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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Kevin Rawlinson

Music industry risks excluding working-class talent, says Tinie Tempah

Tinie Tempah at the Ivor Novello Awards at Grosvenor House in London
Tinie Tempah at the Ivor Novello awards at Grosvenor House in London on Thursday. As well as performing he campaigns to save the UK’s smaller music venues. Photograph: Ian West/PA

The music industry risks becoming a more hostile place for working-class artists, Tinie Tempah and Skye Newman have said at the Ivor Novello awards.

Without work to save small music venues that act as cradles for nascent music scenes, and specific efforts to find and promote talent from diverse backgrounds, the industry is likely to miss out on the next big thing, they argued.

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