Beverley Whitrick: Last News

Coldplay appear to be teasing details of some huge stadium shows for summer 2025, with 10 per cent of all band proceeds seemingly set to go to the Music Venue Trust.The Glastonbury 2024 headliners seem to be on the verge of announcing massive gigs for next summer in support of their upcoming 10th album ‘Moon Music‘. Posters advertising the band’s very first gig as then ‘The Coldplay’ from 1998 at the Dublin Castle reappeared at the London venue today (Sunday September 15) – but with new handwritten notes added.The band posted a video to their Instagram Stories showing the posters throughout the Camden venue, while Music Venue Trust COO Beverley Whitrick took to social media to highlight “the coolest poster”.Along with some sketches pointing to ‘Moon Music’, the handwritten notes also suggest that Chris Martin and co will be playing Craven Park in Hull and London’s Wembley Stadium next August, with the shows not only being 100 per cent solar, wind and kinetically powered, but will also be in support of Music Venue Trust with 10 per cent of all proceeds going to “small venues and upcoming acts”.A post shared by Beverley Whitrick (@bevwhitrick)The band’s ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour recently became the biggest rock tour of all time, grossing $945.7million and selling 8.8million tickets since it began in March 2022.

their website, which will allow you to buy tickets 24 hours in advance.A post shared by Amber’s (@ambers.club)In a statement, a representative from the venue said: “At Amber’s we want the music, sound and vibe to be the reason you come back. We aim to bring some of the best artists in the world to our club, to play at an affordable price point, with the focus on brilliant music and sound, every single week.”Amber’s opening comes at a time of crisis for UK venues and follows the recent news that North West England suffered the worst music venue closures in the country last year.

deliver their first annual report at the Houses Of Parliament – warning grassroots gig spaces in the UK were “going over a cliff” without without urgent government action and investment from new large arenas. After the stark warning that the UK was set to lose 10 per cent of its grassroots music venues in 2023, the MVT and others from the sector ended the year by telling NME how 2023 was the “worst year for venue closures” while “no one in music industry seems to care”.Now, the MVT have shared their full report into the state of the sector for 2023.

APPOINTMENTSModest! Management has appointed Sarah Gallagher as Managing Director. She originally joined the company in 2009.

DEALSBucks Music Group has signed new songwriting agreements with Jamie McCool and Simon Pogson. “Jamie and Simon are incredibly talented and sought-after individuals with reputations that are growing every day among artist and industry communities alike”, says the music publisher’s MD Simon Platz. “They combine to make something really special.

Frank Turner and Steve Lamacq and NME once again acting as media partner.Taking place at the newly-refurbished St John at Hackney Church in London on Tuesday October 18, the event will see delegates representing venues, promoters, agents, artists, government departments, funding bodies and more come together to “network, interact and share experiences”.NME will be acting as media partner for MVT’s Venues Day for the second time after doing so last year and chairing a panel at 2021’s hybrid event at London’s Earth in Hackney. DJ, journalist and MVT champion Steve Lamacq will also be sharing the stories and experiences of some of the UK’s premiere grassroots venues, while Frank Turner will be making this year’s introductory keynote speech.A post shared by Music Venue Trust (@musicvenuetrust)Beverley Whitrick, Chief Operating Officer at Music Venue Trust said: “It has become increasingly clear that after a tough couple of years there will be no return to the past, and it is now critical that new connections are made and that alternative ways of doing things are explored.

APPOINTMENTSKobalt in the US has promoted Jamie Kinelski to Senior Vice President & Head Of West Coast Creative. “I’m so grateful for the opportunity I’ve had growing up as a publisher at Kobalt, the most dynamic and forward-thinking publishing company where the creator always comes first”, she says.

DEALSSony Music Publishing has signed country singer-songwriter Trey Lewis to a global publishing deal. “I appreciate the whole Sony Music Publishing team for supporting me and being champions for my career and believing in me as both an artist and a writer”, he says.