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The end is so nearly in sight, but today the Music Venue Trust pleaded with Boris Johnson not to fall at the final hurdle. They have warned of “mass evictions” of music venues if any delays past June 21st are not backed up with funding and support. They had been hoping to “reopen every venue safely” at the end of the this month, thanks to the support of the public, but now

New research has shown that a four-week delay to the government’s roadmap would cost the live music sector over £500million

Technical glitch blights virtual Glastonbury festival Published on Share A technical fault on Saturday left frustrated fans unable to access Glastonbury Festival’s livestream concert at the famous farm site in southwest England, after the coronavirus pandemic led to the blockbuster event’s cancellation. The five-hour virtual show kicked off with a performance by British rockers Wolf Alice, but many ticket-holders, who had paid £20 ($28, 23 euros) to access ...

The Glastonbury Festival will on Saturday livestream a concert featuring Coldplay at its famous farm site in southwest England, after the coronavirus pandemic led to the blockbuster event's cancellation for the second consecutive summer.

The Glastonbury Festival will on Saturday livestream a concert featuring Coldplay at its famous farm site in southwest England, after the coronavirus pandemic led to the blockbuster events cancellation for the second consecutive summer. The five-hour virtual show will also include performances by Damon Albarn, Wolf Alice, Haim, Michael Kiwanuka and others from well-known stages around Glastonburys Worthy Farm, including the Stone Circle and Pyramid field. Organiser Emily Eavis, who announced in ...

KT Tunstall have organised intimate home town shows. The dates are part of Passport: Back to Our Roots, a project that aims to celebrate the key role independent venues play in British music. Slow Readers Club will play Hebden Bridge Trades Club on September 19th, while KT Tunstall returns to Dunfermline on October 21st. Metronomy hit Brighton on November 9th, while elbow will tread the boards at Manchesters Night & Day Cafe on November 23rd. The move comes as the vaccination programme roll ou...

The 1865 music venue, Southampton. A NEW campaign has been launched offering beer lovers and music fans the chance to help save Southamptons venues. Fightback Lager has launched its crowdfunding campaign, offering music and beer lovers the opportunity to invest in and co-own the start-up beer brand. Formed in 2018, Fightback converts the connection between beer and live music into a sustainable income for Music Venue Trust (MVT), which has throughout the past year, supported venues across...

Music fans’ views sought to help the UKs live music industry plan for the safe return of gigs Music Venue Trust (MVT) is calling on all fans of live music and grassroots music venues to complete the live music industry’s survey before it closes on 20 April. Aiming to gather important information about audience habits pre-and-post- pandemic, the survey will be used to aid the sector to reopen every venue safely. Data will be used to “help the ...

BBC News Published image copyrightGetty Images image captionLaura Mvula performs at Gorilla in Manchester - a venue that last year narrowly avoided closure Entertainment and arts bodies have broadly welcomed Wednesdays Budget announcement, while also demanding greater support and clarity. Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the Government will give £390m to help arts venues in England, including theatres, museums and galleries, reopen. The lions share (£300m) will go into the pre-existing Cultur...

The Music Venue Trust are "completely determined" to save them all and bring back live music safely 26th February 2021 Jonny Hostile and Jehnny Beth performing as John & Jehn at Black Heart during The Camden Crawl 2010 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Broussely/Redferns) The Music Venue Trust have updated their list of venues in danger of being closed forever – with some saved but six more now at risk. The MVT’s #SaveOurVenues campaign, designed to help the grassroots gig spaces at risk o...