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Over a third of UK grassroots music venues are loss-making, charity finds

Alarm in sector as cost of living crisis and rent rises mean that 125 independent venues either closed or stopped hosting live music in 2023

The Guardian - UK

London's grassroots music venues are in crisis – how do we save them?

A new annual report from the grassroots charity Music Venues Trust makes for deeply concerning reading – amid mounting costs, 125 venues were forced to close down in 2023.

Evening Standard

Historic music venue Moles, where Oasis, The Killers and Ed Sheeran performed, forced to close after 45 years

Owners say the decision has been ‘horrendous’ and call for ‘major shake-up’ of the live music industry

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FREENOW pledges £1 per ride to help save the UK's live music venues

The Ride for Music campaign has been commended by celebrities across the country, including Ed Sheeran and Amy Lamé

Evening Standard

‘Costs are out of control’: small UK music venues struggle to stay open

Music Venue Trust says 127 grassroots sites have closed or stopped offering music since last summer

The Guardian - UK

Grassroots music venues in middle of ‘full-blown crisis’, Music Venue Trust tells Jeremy Hunt

Charity organisation says more than 15 per cent of UK’s remaining grassroots music venues have been forced to shut their doors in the past 12 months

The Independent UK

The George Tavern: the London gig venue at the heart of the fight against gentrification

The east London haunt, its future uncertain even after a rare protection against noise complaints, is a microcosm of a live music industry under siege

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"CO2 was £13.50, now it’s £37.50. Pints should be £8.50": How two music venues secured their future in 'hard' times

Two venues - Rebellion and The Old Abbey Taphouse - can look to the future

Manchester Evening News

Charity raises £2.1m to buy and save grassroots music venues in UK

Music Venue Trust’s campaign, backed by Ed Sheeran, initially plans to buy nine venues from landlords

The Guardian - UK

Popular Glasgow gig venue the Glad Cafe on track to be saved in campaign to protect grassroots sites

Charity Fundraiser, Own Our Venues, is set to save Glasgow's Glad Cafe as they close in on target with Ed Sheeran and Frank Turner among fundraisers fighting to protect music venues across the UK.

Glasgow Live

‘It’s no good if gigs become the preserve of the posh’ – the crisis facing live music in Britain

Who will fill Britain’s eight new arenas now ticket prices are soaring? Is it true many bands would earn more stacking shelves? And how can official Taylor Swift tickets cost £4,000? Our writer investigates

The Guardian - UK

Black Box Belfast selected for UK-wide grant aimed at improving grassroots spaces

This is the third round of payments and sees a total sum of £55,203 awarded to music venues across the UK

Belfast Live

YTL Arena Bristol responds after report demands investment into grassroots music venues

A new report has said arenas need to 'contribute to the security' of smaller music venues

Bristol Post

The Mancunian Way: Angry Beetham is not happy

A new tallest building PLUS Inspo from Manchester Cathedral AND Nirvana at the Poly

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The Guardian - UK

Music venues threatened by energy crisis as well as slow pandemic recovery, say campaigners

Music Venue Trust says grassroots venues have not fully recovered from pandemic lockdowns, and now face skyrocketing inflation including a 25% rise in ticket prices

Bristol Post

The Louisiana receives thousands for new stage in cost of living crisis

It hopes to be able to book more artists with a second stage

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran backs scheme to secure future of grassroots music venues

Own Our Venues was launched by the charity Music Venue Trust in June as part of a ‘radical’ move to help the sector.

Wales Online

Welsh music venues to be bought by fans to protect them 'forever'

'In the next 10 years we’d like to acquire 200 venues through the scheme and create a democratic shared ownership of the music community'

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