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In The City to take a year off
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 24 June 2011
Organisers of Manchester-based music business convention and new band festival In The City have announced they are taking a year off, but will return for a 20th anniversary celebration in 2012.
ITC was relocated within Manchester and revamped a little last year as it endevourted to compete in the increasingly competitive music convention market, changes which were generally well received. However, most of the staff brought in to lead the revamp were quietly made redundant earlier this year. Yesterday the event’s co-founder, Yvette Livesy, revealed that she had decided to take a year’s sabbatical to recover from a serious, long-term illness, but that ITC would return next year.
Livesey told reporters: “I have been suffering from a serious, long-term illness for some years now and thankfully I am now fully recovered. I am also getting married and having a baby this year so I have made the decision to take a year-long sabbatical. This means that although there will not be an In The City this year we are going to have the opportunity to plan an amazing event to celebrate our 20th Anniversary in 2012”.
