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Wasserman Music has acquired Paradigm UK’s live music representation business, expanding its global client roster and deepening European footprint as it adds to the Paradigm North America live music division acquired last year.

BBC).Martin also went on to say that with 240 tours planned for this year, there was some “renewed optimism”.Last year, a new forecast by PwC in their ‘Global Entertainment & Media Outlook 2021–2025’ report, predicted that the UK’s live music sector wasn’t expected to return to its pre-coronavirus pandemic revenues until the year 2025.Mark Maitland, UK head of Entertainment and Media at PwC, said: “UK consumers’ rapid migration to digital behaviours in the pandemic has now become embedded in their day-to-day lives, helping to sustain overall growth across Entertainment and Media for the coming five years. As companies race to meet consumers’ evolving needs with new products, services and experiences, the E&M industry will become more pervasive, more immersive and more diverse.“Some sectors have found interesting ways to navigate the effects of the pandemic – notable examples include B2B events moving to online/virtual and now increasingly hybrid formats.

A contemporary Latin American restaurant boasting mezcal-themed cocktails, live music, and a luxury sharing menu is planning to open its second UK venue in Manchester.

It's set to be a double celebration for Recardo Patrick on April 30 - not only is his stylish Hale venue starting a new live music night but it's also his birthday. To mark the beginning of a new series of live performances at Recardo's - the bar and club in Ashley Road - the Sweet Sensation frontman will be performing at 10pm, as part of an event which will include plenty of other sights and sounds to enjoy.

NME about what the US live music community still needs from the US government to survive this stage of the ongoing pandemic.With ticketholder no-show rates reaching a high of 50 per cent last month and the National Independent Venue Foundation recently relaunching its Emergency Relief Fund, venues and artists told us they are still facing show cancelations, financial challenges, and health risks associated with COVID.Ella Williams, AKA Squirrel Flower, was set to tour independent venues across America in January, following the release of her second album ‘Planet (i)’. But when the highly contagious Omicron variant caused an uptick in COVID cases in January, Williams made the call to push back the first two weeks of her tour.“I didn’t postpone the shows because of local guidance or venue guidance,” she told NME.

Katherine Tulich Legendary U.S. rock band Foo Fighters will play a one-off gig in Australia next month in front of a possible 25,000 fans.

NME about what US fans can expect from live music during the next stage of the ongoing pandemic.With some tours and festivals continuing to be postponed and others’ rescheduled dates due to start in the months ahead, some concern and confusion remains over what to expect from the state of live music this year. The producers of Governors Ball music festival, the people behind ticket-selling app Bandsintown, and an infectious disease specialist told us their insights and projections for events and festivals in 2022.Live music discovery and ticket purchasing app Bandsintown have reported an increase of 8 million users in the last six months. Fabrice Sergent, the app’s managing partner, told NME that those numbers were “pretty astonishing,” adding that recent ticket-buying behaviour in the US showed that “demand for live events is very strong.”“In terms of the number of upcoming shows and festivals being announced [in 2022], we’re still at about half of the number that were announced during this same period of time in the US in 2019 and 2020,” he said. Even with 50 per cent less shows, however, Bandsintown still described “a high level of consumer interest”.“We saw a very strong January in terms of the number of tickets sold; it was twice as many as 2019.

Manchester’s New Century Hall, which once played host to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, will re-open as a live music venue and arts space this summer.

Music Week) has revealed that more than a quarter of live shows have been scrapped in the first three months of 2022.The cancellations have seen the industry once again ask the government for a list of measures for support.These include keeping the re-use rate of VAT on tickets, removing roadblocks on transportation to ensure tours can continue, and resolving the government insurance scheme to support the industry in the event of cancellations.

found itself in dire straits. Venues were shuttering, stages were silent and musicians and fans had to make do with awkward Zoom performances.

IDLES‘ Joe Talbot has explained that he thinks ‘Ultra Mono’ “translated badly” in the absence of live music last year.Speaking to Mojo magazine, the frontman reflected on the setbacks of releasing the album in September 2020 – when concerts were still banned in the UK in a bid to curb coronavirus cases.“I think that album translated badly as a home-listening device.

iOS - Android First up, you can spend a nostalgic Thursday afternoon in the company of the ‘Doris Day’ songbook.Doors open at 1.30pm on Thursday, October 7, for this sensational show paying homage to an undisputed Hollywood Great.The Lanark audience will be treated to more than 20 of Doris Day’s best-known hits, all interwoven with stories, anecdotes, and memories of the life of one of the 20th century’s best loved actor/singers.And if that wasn’t nostalgia enough, the show adds male voices, film projection and live music from the ‘Day at Night’ band to really evoke those classic bygone days of movies and music.The tempo will change completely when the one and only Showaddywaddy take their place on the Lanark stage on Friday, October 8

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Fans of live music and gambling will soon be able to see Susan Boyle in action in Sin City as the Scottish star is heading to Las Vegas.

We are all on tenterhooks to see if June 21 will really be our Independence Day.

Caleb Followill is so amped to play live music again when his band’s “When You See Yourself” summer tour starts in August that he’s already doing his “Rambo workouts” to get in road-ready shape.“I don’t know what I’m looking forward to the most. It seems like it’s been a long time coming,” Followill, 39, told The Post about the tour, which will hit Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater on Aug.

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

Forget afternoon tea and spectators nodding off facedown in their cucumber sandwiches – cricket is about to go all rock ’n’ roll.

The BRIT Awards 2021 marked the successful return to live music events in the UK for the first time in over a year as stars, celebs and NHS workers united to watch musicians accept a string of awards.