Nick Stewart & Associates Ltd Independent Marketing, Management and Publishing for the Music Industry

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Music industry veteran Nick Stewart, who signed U2, Killing Joke and The Long Ryders to Island Records has launched an independent consultancy.
His career, spanning nearly 30 years, includes stints at Island Records, Polygram, Sony BMG and Warner Music. He has worked with, amongst others, Robert Palmer, Grace Jones, Steve Winwood, Blondie, Lonestar, The Eagles, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Storys, New Order, Thin Lizzy, Sir Elton John and Dire Straits.

Nick Stewart and Associates focus on 4 main areas:

Artist Management
Management role with The Eagles and Neil Diamond via Azoff Management, Yusuf (Cat Stephens), Michael Bolton, Nell Bryden and Tom Hickox.
Marketing Consultancy
Overseeing and instigating the marketing and promotion of new releases and catalogue titles. At present our client list include The Eagles, U2, Neil Diamond and Don Henley.
Music Publishing
NS%26A have set up a publishing company for aspiring young songwriters.
Nick Stewart Charity Auctioneer and Voice Over Artist
 Nick Stewart is one of the most sought after auctioneers in the Business. For more details click on the auctioneer tab. He is also in demand for TV and radio voice over work. please contact Emma Jayne for details: 020 8741 6218

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ERIC NICOLI BECOMES CHAIRMAN OF NICK STEWART %26 ASSOCIATES
Eric Nicoli CBE has been appointed Chairman of Nick Stewart %26 Associates by Nick Stewart. This will be in addition to his responsibilities as Shareholder and Director.
With this formidable pairing at its head, NS%26A further push its already highly impressive management/consultancy roster that includes: U2, Steely Dan, The Eagles, Don Henley, Neil Diamond, Yusuf Islam, Michael Bolton, Fleetwood Mac, Steve Winwood. The company has recently taken on two young aspiring acts, Nell Bryden and Tom Hickox for full management.
With experience at the very top of major labels, in business and the independent sector, Nick and Eric bring vast knowledge to a music industry in a state of flux.
With a huge array of business models either in their infancy or attempting to adapt to modern realities, NS%26A are a hugely valuable resource for the artists, labels and music creatives.

Nick Stewart - "I am delighted to say that Eric has accepted my offer and I feel very fortunate to have such an accomplished business man helping me guide and steer my companies fortunes in the immediate and long term future. There is an amazing array of music, both classic and new, that is being brought to music fans in so many different ways. It is a very exciting time with inventive and creative ideas being constantly launched. What Eric and I bring is a guiding hand and decades of experience to help those ideas shine."

Eric Nicoli's career to date is one of huge variety, achieving success in numerous fields for Rowntree and United Biscuits (UB), where he spent the next 9 years progressing through the ranks, to Managing Director of UB Brands from 1986.
After joining EMI in 1993, Eric quickly rose to become Executive Chairman before also becoming Executive Chairman of HMV Group PLC in 2001. Eric was awarded a CBE in 2006 for Services to the Music Industry

New Kids On The Block
NKOTB are back. The original band members returning for the first time in 14 years with their reunion album "The Block", once again they look ready to conquer the world.
They have worldwide sales of over 70 million to date and their latest album will be released by Interscope via Universal on September 2nd. A deluxe version of the record will also be issued boasting an additional four tracks. The band will be in the UK from 7th September where they will be carrying out a full schedule of promotional activities.
For further information check out their website www.nkotb.com

Nell Bryden
Hit's the BBC Radio 2 A list, with her acclaimed single 'What Does It Take?'. Available to download from iTunes now - Enjoy.

U2
Kick off their '360 Degree' tour, following the release of their number 1 album in 33 country's 'No Line On The Horizon'. www.u2.com

Tom Hickox
Back and finally clean from his two fantastic performances at Glastonbury Festival. Receiving national radio support from BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 3. Catch his breathtaking performance at his next London show; Water Rats, Grays Inn Road, Wednesday 12th August.

Nick Stewart

A Sort of a Homecoming

22 St Peter's Square has a permanent place in the annals of English Rock Music. An extraordinary plethora of talent began their careers in this spacious, leafy square in Chiswick; Steve Winwood and Traffic, Robert Palmer, Cat Stevens, Bob Marley, U2, Nick Drake, Sandy Denny; this list merely scrapes the surface.
Nick Stewart started at Island Records in August 1979, (coincidently the week that "Video Killed The Radio Star" by the Buggles became Island's first number one single). His first two signings were U2 and Killing Joke; his next two signings were the Thompson Twins and The Teardrop Explodes featuring a young Julian Cope. Sadly the founder, Chris Blackwell disliked the Thompson's Twins name so much that he tore the contract up in frustration and stopped the Teardrop Explodes deal going through only to sign Julian Cope, the enigmatic frontman four years later.
In the intervening 28 years Nick Stewart has worked alongside many great artists, in A%26R, Marketing, Catalogue Exploitation and Management. It is a career that has embraced Island, Stiff, EG, where he had his first brush with management, looking after The Smiths, and then onto Polygram where he co-ordinated the re-issue of that company's entire catalogue from LP and cassette to CD in the early 90's. He re-issued and re-packaged catalogues of Elton John, Dire Straits, Big Country, Thin Lizzy, Rod Stewart, Dusty Springfield, Burt Bacharach, Squeeze and Dexy's Midnight Runners. He prepared and orchestrated highly successful TV campaigns for Burt Bacharach, Thin Lizzy, New Order, Happy Mondays, Grace Jones and Dusty Springfield. He launched a successful, bespoke compilation label, Debutante and was responsible for creating a highly successful line of own brand compilations and artist repertoire into Marks %26 Spencer's for the very first time. From a standing start from 1996 this became a £4m business within 18 months.
In 1998 he was appointed Senior Vice President of International A%26R to BMG and within 9 months had scored 3 number one singles with Blondie's "Maria" and Lou Bega's "Mambo No 5", which he also placed with Channel 4's TV cricket coverage, before going onto remix Lonestar's country smash "Amazed" which resulted in them having a number 1 on the Billboard pop charts, the first country act to do so for 14 years.
It was during this time he launched his highly successful Captain America, Virgin Radio show, which ran on Sunday nights for four years. It became a focal point for American artists to promote their wares in the UK rivalling Bob Harris and Paul Gambaccini on Radio 2.
In 2005 he was invited to run Rhino UK the catalogue arm of Warner Music which brought him back into contact with his old friend and mentor, Irving Azoff and The Eagles.
In 2007 he was involved in setting up the phenomenally successful The Travelling Wilbury's re-issue which surprised the industry with its volume and overall success. Built around the sales spike of Father's Day, it created an industry benchmark.
In October 2007 he set up Nick Stewart %26 Associates, a consultancy which incorporates marketing, catalogue exploitation, publishing exploitation in synchs and licences, and management. The client list as at February 1st includes The Eagles, Don Henley, U2, Neil Diamond, Fremantle TV, the TV Show, Live From Abbey Road, and Sir Timothy Rice. Where the Artists are concerned, NS%26A loyed by the managers to work closely with the record companies involved, ie Universal for U2 and The Eagles, Warners for The Eagles catalogue and Sony BMG for Neil Diamond.
NS%26A is a small, intimate, bespoke company which delivers a highly personal service to the artists that are on their roster. There is experience alongside youth and innovation.
Our first major project was to oversee the first Eagles studio album for 28 years, "Long Road Out Of Eden" has now sold 2.2 million internationally and regarded as an extraordinary success. We are currently engaged in a two year programme of reissuing the U2 catalogue dealing with Universal and Principle Management, U2's management company and we are also overseeing the UK and International release of the Neil Diamond album to be released in May.
We are also retained by Nordoff Robbins, the Music Therapy Charity as their auctioneer and chief fundraiser.

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