Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham shares support for the £1 arena ticket levy to save grassroots venues: “Urgent action is needed”
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nme.comfull report into the state of the sector for 2023, showing the “disaster” facing live music with venues closing at a rate of around two per week.
Presented at Westminster, the MVT echoed their calls for a levy on tickets on gigs at arena size and above and for major labels and such to pay back into the grassroots scene, arguing that “the big companies are now going to have to answer for this”.The Music Venue Trust has pushed for this system to be introduced as a way of safeguarding the UK’s talent pipeline, similar to how the Premier League funds local football clubs.
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