Hi Allie , what happened here ? Did they think the camera was off?
Ohhhh the porky pies interview!! Hajshajhsa no, they absolutely knew they were being filmed. This is an interview with Billy Russell filmed in October 2013. The original interview was obviously deleted...
That's what they were asked and the transcript of what they answered:
Billy Russell: I read this interview with your manager, Harry Magee, and he said that there’s a plan in place that you’ve all agreed on over the next eighteen months to two years. What is that plan?
Zayn: Management has been telling porky pies!
Louis: Management have been having a few words with the press by the sound of it
Zayn: Behind our backs, as well. Be having a word
Louis: Yeah yeah
Zayn: Once we leave this interview…
Louis: Yeah yeah we we… *horse noises*
As promised, Fine Line presales opened this morning, along with some new merch (shirts of the album cover) and a surprise: an album release show at the Forum in LA! One night only! "FINE LINE LIVE!" Tickets go on sale Thurs with a special code given to those who have ordered merch via the US store by Wed evening. UK Ireland and Australian store orders will get a code for 'a potential upcoming show' in that region. Harry liked posts on twitter and "answered" some questions; he says there will be 863 songs on the album for example. Spoiler, he is LYING we can clearly see the tracklist and there are twelve! Two of them are LONG, over six minutes. Asked what his favorite song on HS2 Fine Line is he takes a page from Louis' book but he just had to take it a little further and star out the whole title, so good luck with * **** * **** (I guess he is right to make it harder, it only took about 30 min for someone to correctly guess We Made It.) He also followed David Beckham and I guess sent him some Gucci Disney luggage?? Okay. Oh and last night pap pics of him came out, but probably they're old, but whatever, the real news is: he is holding one (1) lemon and one (1) orange in his two (2) hands. Like you do.
New Zayn song!! Well.... Not yet. But news of a new Zayn song! Yesterday producer Daniel Zaidenstadt posted an old pic of himself with a shaggy haired smiley Zayn, today: song announcement post! The silent post (my friend: "Zayn wants us to listen with our third eye") invites us to pre-save the track, Flames, a collab with R3HAB and Jungleboi. And that is all we know so far.
Niall, who is supposed to be the no drama no discourse corner of the fandom, even Louis said so, is stirring discourse! WTF! The VIP packages for the NTMY tour are up and while they don't include a meet and greet option there is a "Q and A" included- but she ain't cheap. "$400 to hear people ask when he's collaborating with Shawn, no thanks," said many. Ouch. He also had a good interview out (no discourse!) and more content from the MITS awards yesterday (not much discourse.) The interview has some interesting content, including him saying that he agrees with Harry's quote about young women's influence on culture, that "young people are the ones with the power and they’ve shown that for so many years, the young people always pick up on something and really go with it when they get it." I take strong issue with his definition of power, but can appreciate his (I believe) intended point about who the cultural tastemakers are. As for the MITS award thing, we don't actually get to see it, but we see a glimpse of what is apparently a sketch spoofing The Office and award winners Harry Magee and Richard Griffiths featuring not just Niall but also Liam! From Liam's 'IT tech' look I'm gonna say he was a version of Chris Hemsworth's character in Ghostbusters and friends, I would like to see it. Niall as Magee is in a toned down version of his BSE look with his hair all white. Niall, Liam, and Harry all also recorded messages for their old Modest Management team ("congratulations guys, I love you both very much. I’m really happy for you," [H] "I love these two men, can’t talk highly enough for them," [N] and "I don’t think we could’ve really asked for better mentors" [Li])
Louis had an interview in the Times of India in which he talks about the importance of talking about our emotions and says going to India is a priority for him. And a sort of 3D pic thing was posted to his account, a new WMI promo pic, it's neat. More info on the Elvis Duran ticket giveaway- it's a lot. It's tickets to one of the London shows plus backstage to play video games with Louis and keep the games (¿?) plus all expenses trip plus you get sent out to a pub dinner (??).... ALL THAT!! I'd rather just talk to Louis than play video games but okay sure I mean. It's an amazing prize. And in more happy news, rumors are circulating that more Latin American dates are being negotiated for LTtour.
Liam had an opinion piece attributed to him published in Radio Times Magazine about his time in Namibia for the upcoming Straight Talking with Ant Middleton special. He says he "learnt the true power of conversation- and silence," and that he learned a lot thanks to his experiences "in the band One Direction," and that in conclusion, we should all unplug and spend less time on our phones. And the video segment showing him surprising young Pride of Britain Award winner Ben Hedger aired tonight and it's really sweet.
Richard Griffiths and Harry Magee, co-founders of Modest! Management, will be honored at the 2019 Music Industry Trusts Award gala scheduled
Variety Staff June 2, 2019 11:50PM PDT
The Modest! co-founders manage the Spice Girls, Niall Horan, 5 Seconds of Summer and Little Mix, among other acts.
Richard Griffiths and Harry Magee, co-founders of Modest! Management, will be honored at the 2019 Music Industry Trusts Award gala scheduled to be held in London on November 4. The two industry veterans represent the Spice Girls, Niall Horan, 5 Seconds of Summer, Little Mix, Allison Moyet and Olly Murs, among other acts.
The prestigious U.K. honor was in previous years bestowed upon CAA’s Emma Banks, Sony Music CEO Rob Stringer, Universal Music Group chairman Sir Lucian Grainge, Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun and The Who’s Roger Daltrey, among others. Griffiths and Magee are the first managers to receive the MITs Award. The ceremony, which benefits the charities BRIT Trust and Nordoff Robbins, is in its 28th year and is sponsored by PPL, SJM Concerts and Spotify.
Griffiths’ music career started in the mid-1970s when he was the first international agent for AC/DC. He soon segued to record labels where, as A&R for Island Records, he signed the Buggles of “Video Killed The Radio Star” fame. Throughout the 1980s, he managed Ultravox, ran Virgin Music Publishing and signed Tears for Fears, Culture Club and Pet Shop Boys, and founded the U.S. division of Virgin Music.
He moved to the U.S. to take the position of president of Epic Records in New York, working with Oasis, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine and Korn, and returned to the U.K. to collaborate with Simon Cowell, signing Westlife and helping create Syco Music and Television while at BMG. In 2001, Griffiths was tasked with launching the U.K. arm of management company The Firm, where he and Magee worked with Enrique Iglesias and Linkin Park, among others.
Magee is also an alumnus of BMG, joining the company in 1989 as Arista Records’ head of marketing and working with the likes of Lisa Stansfield and Whitney Houston in the U.K. He later became managing director of Big Life Records (Yazz, The Orb, Naughty By Nature) and general manager of A&M Records (Sting, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow and Soundgarden).
Moving to RCA in 1998, Magee too linked up with Cowell and his acts Westlife and Five, while also working released by Natalie Imbruglia, Foo Fighters and Annie Lennox. In 2001, Magee joined Griffiths at The Firm’s U.K. outpost.
Modest! was formed in 2003 and started working with One Direction in 2010 after the group competed on “The X Factor.” 1D went on to worldwide success and its individual members have each seen solo success as well.
One such alum, Niall Horan, said of Griffiths and Magee: “I struggle to know where to even start…. What incredible men these two are. I’ve been working with Richard and Harry for nearly ten years now and if it wasn’t for them I don’t know if we all would have had half of the success we did. … On a personal note, I know they’ve worked their arses off for me and I can put it all down to the kind of relationship I share with them. They are basically like my uncles. We’ve been all over the world together, laughed together mostly, cried together at times but most importantly had many great nights on the wine together ahahah. I’d do anything for these men and I can comfortably say that they would do the same for me.”
Said David Munns OBE, chairman of the MITS Award committee: “Richard and Harry have been at the forefront of the British music industry for over forty years. Individually and as the founders of Modest! they have continually set the benchmark in management and have led countless artists to huge success. Honouring two artist managers is a first for the MITS and we’re proud for them both to join the illustrious recipients list. We look forward to a fantastic awards night.”
Hi do you know if there was ever any truth to the claim that El knew Harry M*gee’s son from Uni? It’s on 1D’s official wiki in a couple different places. I tried to fact check it but couldn’t find any evidence aside from him being from Manchester. Although the fact that one of the two owners of her management company was a Modest employee is also interesting/telling.
Hi, anon!
If i remember correctly, fans found out that they were facebook friends, and possibly that they attended the same uni at the same time (i'm more uncertain about that last part). They were never confirmed to be friends other than on FB (we never got pics of them together). People speculated if it was through Magee jr. she was recruited as a beard.
It's that time of the year again, Coleman season! Time to discard the snuggie sack and put down the phone, look at that thing called t...
Narnia takes a look at a few items of note, but the main focus of this Sunday Musings comes from our astute observer, Methodical Muser who noticed a pattern with the Music Industry Trust Awards and Modest! Management.
There’s a point in the process of ranking the Power 100 list, usually after the third meeting -- sometime in late September -- when an editor complains that his or her candidates are not being held in the proper regard and all the candy and caffeine in the world (and in my office) can’t save the mood. But it is also how it should be.
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RICHARD GRIFFITHS, 61
Co-Founder, Modest! Management
Last Year's Rank: 39
HARRY MAGEE, 56
Co-Founder, Modest! Management
Last Year's Rank: 39
The U.K.-based Griffiths and Magee oversaw global tours from two of 2015's biggest ticket-movers -- One Direction and5 Seconds of Summer -- that grossed more than $208 million and $38.5 million, respectively. 1D's indefinite hiatus has spurred breakup talk, and though Modest! no longer represents Harry Styles and Zayn Malik, Magee says his firm will "definitely" manage other members in their forthcoming solo careers.
