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“It’s cultural degradation”: what corona-closures mean for live music in the north
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nme.comAli Shutler hears from bands and concerned commentatorsDespite the government promising a £1.57 billion cash injection for venues and arts spaces alongside the announcement that some socially distanced live shows can take place indoors from the first of August, last week was full of terrible news for the northern music scene, which has a history of being painfully underfunded – a 2017 report found that the arts in the north would need a £700m cash injection to bring it to parity with London in the next funding round.Manchester’s Gorilla and The Deaf Institute were reported to be closing, along with Hull’s The Welly and The Polar Bear, following Covid-19’s decimation of the live music scene.
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