An initiative launching in the UK is hoping to widen music venues’ horizons… to the daytime, with a particular focus on six areas.
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Marc Geiger’s SaveLive has raised $134.5m to buy US venues
It has emerged that the company has even more money to spend on its strategy than was first thought.
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Music Venue Trust surveys fans and venues on concerts’ return
The Music Venue Trust has canvassed opinions from music fans and venues alike about the return of live music.
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Live Nation and Veeps are equipping US venues for livestreaming
There’s a consensus that as physical concerts return, we’re going to see livestreaming continue alongside them, in a hybrid model where fans will be able to watch online (often paying […]
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Tim Burgess is selling earphones to raise money for venues
Thankfully for fans of British music of a certain era and geographic origin, Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess hasn’t spent the Covid-19 lockdown spouting conspiracy-theory claptrap. Instead, he launched Tim’s Twitter Listening Party […]
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UK government reveals lockdown-easing roadmap including events
Yesterday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed a roadmap to “cautiously ease lockdown restrictions”, including some clarity around the potential return of live music events. Performances in indoor venues with a capacity […]
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Music Venue Trust takes 13 more venues off its crisis list
Here’s some more positive news from the campaign in the UK to preserve the future of independent music venues hit by the Covid-19 shutdown. The Music Venue Trust has taken […]
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Former WME exec Marc Geiger to invest in independent venues
Marc Geiger was the music boss at talent agency WME, before leaving earlier this year. Now he’s setting up to invest in a network of independent music venues across the […]
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Save Our Stages Act aims to help independent US venues
Even as Covid-19 lockdowns ease and physical concerts tentatively start to return, independent music venues are still facing a battle to survive. The level of support they’ve been getting from […]
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British music industry unites for #LetTheMusicPlay campaign
For every social-media hashtag campaign that takes off, many more wither and die without anyone noticing. So hats off to the British music industry for avoiding the latter fate with […]
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Campaigns to prevent venue closures step up in US and UK
In a growing number of countries, Covid-19 lockdown measures are easing, and some concerts are coming back – albeit with careful social distancing measures. But independent venues are still under threat […]
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Today’s positive coronavirus-related industry news (15 June)
Independent musicians, especially the ones who made the majority of their income, are having a very tough 2020. In the US, there’s a new body aiming to protect their interests, […]