Iconic Moles music venue in Bath shuts down
Renowned for hosting iconic artists like Ed Sheeran, Radiohead, and The Smiths, Moles was a key player in the UK music scene.
Renowned for hosting iconic artists like Ed Sheeran, Radiohead, and The Smiths, Moles was a key player in the UK music scene.
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Industry leaders fear for the long-term impact on the UK music industry over the challenges faced by grassroots music venues amid the cost-of-living crisis.
A new report from Music Venue Trust (MVT), the organisation supporting grassroots music venues, has revealed the latest figures on the health of live music venues – and numbers from last year are still well below pre-pandemic levels.
Independent Venue Week, an annual celebration of independent music and arts venues across the country, has begun – at a time when such sites face more challenges than ever.
The number of UK nightclubs has declined by almost a third since before the pandemic, according to a new report.
A whistleblower alleges that security guards regularly took bribes to let ticketless people into concerts at Brixton Academy, after two people died in a crush at the venue in December.
Manchester’s Night & Day independent music venue, which has played host to the likes of Elbow, Wet Leg and Arctic Monkeys, faces a court case next month over a noise complaint which could see the venue’s closure.
A new arts venue in Manchester - due to open next year, four years behind schedule - is hoping to fetch £25m for the sale of its naming rights.
The Music Venue Trust (MVT) have expanded on their statement “warmly” welcoming the government’s Energy Bill Relief scheme to support businesses, but have told whynow there is far more support needed to combat the “continual wave of challenges which have simply swamped venue operators” since the spring of 2020.
A new poll from the Night Time Industries Association paints yet another bleak picture for businesses in the night time economy industry.
Though saying that Liz Truss’ new policy over energy costs “goes some way in alleviating the challenge” faced by the live music sector, the Music Venue Trust have urged the government “to take further action to ensure a long-term solution”.
UK Music Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has said that music venues, studios and other music businesses face closure without swift action to help with rising energy bills.
Five key organisations representing the UK hospitality industry have signed an open letter to the government demanding an immediate intervention on rising energy prices hitting the sector.
There are a fifth fewer nightclubs in Britain since the country’s first lockdown in March 2020, according to figures from the Night Time Industries Association.
A new initiative launched today from Independent Venue Community (IVC) will help venues support people who don’t normally attend gigs or grassroots venues to do so.
A new initiative from the Music Venue Trust (MVT) has been launched to try and purchase the freehold of grassroots music venues across the UK, in a bid to secure their long-term futures.