Tag: venues
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Music Venue Trust launches Christmas gifting campaign to help at-risk grassroots venues – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] The Music Venue Trust (MVT) has launched a Christmas gifting campaign to help at-risk grassroots venues. Music Venue Properties, the independent Charitable Community Benefit Society created by the MVT, has announced the ‘Give The Gift of Ownership’ scheme, to encourage music fans to gift shares in the campaign to friends and family over the…
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Taxi app FREENOW to give £1 from every ride to save grassroots music venues – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] Taxi app FREENOW has pledged to help save grassroots music venues by donating £1 from every ride to the cause. The incentive comes after a report was shared by Music Venue Trust (MVT) – a leading charity devoted to protecting, securing and improving UK Grassroots Music Venues across the country – detailing that the…
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Venues need “action not kind words” and investment from arenas – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] The Music Venue Trust (MVT) have said that grassroots venues in the UK are heading for “disaster” without intervention as more venues face closure – repeating the call for large arenas to invest back into the grassroots. Speaking on a panel about the future of grassroots music at Manchester’s inaugural ‘Beyond The Music‘ conference…
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Live Nation’s ‘On The Road Again’ campaign harms US independent venues, NIVA claims – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) has issued a statement criticising Live Nation’s new campaign to financially support touring artists. As part of Live Nation’s ‘On The Road Again’ initiative, it was announced the entertainment company would drop merch cuts at all of the venues it operates in the US. The campaign, which started…
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Halifax Piece Hall launches scheme to pay back into grassroots venues – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] Halifax Piece Hall has announced a scheme that will support grassroots music venues in Calderdale borough through MVT’s Pipeline Investment Fund (PIF). READ MORE: UK grassroots venues “going over a cliff” without urgent government action or investment from arenas The Music Venue Trust (MVT) signed a groundbreaking agreement with The Piece Hall as well as promoters…
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Live Nation Is Getting Rid Of Merch Fees – Should Indie Venues Follow? – Billboard – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] Nine months before Live Nation made the headline-grabbing decision to cut merch fees at 77 of its clubs and theaters across the country, Ineffable Music Group did it first. Now, the company’s CEO, Thomas Cussins, has a piece of advice for other independent venue owners and operators concerned that the concert giant is using…
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Rock Star/Classical Pianist Yoshiki Will Be First Japanese Artist To Headline Historic Venues Including Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, And More In Classical World Tour With Orchestra @ Top40-Charts.com – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Japanese rock artist YOSHIKI’s highly-anticipated 2023 classical world tour was announced at the GRAMMY Museum® on May 15. During a press conference attended by U.S. and international media, YOSHIKI – composer, classically-trained pianist, rock drummer, and leader of rock bands X JAPAN and THE LAST ROCKSTARS – revealed details…
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New owners of Sheffield’s The Leadmill respond to venue’s anti-eviction campaign – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] The new owners of The Leadmill in Sheffield have responded to the venue’s fresh appeal for support of their anti-eviction campaign. READ MORE: If Sheffield’s Leadmill – the venue that helped break Arctic Monkeys – goes, we all lose something Last year, the iconic venue announced that it was facing threat of closure due to…
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Music venues and clubs warn of mass closures after government spring budget revealed – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] Music venues and clubs have warned of the continual threat they face in the aftermath of the UK government’s reveal of the spring budget. Both the Music Venue Trust (MVT) and the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) have said that the government has failed to consider the threats to the night-time economy as the…
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Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms celebrate 20th anniversary: “Certain venues rise above” – Armessa Music News
[ad_1] The team behind Nottingham’s beloved Rescue Rooms, and hometown band Panchiko, have spoken to the NME about the recent 20th anniversary celebrations for the venue and the current plight of live music in the UK. The 400-capacity Goldsmith Street venue opened on 22 February 2003 and has since served as a pivotal stepping stone…