Music Venue Trust calls for date live music can return to Wales

nme.com:

Music Venue Trust (MVT) has called on the Welsh government to set a date for the reopening of live music venues.Despite cinemas, inside hospitality and other venues returning to the country on May 17 in line with the new alert level two – and a limited crowd of 500 attending a pilot event at Cardiff Castle on May 15 – no official date for live music events has been specified.In an open letter MVT has asked the government to provide clarity on the return of live entertainment in the country.“The Alert Level for reopening these venues with socially distanced measures has been achieved, but live music is not being permitted and no guidance is being issued,” the letter reads.“Welsh grassroots music venues can be open, but live music cannot take.