Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd’s monthly deep dive into live music’s biggest issues...
Exactly 377 days after I last set foot in London I finally made it back to ...
Signature Brew has announced a £250,000 commitment to live music, with beer grants from £500 to £5,000 in value offered to independent music venues nationwide.
Venues can visit the Signature ...
Sky Arts has commissioned CC-Lab to produce a new music documentary and live performance format entitled The Live Revival.
The series will shine a light on hard-hit small music venues ...
Any column about royalty collection for songwriters is usually subject to allegations that the author doesn’t want those writers or publishers to be paid. So, let’s clear this up: the ...
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced details of over 2,700 organisations being offered nearly £400 million in grants and loans to help the culture and heritage sector reopen and recover. ...
A year ago, the Covid pandemic forced the closure of all grassroots venues.
Here, Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd looks back on a difficult 12 months, salutes the resilience ...
Tim Burgess has teamed up with Flare Audio to launch a set of custom earphones for his Twitter Listening Parties. The project will help raise money for UK grassroots music ...
Ahead of Rishi Sunak’s Budget, there were key priorities for the music sector including the furlough scheme and government-backed insurance for festivals.
There was some good news on the extension ...
The live sector has responded to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement in the House Of Commons on a roadmap out of Covid restrictions.
After almost a year of total ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has used his latest Downing Street news conference to suggest that quick Covid-19 tests could enable nightclubs and theatres to reopen.
Although he stressed that it ...
