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Martin Elbourne (born 19 January 1957 in Carlisle, Cumbria) is an English performing arts promoter. Elbourne was brought up near the village of Knebworth, Hertfordshire. His first job, at age fifteen, was working for the local stately home Knebworth House which in the mid-seventies became the biggest venue in the United Kingdom for outdoor shows and hosted bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. He is best known as the promoter of rock concerts〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Music Power 100: The full list )〕 and is a well known figure for his work in music and music festivals in the UK. He has been an advisor to, and one of main bookers for, the Glastonbury Festival〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Jersey bands on playing the Glastonbury festival )〕 for 30 years and has helped and advised numerous other festivals. == Career == Born on 19 January 1957 in Carlisle, Cumbria, Elbourne grew up in Hertfordshire, north of London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Industry Profile: Martin Elbourne )〕 In 1977, he set up his own political party the Epicurean (ethical hedonist `0` movement) which won the student union elections. One of the election pledges was to open up the student union venue to non-students, leading it to become the main venue in Bristol for punk and post-punk bands. He studied Economics at Bristol University, in South West England earning an Honours B.A.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Martin Elbourne )〕 The main bar at the University is still named after the Epicurean movement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Mike Darby )〕 He started promoting bands outside of the student union and became involved with the Ashton Court Festival, then the largest free event in the UK, and started going to Glastonbury. Upon leaving university he founded the award-winning ''Bristol Recorder''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The People - Martin Elbourne )〕 a combined vinyl LP compilation and a magazine. This led to his meeting local resident Peter Gabriel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= festival info: womad uk )〕 Elbourne and Gabriel among others ended up funding and co-promoting the first WOMAD〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Martin Elbourne: the festival king )〕 Festival. Whilst critically acclaimed, the resultant financial losses led to Gabriel playing a reformed Genesis Concert and Elbourne relocating to London.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Peter Gabriel on 30 Years of Womad )〕 Elbourne ended up working for Rough Trade as a booking agent. His most famous clients were New Order〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Chief Booker Of Bands For Glastonbury Festival To Revive Adelaide Live Music )〕 and The Smiths.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Laurie Levine signs with top UK Booking Agent and announces UK Tour )〕 His relationship with New Order continued until the death of Rob Gretton. He managed various bands including Green on Red, David Rudder,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Industry Profile: Martin Elbourne )〕 Gaye Bykers on Acid and gradually became more involved with the Glastonbury festival〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= 2013 Winners’ Blog )〕 ending up as its main booker. In 2003, Elbourne co-founded The Great Escape Festival, held in Brighton, which has music industry related conferences during the day and features live music in the evenings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Martin Elbourne speaks about creating the Brighton based festival )〕 Sébastien Nasra collaborated with Elbourne and, in 2006, co-founded M for Montreal, a platform for showcasing local musicians and helping them expand their international networks. This is 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Martin Elbourne )〕 U.K.-based artist manager Stephen Budd, Jon Mac, who co-founded the The Great Escape, Vijay Nair, the managing director of India-based promoters and artist management company Only Much Louder, and Elbourne organized the NH7 Weekender Rock Festival in India in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=NH7 Rock Festival To Launch in India )〕 In 2012, the Don Dunstan Foundation in partnership with Adelaide, Australia) City Council, Arts SA, Adelaide Fringe, the Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Department and Regional Development Australia Barossa hired Elbourne to look into reviving the city's live music scene and present a report with his recommendations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Meet Adelaide's new musical Thinker in Residence Martin Elbourne )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Martin Elbourne’s Live Music Residency )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Martin Elbourne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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