IT IS WITH REGRET THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE

CLOSURE OF OUR ARTIST AGENCIES 

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This has not been an easy decision - over 30 years of setting it up (from an idea to help a couple of local DJ mates get more bookings) to developing the agency into an industry respected full-time international business assisting many breakthrough and established artist and performers widen their opportunities, and all the success and enjoyment we had along the way, is not something one ends lightly.

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Our agency like many music entertainment businesses took a huge hit from both Covid-19 and the worldwide lockdown, damage to our customers venues and club promotions, as well as the restrictions imposed on the export of UK artists to perform in the EU following BREXIT.

 

I had hoped that there would be some way back from this, but unfortunately while exploring ways to make up the 80% of business we had lost, I suffered a personal tragedy in 2022, losing my partner Alice to sudden illness which was totally devastating.  Bereavement obviously gives you a vastly different perspective on life and as the business was not showing signs of recovering it was the right time to wind them up, retire early and enjoy some well earned leisure time with family and friends, go and see a bit more of the world, and tick off a few more things from the bucket list.

 

​A BIG THANK YOU 

 

I would like to thank everyone who helped make Sparkle Agency something special, from its early days as DJServices.com, through Sparkle Productions, Sparkle Agency, Sparkle Premier, and its later offshoots Fabulous Management, and FlyerDesign.co, all of you were magnificent in your support.

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Big mentions in particular to Nikki and Mike at Flipside/ Female DJs.com for a long and fabulous partnership and ongoing friendship, DJ Jon Caroll who gave me some invaluable advice about webpages way way back at the very start, James Robertson of the Music Industry Manual for the good deals he gave me on entries in the MIM to help boost our agency profile just when we needed it, Nick (RIP my friend) and Guy from Monkey Business who trusted us to design the very first club flyer we ever did, DJs Tim Davies and Mark Murray for being top chaps who helped keep me sane, Vicky, Nikki, Eve and the Sophie's from Charlys Angelz Ibiza for adding a ton of glamour to it all, and Wayne & Joel from the excellent X-Static nights who gave us a steady stream of flyer business for many years, plus of course the many international and UK promoters and venues who came back time after time over the years to keep booking from our roster. 

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And our artists and performers - what can I say but WOW! A nicer, more talented, and thoroughly professional bunch of clients we couldn't wish for, and their dedication gave us the thing we were most proud of and no other agency could match - a 30-year continuous record of performances with not a single no-show, EVER! 

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WHAT WE DID 

 

Just a reminder of some of the milestones and achievements we were most proud of...​

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WHAT HAPPENS NOW 

 

The business entities of 'Sparkle Agency' 'Sparkle Premier' and 'Fabulous Management' have now been ceased and are no longer in operation. 

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All artist contracts (all of which were non-exclusive anyway), are now voided by reason of the agency no longer operating, all commercial and financial matters were effectively completed and wound up earlier this year. 

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We are currently in the process of removing artist profiles and images from the website servers - this will take some time to work through and we will be redirecting every image link and page link to redirect to this page so images etc should start disappearing from search engines soon, but please note we have no control over the speed of this latter process.  Once we have removed them from our server you are able if you wish to contact Google to remove them if they remain in Google's memory,  but please clear your pc/phone/laptop browser cache first in case it is your local device storing these.

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We have number of desirable DJ and performer domain names which are now available - £250 each for the single domains or £350 for the .com/.co.uk pairs (not sold separately)  these prices are approx. one third of the valuation suggested by SEDO

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bookatributeband.com/.co.uk  

bookdjs.co.uk

dance-djs.com/.co.uk

female-djs.com/.co.uk 

house-djs.com/.co.uk

musicianbookings.co.uk

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sparkleagency.com/.co.uk and fabulousmanagement.com/.co.uk will be available in the near future for £750 for each domain pair given their industry pedigree and reputation. 

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If you have any queries about the the closure of the agency or acquiring the above domain names please contact us on sparkleagency@gmail.com - this email will remain current for at least the next few months while we tie up the last of the loose ends. Thank you for your patience. 

 

Adios my fabulous music friends - hopefully we will see each other again socially or on the dancefloor.

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Spike Hull, Agency Director 

December 2024 

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