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More than a dozen MPs and over 100 event industry executives have signed a letter to the chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak, copying in prime minister Boris Johnson, calling for him to implement a Government-backed insurance scheme for festival, live music and events or face them disappearing from our fields and cities for good. The letter, written by DCMS Committee chair Julian Knight MP, follows the 5 January opening hearing of the Committee’s inquiry into the future of UK music festivals, during which festival operators emphasised the urgent need for Government support. At a cruci...

Calls for insurance scheme intensify in industry letter Thursday, 7 January 2021 A number of MPs and live event specialists have signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak in a bid to save summer events and more (Photo: Hanny Naibaho) UK - The live events industry has launched a fresh appeal for a government-backed COVID-19 insurance scheme with a letter signed by 120 sector representatives and MPs. In the letter, written by the chair of the DCMS committee Julian Knight and addressed to the chancellor Rishi Sunak, the sector - which has largely been shut down since March 2020 - warns that “[w]...

Out there, letting people know, look, we're aggressive, really intimidating. they're likely to be very disrespectful, anti-authority, more likely to be very disruptive in the living units. >> nothing can prepare you for going into the orojone unit. you realize these are a bunch of young men with a lot of energy a lot of anger, feel tremendously caged in and they start banging and yelling and screaming. >> a show of force and come dominance, they wanted everyone to know they were the audio group there. i felt bad for our audio mixer. >> what's it like recording audio in here? >> as you can tell...