Spotify gives $500k to help US venues – will it do the same in the UK?

nme.com:

Spotify has donated $500k (£381,236) to support independent music venues in the US.The streaming giant reallocated funds from its annual media budget to the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), which is lobbying the US government for financial aid to help keep venues afloat during the coronavirus crisis.To say thank you for the donation – the second largest to NIVA following US brewing company Anhauser Busch’s $1million – dozens of NIVA member venues gave Spotify permission to use their venue marquees to highlight huge acts that kickstarted their careers in America’s grassroots venues.Alex Bodman, Spotify’s VP, Global Executive Creative Director, told a press meeting on Monday (November 30) that the marquees, “tell stories of.