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MPs urged to ‘seize the moment’ and support grassroots music venues ahead of general election

Music Venue Trust also calls for a fan-led review to fully examine the challenges faced by the sector

The Independent UK

Save our grassroots music spaces: cross-party report calls for levy to help venues in crisis

With politics now moving into the gladiatorial phase for the general election, it’s easy to forget the huge amount of parliamentary work taken up by cross-party efforts in select committees responsible for overseeing the work of government departments.

The Conversation

MPs call for levy on arena concert tickets to raise funds for struggling small venues

Trade bodies welcome proposal from cross-party culture committee that would prop up grassroots gig venues without passing cost to consumers

The Guardian - UK

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More gigs postponed amid opening week chaos at Manchester Co-op Live arena

General manager resigns after test event problems at 23,500-capacity venue, with shows rescheduled

The Guardian - UK

Thousands ‘fuming’ after tickets cancelled for Co-op Live arena show in Manchester

Rick Astley sang for staff, VIPs and press in test event at UK’s biggest indoor arena ahead of opening

The Guardian - UK

‘New music and a good night out’: Amy Winehouse film shows vital role of small venues

At the Dublin Castle in London, where the singer played, musicians and gig-goers say grassroots scene needs saving

The Guardian - UK

Concert arenas urged to add £1 ticket levy to help small UK venues

Industry leaders say crisis-hit grassroots spaces are struggling to stay open as costs rise

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Why British nightlife is shutting down – taking with it all its magic and messy glory

A modern night out is a £180 Taylor Swift gig followed by a good night’s sleep. Meanwhile, the kind of venues where artists learn their craft are falling silent, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Music venue Bush Hall needs to raise £42,000 in four months or close down

The venue has been open for almost quarter of a century

Evening Standard

Radar Festival announces Music Venue Trust partnership

Radar Festival to become first music festival to donate ticket sale proceeds to Music Venue Trust

Metal Hammer

Over a third of UK grassroots music venues are loss-making, charity finds

Alarm in sector as cost of living crisis and rent rises mean that 125 independent venues either closed or stopped hosting live music in 2023

The Guardian - UK

London's grassroots music venues are in crisis – how do we save them?

A new annual report from the grassroots charity Music Venues Trust makes for deeply concerning reading – amid mounting costs, 125 venues were forced to close down in 2023.

Evening Standard

Historic music venue Moles, where Oasis, The Killers and Ed Sheeran performed, forced to close after 45 years

Owners say the decision has been ‘horrendous’ and call for ‘major shake-up’ of the live music industry

The Independent UK

FREENOW pledges £1 per ride to help save the UK's live music venues

The Ride for Music campaign has been commended by celebrities across the country, including Ed Sheeran and Amy Lamé

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

‘Costs are out of control’: small UK music venues struggle to stay open

Music Venue Trust says 127 grassroots sites have closed or stopped offering music since last summer

The Independent UK

Grassroots music venues in middle of ‘full-blown crisis’, Music Venue Trust tells Jeremy Hunt

Charity organisation says more than 15 per cent of UK’s remaining grassroots music venues have been forced to shut their doors in the past 12 months

The Guardian - UK

The George Tavern: the London gig venue at the heart of the fight against gentrification

The east London haunt, its future uncertain even after a rare protection against noise complaints, is a microcosm of a live music industry under siege

Manchester Evening News

"CO2 was £13.50, now it’s £37.50. Pints should be £8.50": How two music venues secured their future in 'hard' times

Two venues - Rebellion and The Old Abbey Taphouse - can look to the future

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The Guardian - UK

Charity raises £2.1m to buy and save grassroots music venues in UK

Music Venue Trust’s campaign, backed by Ed Sheeran, initially plans to buy nine venues from landlords

Glasgow Live

Charity Fundraiser, Own Our Venues, is set to save Glasgow's Glad Cafe as they close in on target with Ed Sheeran and Frank Turner among fundraisers fighting to protect music venues across the UK.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s no good if gigs become the preserve of the posh’ – the crisis facing live music in Britain

Who will fill Britain’s eight new arenas now ticket prices are soaring? Is it true many bands would earn more stacking shelves? And how can official Taylor Swift tickets cost £4,000? Our writer investigates

Belfast Live

Black Box Belfast selected for UK-wide grant aimed at improving grassroots spaces

This is the third round of payments and sees a total sum of £55,203 awarded to music venues across the UK

Bristol Post

YTL Arena Bristol responds after report demands investment into grassroots music venues

A new report has said arenas need to 'contribute to the security' of smaller music venues

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: Angry Beetham is not happy

A new tallest building PLUS Inspo from Manchester Cathedral AND Nirvana at the Poly

The Guardian - UK

Music venues threatened by energy crisis as well as slow pandemic recovery, say campaigners

Music Venue Trust says grassroots venues have not fully recovered from pandemic lockdowns, and now face skyrocketing inflation including a 25% rise in ticket prices

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