Global Gathering will be back in 2009

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Tue 27th Jan, 2009 in Local News

Global Gathering is one of the world’s most loved dance events, and its debut into the Australian festival market last year was definitely one of the biggest causes for excitement among dance fans in the last 12 months. Now, ITM can confirm that Global Gathering will indeed be an annual affair, with Mark James of Future Entertainment revealing it will be back in 2009 – and this time, with an increased focus on the dance and electronic side of the equation.

“As soon as Future Music Festival finishes up, we’ll be working on Global Gathering for this year as well, so that’ll be returning again,” Mark James told ITM, indicating that we’ll see a shift in the tour’s musical programming. “This year we’re going to go with more of a ‘massive DJ’ lineup, and stick to having Future Music Festival as both a live and DJing tour… With [Mark] Ronson and Kraftwerk, it didn’t really hit the marketplace right. We thought we’d try something different, and something different at that time of year with the economic situation didn’t really hit the buttons. But I think we’ll nail it this year though.”

Mark also spoke candidly on the obstacles that Future, Ministry of Sound and Angel Music Group faced in bringing Global Gathering to Australia for the first time. “We lived and learned with that one,” he remarked. “Right up until around early October we were selling really well, and then the doom and gloom of the economic depression hit and our ticket sales slumped by around 30 per cent over a couple of days. So we really got caught up in that doom and gloom situation. But it was still a great festival. OK, we didn’t do fantastic but everyone enjoyed who was there. This year we’ll come back bigger and better with it.”

Stay tuned to ITM for more news on Global Gathering’s return as it comes to hand, and check out our Snap! featured galleries to relive the best moments of the 2008 tour!

> Best Of… Global Gathering – The People
> Best Of… Global Gathering – The Events
> Best Of… Global Gathering – The Artists

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zealbee said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Hell yeah, the Brisbane leg was close to the best festival I've ever been to.

howzitgarn said on the 27th Jan, 2009

please please please dont put all of the internationals on after 4pm again

trancejunkii said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Requires Massive Trance (Godskitchen) Lineup, Massive House Lineup, Massive Techno Lineup, Massive Hard Dance Lineup and other stages catering for all types of electronic music just like how the real Global Gathering is done. Needs massive tents/stages as

latin_deluxe said on the 27th Jan, 2009

bring on CARL COX!! RICHIE HAWTIN!! DERRICK CARTER!!

aries said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Excellent News. Bring Back SASHA!!!

ntranced said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Please don't copy the UK and have Kanye West performing. Also, don't skimp out on production and sound just because tickets don't sell as well as expected. The sound in the RHI was pretty crap in 08 and there wasn't a single laser in sight, what's up with

spencer said on the 27th Jan, 2009

rzile said on the 27th Jan, 2009

i agree - bring back sasha and give him at least 3 hours!!

spencer said on the 27th Jan, 2009

It had nothing to do with " The current economic climate ", you tried to go up against stereosonic and lost . it's called KARMA.

lfitz said on the 27th Jan, 2009

I heard I rumour that Creamfeilds was also going to be heading to Australia this year…. Can any one back this up???

Something_Good said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Heres hoping it's not a repeat performance of 08

trajik said on the 27th Jan, 2009

How about it be less shit this year?

filou said on the 27th Jan, 2009

you should have just combined sydney leg with sterosonic and earned the goodwill of the punters.

Ben Royal said on the 27th Jan, 2009

filou says... on January 27th, 2009 you should have just combined sydney leg with sterosonic and earned the goodwill of the punters. why on earth would two bitter rivals coem together to put on an event?

shortino said on the 27th Jan, 2009

sorry future 'global gathering' in sydney was like a mini-half arsed-future music festival. The main stage was a joke, the sound was so bad in 2 of the three big stages it was embarrassing.....even the artists mentioned this in there comments of the festi

nickgalea said on the 27th Jan, 2009

ATB and above and beyond pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee

HungryHippo said on the 27th Jan, 2009

i thought global was one of teh best festivals in sydney in :)

bussyboy said on the 27th Jan, 2009

‘Massive DJ’ lineup - for maximum clashes?!? Hopefully it will be spread across different genres still, and not all big trance acts. And what others said - better visuals.

hillyj77 said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Global was a great day. Above and beyond killed it. The small crowds were to my liking. easily better then sterosonic.

Elliot G said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Two words: two days.

matzta73 said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Bring on Carl Cox, Armin, Sasha, Digweed, Above and Beyond and put them all inside where the sound travels better. You loose too much sound quality outside with electronic dance music. Would anyone else out there like to back me up?

dthomas22 said on the 27th Jan, 2009

MARKUS SCHULZ

sco_tty said on the 27th Jan, 2009

global gathering perth = worst festival ever... please dont come back....

Scamology said on the 27th Jan, 2009

HAHAHA It wont be goo

locky said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Aren't we over festivals yet??

Rocca said on the 27th Jan, 2009

i think creamfields might be on june/july

FunkyJ said on the 27th Jan, 2009

Why bother making it the same as every other party with the same boring DJs in the same crap venues?? Mark Ronson was the best thing about Global Gathering in 08!

Johan said on the 28th Jan, 2009

two words......don't bother

Chenky said on the 28th Jan, 2009

if anything, make Global on a Saturday for the syd peeps...

brenly said on the 28th Jan, 2009

by the sounds of things, and being at the melbourne leg of the festival, we must have had the worst one of the lot. possibly the shittest festivals i've been to - even with sasha / a

Spiro De Fiero said on the 28th Jan, 2009

Yeah [quote=what everyone else is saying] Stuffed if I am going to another event where all of the main stage artists are chucked 'round the back' of the myer music bowl. Time to get it together future....Check out the trance energy lineup...

deXXy_Disaster said on the 28th Jan, 2009

global gathering brisbane was excellent. seems tho this wasnt the norm lol

SlicyDicer said on the 28th Jan, 2009

Fix the weather and the line up and ill go again. Digweend and Sasha this time for 4 hours B2B. tia

G-TECH said on the 28th Jan, 2009

ATB killed it at Sydney, wasn't that impressed by Above and Beyond's set in Sydney, have heard parts of their set from Melbourne, had a lot more anthems and wasn't as flat as the Sydney set. Future....... better sound PLEASE

tash_mooloolaba said on the 29th Jan, 2009

sounds like someones got a great plan.......... and I LIKE IT!!!

Russ6 said on the 29th Jan, 2009

Hopefully james zabiela comes and does some club shows as well

Finchi said on the 29th Jan, 2009

Wow they make it sound like it was an 'average' festival... Global Gathering was the best dance festival i've been too! Completely agree with trancejunkii.... Godskitchen stage was mind blowing! It has to return! Definately need a House and Electro st

orestone said on the 1st Feb, 2009

Enjoyed the Brisbane festival - it's a shame that the event organisers and the venue feel that all the punters should be ripped off when they buy drinks though. If they are whinging about the lack of ticket sales, then the last thing they should be doi

MrRx4 said on the 30th Mar, 2009

Global was one of the best festivals in 2008. Being not so commercial it didn't attract all the d**kheads that seem to be destroying the dance scene of recent times with there shirt off, lets get smashed, push people around and are not hear for the music