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The UK Government say that they’re currently on target to vaccinate 14 million people by mid-February, with the current capacity for two million vaccinations per week. It is hoped that efforts will be amped up through vulnerable groups and tended to the rest of the country throughout the spring to allow for festivals to safely take place this summer. Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic and boss of events including Reading & Leeds and Download Festival, told NME: “I feel ver...

BBC News By Oliver Wright image copyrightPA Media image captionFrank Turner performed to a socially distanced audience at the Clapham Grand in July 2020 Music venues across England have remained largely silent for the past nine months after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close their doors. As the unwanted anniversary of a year without live music approaches for some, musician Frank Turner is once again picking up his guitar to help. "If you had told me back in March last year," says Fra...

Advertisement Dowden had said that “it was the EU letting down music on both sides of the Channel – not us”, before EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier said that he “regretted that the British didn’t display any greater ambition”. Now, with music fans encouraged to keep signing a petition to help and write to their MPS, the industry are calling for differences to be put aside and for answers to be found. “At the moment, there are no positives,” said Mark Davyd, former concert p...

Figures from the UK music industry have expressed concern that the impact of the Brexit deal on musicians who might not be able to tour Europe could also potentially prevent them from acquiring a visa to play in the United States. 

By: Gideon Gottfried James Mcauley Frank Turner at the opening event in 2020.The AmericanaClash, which kicked off Americanafest 2020, raised money for the local homeless charity. Americanafest UK is just over two weeks away, Jan 26-28. For the first time itll be an all-digital event, which includes the UK Americana Awards 2021 ceremony.  Aside from planning out this unique edition, the UK Americana Music Association has been busy during the COVID cri...

The Moth Club in Hackney. - Credit: Alex Amoros A Stoke Newington photographer spent the second lockdown taking photographs of London music venues to raise awareness of an ongoing campaign to save them.  Alex Amoros 40 Music Venues project showcases closed venues in London, many of which are located in Hackney, Islington and Camden. He hopes his photographs help visualise the plight of much-loved and visited haunts and bolster a campaign by charity Music Venues Trust (MVT) to Save Our Ve...

Music Venue Trust reveal #SaveOurVenues campaign has raised over £3.8 million this year The organisation say they have been able to support 920 Music Venues Alliance members during the coronavirus pandemic The 1975 perform at the Bodega in Nottingham, 2013 (Picture: Getty) The Music Venue Trust has announced that their #SaveOurVenues campaign has raised over £3.8 million this year for crisis-hit grassroots music venues across the UK. Launched back in April after music venues up and down t...

Five ways for brands to support the music industry Brands can help to ensure we can all enjoy summer 2021. by Sina Nutz Free email bulletins

Wigans The Old Courts donates extraordinary sum to fellow gig venue An amazing example of community and industry solidarity Updated The Old Courts in Wigan (Image: Google Maps) For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter hereInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or ser...

A London nightclub will pilot a new ventilation system in January that could lead the way in making clubs and music venues more COVID-secure.  According to an announcement on their Instagram, London’s 100 Club on Oxford Street will be the first to trial the system designed to eliminate as much as 99.9% of airborne pathogens, including coronavirus. The Pathogen Reduction System (PRS), developed by engineers, scientists, and medical experts, utilises a similar technology to that used in water ...