Frank Turner on the threat faced by independent venues: “Music will be dominated by the output of Simon Cowell”
nme.comFrank Turner has starkly warned that music will be “dominated by the output of Simon Cowell” if independent venues cease to exist.Over 400 grassroots music venues in the UK are at imminent risk of closing for good as a consequence of coronavirus, despite a campaign from the Music Venue Trust which has saved cultural 140 spaces so far.Speaking to NME ahead of a gig to raise funds for The Clapham Grand this evening, Turner warned that the next generation of artists will fail to break through if venues cease to exist.“If the infrastructure of grassroots music ceases to exist then there will still be big shows at arenas and it will be entirely dominated by the output of people like Simon Cowell,” he told NME.“I’m not here to fight a war against.
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