The past decade has been a transformative time for the festival industry, but by far the most significant trend has been the rise of city-based events. From multi-venue music showcases ...
The UK live music business is coming to terms with last week’s horrific terrorist attack at Manchester Arena, which left 22 dead and over 100 others injured.
A suicide bomber ...
An array of the UK’s most influential music industry executives have hailed the arrival of Labour politician Michael Dugher as the new chief executive of UK Music.
Dugher replaces outgoing ...
Welcome to the first edition of Six Questions With..., a new, short and sharp Q&A interview with a live music figure. This feature will form a regular part of the ...
Not a lot of point in wasting acres of space on what’s already been said about 2016, except to confirm that, yep, on the whole it was an absolute rotter ...
As 2016 draws to a close, Music Week speaks to some of the biggest names from across the industry to find out their favourite moments from the past 12 months. ...
It was Bestival founder Rob Da Bank who coined the idea for an Association Of Independent Festivals (AIF), setting up the not-for-profit organisation with his manager, Ben Turner, in 2008. ...
The Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has announced the shortlist for The Festival Congress Awards 2016.
Hosted by Glastonbury Festival’s Ben Challis, who has acted as the Pilton event’s lawyer ...
Attitude is Everything is celebrating innovation in making live music accessible to deaf and disabled audiences with the launch of the Outstanding Attitude Awards.
The initiative will look to highlight ...
