NTIA: a third of UK venues threatened with closure within a month with no government support

nme.com:

up to 40 per cent of music fans in the UK were revealed to have not turned up to gigs recently due to a rise in COVID cases, while one in five ticketholders didn’t turn up to gigs in 2021.Last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions for the country due to a rise in cases of the Omicron variant, in measures dubbed ‘Plan B’.The NTIA’s survey, which was conducted at the weekend (December 18-19), shows that nighttime venues have lost on average £46,000 each in lost sales over the festive period so far due to gig cancellations, while a 40 per cent drop in attendance has been reported at businesses requiring COVID certificates for entry.“It really is a chilling prospect to see so many venues in our sector left to bleed, with.