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Tax hikes will ‘devastate’ London’s live music venues and raise ticket prices, warns O2 boss

Tax changes could result in higher ticket prices, fewer concerts and some grassroots music venues closing down, with London particularly vulnerable

Evening Standard

‘It’s a lot darker than Sleaford Mods’: Jason Williamson on acting, rejection and a radical portrait of street life

The frontman is realising his stage dreams by starring in Edgecity which draws on playwright gobscure’s experience of being homeless. The pair talk about an urgent, explosive show

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Taylor Swift and Charli XCX tours help drive record year for UK live music

Total consumer spending on the sector reached £6.7 billion in 2024, industry body Live said.

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift’s Eras tour helps fuel UK consumer spending on live music to record £6.7bn high

Report from Live shows spending £2bn higher than before Covid-19 shutdowns, although grassroots venues are still closing at an increasing rate

The Guardian - UK

Here is why Kelly Ripa has been missing from her morning show Live with Kelly and Mark

Live With Kelly and Mark is without one of its titular personalities this week, but fret not, there was good reason.

The Independent UK

“He told me how hard it is to live up to that innovation, year after year, tour after tour’: Former Live guitarist Chad Taylor has no regrets about meeting his hero Steve Howe

The American learned a lifetime of lessons when he had dinner with the British prog pioneer, after Owner Of A Lonely Heart had led him to Asia and Trevor Horn

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UK Live Music Industry Breaks £6.1bn Record as Beyoncé and Coldplay Spark Concert Boom

The UK live music industry reached a record £6.1 billion economic impact in 2023, driven by major tours from Beyoncé, Coldplay, and others

International Business Times UK

The LIVE Trust charity just made its first £500,000 from voluntary ticket price contributions

The money will be used to fund grassroots music ventures all across the UK

MusicRadar

‘Bigger than the Queen’: the day Muhammad Ali blew Tyneside away

One day after a royal visit, the boxing icon hit South Shields at his own expense, played darts, had his marriage blessed, and trounced Elizabeth II’s turnout. Our writer explains why he has written a play about the day the Greatest changed many lives – including his own

The Guardian - UK

The play that changed my life: ‘Your Home in the West was an explosive act of anger’

Rod Wooden’s play about poverty in Newcastle broached the class divide with disconcerting realism

The Guardian - UK

Resale ticket prices to be capped after Oasis row in bid to stamp out touts

‘For too long fans have had to endure the misery of touts hoovering up tickets for resale at vastly inflated prices,’ culture secretary Lisa Nandy said

The Independent UK

Price of resale tickets to be capped under plans to clamp down on touts

The measures would aim to prevent organised touts reselling a large number of tickets at vastly inflated prices, the Government said

Evening Standard

“Was that open-string a mistake or pure brilliance? Who cares? It’s a masterpiece”: Did bass maestro Willie Weeks miss a note on this Donny Hathaway classic?

Willie Weeks is best known for his storied bass solo on Hathaway’s 1972 Live album, but the disc also features what may be his baddest bassline

Guitar World

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The Guardian - UK

‘We want to put audiences on edge’: the team bringing A24 horror film Saint Maud to the stage

A new theatre adaptation is giving Rose Glass’s creepy tale of religious obsession an industrial north-east slant – but it hasn’t lost the film’s fear factor

Cycling News

Hitting halfway – Lachlan Morton delivers 600km day in west as he whips through lap of Australia

Tackling continuing heat and achilles tenderness but EF Education-EasyPost rider still well ahead of target

Evening Standard

The UK's live music sector generated more than £6 billion for the economy in 2023

But the increase in revenue came despite major challenges, including high inflation, cost of living crisis and the huge barriers facing touring artists since Brexit

The Guardian - UK

Economic impact of UK live music industry hits record £6.1bn

Exclusive: Growth in sector in 2023 driven by concerts featuring big names such as Elton John and Beyoncé

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Check Out Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland's 134-Foot-Long LED Upgrade

SNA Displays retrofitted an outdated façade display. Here are five things to know about the upgrade.

USA Today Sports Media Group

WATCH: Charles Melton discusses his Eagles fandom on ‘Live with Kelly and Mark’

Another celebrity who bleeds green is Riverdale's Charles Melton.

The Guardian - UK

MPs call for levy on arena concert tickets to raise funds for struggling small venues

Trade bodies welcome proposal from cross-party culture committee that would prop up grassroots gig venues without passing cost to consumers

Louder

"People used it to mourn to": In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, one song captured the mood of a nation and turned Live into unprepared superstars

Live's heartfelt anthem became a beacon and spirited Throwing Copper to the top of the charts: Not bad for a small-town band from Pennsylvania

Broadcasting & Cable

‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ Celebrates One-Year Anniversary

Disney talker leads all daytime talk for fourth consecutive year

Top News

Kelly Ripa And Mark Consuelos To Co-Host Oscars Show

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos co-host Live's After the Oscars Show with movie parodies, performances, and backstage winner interviews.

The Guardian - UK

‘Astonishing’ British horror film Saint Maud to hit the stage

Acclaimed British movie starring Morfydd Clark will be adapted for Live theatre in Newcastle by Jessica Andrews, with music by Gazelle Twin

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