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- Grassroots music venues, which offer a vital launchpad for fledgling acts, risk closure, new research warns. The Music Venues Trust (MVT) said financial stresses led 125 UK venues to abandon live music in 2023, with over half of these shutting entirely.
www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68050664Grassroots live music venues suffer 'most challenging year ...
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Jan 24, 2024 · The Music Venues Trust (MVT) said financial stresses led 125 UK venues to abandon live music in 2023, with over half of these shutting entirely. Soaring utility bills and an average...
Jan 24, 2024 · A new report has been published showing the "disaster" that struck the UK's grassroots music venues in 2023, with calls increasing for a ticket levy on arena gigs.
- Andrew Trendell
Jan 4, 2024 · Music. 2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them. Grassroots music venues are under threat. But collective action can – and does – make a difference. That's why Big Issue launched our Venue Watch campaign.
1 day ago · 1st November 2024. Steve Lamacq at Music Venues Trust's Venues Day 2024. Credit: Georgia Penny. The touring circuit across the UK’s grassroots music scene is said to be facing “complete ...
Jan 24, 2024 · An average of two grassroots music venues closed permanently every week in 2023, marking what industry figures have described as the “most challenging” year in a decade.
- Roisin O'connor
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Sep 19, 2023 · The UK is set to lose 10 per cent of its grassroots music venues in 2023 – with calls growing for the “major leagues” of the music industry and larger venues to do more to pay into the...
Dec 14, 2023 · Currently, 84 grassroots music venues are in crisis. They actually don’t make money from programming a new artist who plays original music. It’s bar sales and club nights that finance new...