Music Venue Trust (MVT) and Audoo have announced a major three-month study into music performed in grassroots venues.
It follows initial research that matched just 21% of measured live performance ...
A two-year investigation has found evidence of systemic racial bias in London's music licensing system, with Black music events cancelled, restricted and shut down at disproportionately higher rates than white-led ...
Centre Stage: Mark Davyd assesses the state of the grassroots music sector
FIFA announced in late July that it wanted to create FIFA Forward Enterprise, a company holding the commercial ...
“I'm very easy going... but I don't take any shit,” Jazzy tells Music Week in the October 2026 issue, as our brand new cover star unveils her bid for solo ...
MVT’s Mark Davyd ponders what new PM Andy Burnham can bring to the grassroots sector
Andy Burnham is a proper music fan. But whenever the conversation turns to his specialty ...
Music Venue Trust (MVT) has announced updates about its senior leadership team as it enters its next phase of growth.
The news comes as the charity completes a multi-year programme ...
UK music industry groups have welcomed new Prime Minister Andy Burnham's announcement of an additional 20% business rates cut for live music venues.
The move will see business rates bills reduced for pubs, ...
Applications are now open for the latest round of the Liveline Fund, designed to support the UK grassroots music sector, following several successful pilot projects.
Delivered by Music Venue ...
BBC Radio 6 Music has revealed further details about its new BBC Sounds extension, Indie Forever.
Created by 6 Music and dedicated to the “biggest and best indie pop, ...
Mark Davyd on what the Music Growth Package means for venuesWhen the government published the Creative Industries Sector Plan in 2025, it made a landmark commitment – representing over ...
