Elbow and Metronomy.First announced back in August, ‘Passport: Back to Our Roots’ intends to help support the UK’s independent grassroots music venues by assembling a bill of big-name and established artists to headline a series of one-off fundraising gigs at a number of independent venues.The initiative has so far raised nearly £140,000 from music fans entering a prize draw for tickets to the gigs, with proceeds going towards both the individual venues involved and the Music Venue Trust’s #SaveOurVenues campaign.New dates for four of the shows, which will only go ahead when no social distancing is required at music venues, have been announced this morning (May 5).
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