Live Music: Last News

as the city reopens with the government’s lockdown exit.Speaking to Time Out, Khan said: “Let’s Do London is the biggest tourism campaign our city has ever seen. The reason it’s so important is that the last 15 months have been incredibly tough for us.

awaits results from its Events Research Programme (ERP), which recently saw two pilot concerts hosting 5,000 music fans at Liverpool’s Sefton Park. The ERP is helping the government assess the risks of large-scale live entertainment events returning in the context of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.Open House festival director Kieran Gilmore told BBC News that the NI Executive indecision on reopening dates is “deeply frustrating”.“The music and events industry is being completely ignored by our executive,” he said.

www.strathmore.org.At Merriweather Post Pavilion, the season will launch with a bang over the July 4th weekend with the annual, three-day M3 Rock Festival headlined by Queensryche, Night Ranger, and Kix (7/2-4). Other shows planned this summer, all at reduced capacity with socially distancing, include Rod Stewart with Cheap Trick (8/11), Wilco & Sleater-Kinney (8/20), the Dave Matthews Band (8/21), Alanis Morissette with Garbage and Liz Phair (8/31), Daryl Hall & John Oates with Squeeze and KT Tunstall (9/18), and Pet Shop Boys & New Order (9/28).

COVID certification in place.The survey, which was conducted in April by the UK live music industry body LIVE, took in the views of 25,000 people and has been described as “the most detailed research yet on the attitudes of UK music fans towards the return of live events” in a post-pandemic world.75 per cent of the respondents to LIVE’s survey said they would be happy to attend a live music event if a method of COVID certification was in place in order to gain entry.More than half of those surveyed said they were ready to make an immediate return to live music, with a further 25 per cent willing to come back with appropriate safety measures – including hand sanitiser stations, temperature checking and one-way systems – in place.41 per cent

the announcement that Scotland’s music venues, cinemas, theatres and comedy clubs can reopen from May 17, although socially distanced audiences of up to 100 people will only be permitted at indoor venues.

given the green light to reopen from May 17, and will be allowed to welcome back crowds of up to 100 people, providing that social distancing can be accommodated as part of Scotland’s road map out of lockdown.The same date will also see outdoor events and festivals being permitted for up to 500 people.The road map will then take its next step in early June, when those numbers are increased to 200 people for indoor venues and 1000 for outdoor events, while by the end of June, it is hoped that venues will be able to host events for up to 400 indoors and 2000 outdoors.In response to the news, Geoff Ellis, boss of Scotland’s biggest gig promoter, DF Concerts, and owner of Glasgow’s legendary King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, told IQ: “It’s currently

Casey Wasserman today unveiled Wasserman Music, an amalgamation of his existing business that has been bolstered by the acquisition of Paradigm Talent Agency’s North American live music representation business. The deal has been in the works for a while.

set COVID recovery roadmap date of June 21, with 18 of the UK’s grassroots venues still at critical risk of closing forever and countless others in need of normality for shows at full capacity this summer.With health passports set to be trialled to “reopen live music safely”, the Music Venue Trust have been calling on the government to bring about test events for grassroots music venues sooner rather than later so that all obstacles can be overcome in time for the summer.Now, the UK music industry is amping its their efforts to gather important information about audience habits pre and post COVID that will be used to aid the sector’s reopening and recovery.

coronavirus lockdown on a limited basis from May 17.Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday (March 16) announced a wide-ranging easing of restrictions that includes the reopening of concert halls, cinemas, theatres and comedy clubs in the middle of May.Sturgeon told the Scottish parliament that capacity limits on venues and events would be discussed with industry leaders over the next few weeks, adding that she was “optimistic” about people being able to return to nightclubs “over the summer”.Unlike Prime Minister Boris Johnson, however, the First Minister did not declare a provisional date for the ending of social distancing, which is set for June 21 in England.Geoff Ellis, chief executive of DF Concerts, Scotland’s biggest

A pending fire sale of Paradigm’s stronghold music division to Casey Wasserman has been expected for months. Today, the agency said it is done. Paradigm CEO Sam Gores announced it as a “win for all parties,” and that Wasserman will take possession of the assets in the second quarter of this year. This will bring up the inevitable question of what is left for Paradigm, an agency that built into a respectable boutique, housed in the old ICM headquarters on Wilshire and fueled by the cash from its music touring business.

coronavirus crisis, including a €25 million expansion of its popular Live Performance Support Scheme (LPSS).Government minister Catherine Martin unveiled the new measures yesterday (March 9), which also includes €14m for a new programme called the Music Entertainment Business Assistance Scheme (MEBAS), that will contribute to the overheads of music businesses affected by the coronavirus crisis.The LPSS was first launched last November as a €5 million and saw “exceptional demand.” Initial recipients of LPSS funding received grands ranging from €10,000 to €400,000.

coronavirus pandemic.Among the measures announced by Sunak today is the extension of the UK’s furlough scheme into September and further financial support for self-employed people during the pandemic.

Jack Garratt has become an ambassador for the live music charity Stagehand and is set to raise awareness for the organisation in the coming months.The charity was founded in 1998 by the Production Services Association and provides financial support to members of the PSA, which encompasses all aspects of live music production.Garratt will help Stagehand with various projects in the foreseeable future. Yesterday (February 15), he began an Instagram Live conversation series that will raise awareness for the charity.

Scottish Refugee Council, an independent charity dedicated to supporting those in need of refugee protection.The Snuts wanted to highlight their work by involving people who have been helped by the charity, to which the band donated the video production budget.Explaining how it came about, Jack shared: ‘The work they do was true to the meaning of the song.‘We got in touch with them and they were really keen to be a part of it, and a few families who had been through the system with the charity and settled here were keen to take part.

coronavirus pandemic made the majority of live gigs impossible over the past 10 months – bar some socially distanced shows outside of lockdown – the industry is now looking for ways to reopen live music in a safe manner. Now, it’s been announced that start-up comany You Check will be trialling a new digital health passport app – collaborating with the Music Venue Trust and approved by the government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.The app was originally designed as a ticket/ID system to combat touts, as well as a means of communication between show audiences and fans.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal failed to secure visa-free travel for UK artists and their crew wishing to tour Europe (adding huge costs to future live music tours of the continent and preventing rising and developing artists from being able to afford it), a row erupted over who was responsible.Now, ahead of the matter being debated in Parliament next week, many of the UK companies that help make touring possible look set to move to Europe in order to continue – taking a wealth of jobs of cash with them.

Sky News: “As the advocacy platform for European arenas, the ARA is proud to provide an opportunity for the industry to come together with key EU decision-makers to prepare for a return to live events, whilst working to protect the health and wellbeing of our communities and the sustainability of our industry, which will be central to the economic and societal recovery of countries across Europe.”The latest trial comes after Primavera Sound recently hosted their own experiment and found no infection rate in a crowd that were not socially distancing.The event, which was held in Barcelona, saw 1,000 people attend an event in a 1,600-capacity venue.

Van Morrison is reportedly planning a legal challenge in response to Northern Ireland’s ban on live music to fight the coronavirus.The 75-year-old has been an outspoken critic of pandemic lockdown measures for months now, criticising the “pseudo-science” of socially distanced gigs in August and writing multiple songs denouncing lockdowns.Now, as RTE reports, Morrison’s lawyers have confirmed that the singer filed a pre-action protocol letter with Northern Ireland’s Department of Health on January 12. In it, he challenged regulations that prohibit live music in indoor licensed venues in Northern Ireland, which is in the midst of a six-week lockdown that began on Boxing Day.

Fleet Foxes have released their first music video of the year, dropping a live clip for their 2020 track, ‘I’m Not My Season’.‘I’m Not My Season’ appeared on Fleet Foxes’ most recent album, ‘Shore’, which the group surprise-released in September.The song’s music video was filmed at Brooklyn’s St.

NME about when live music might be able to return in the UK.After the coronavirus pandemic cancelled last year’s festival season and made live gigs impossible – bar socially distanced shows outside of lockdown – many music fans are currently optimistically looking ahead to what summer 2021 may look like.While Dr Anthony Fauci stated recently that full-capacity live shows could return to the US this autumn (provided that between 70-85% of the population have been vaccinated), hope now turns to what the live gig calendar could look like in the UK with the government’s ambitious vaccination roll-out plans in place ahead of what Health Secretary Matt Hancock described as “a ‘Great British Summer’” in 2021.Some festivals, such as Manchester’s

direct to your inboxA developer has revealed new images of how its £60m transformation of an historic cotton mill could look after submitting full plans for the site.Stockport’s Weir Mill could soon be home to more than 250 new apartments under proposals brought forward by regeneration specialist Capital and Centric.The one, two and three-bedroom properties would be split across the riverside location.Existing 17th century mill buildings would house 87 of the new homes, with the two new builds providing the remaining 166.