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Mean Fiddler is planning to invest in two further continental European festivals before the end of the year, after taking a stake In German rock festival Bizarrefest.

CEO Melvyn Benn hints that Spain is next on the company's horizons, following a deal to take a 25% share in the key German event from Concert Co-operation Bonn GmbH. He says the German agreement will enhance the promotion package that Mean Fiddler can offer to artists and labels, as Bizarrefest takes place every August in the weak before the promoter's Reading and Leeds events.

"The shareholding in Bizarre is the first step in Mean Fiddler's expansion into mainland Europe," says Benn, whose company has an option to increase its stake in the event to 50%. "We aren't planning an ...

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