UK live music attendance reached an all-time high in 2022

nme.com:

Coldplay, Lady Gaga and Ed Sheeran, along with huge festivals such as Glastonbury.While the major touring acts and large stadiums and arenas continue to generate healthy numbers, the news comes amid an ongoing crisis for grassroots music venues in the UK.The findings come from the annual This is Music report by UK Music, the umbrella organisation that represents the British music industry.

They concluded that the industry generated a total export revenue of £4 billion.“2022 was packed with live shows, including rescheduled dates from 2020 and 2021 in addition to newly announced shows for 2022,” the report states. “Demand for stadiums was so high, venue operators, promoters, and agents had to be flexible with routing – in some cases, sourcing alternatives.

Wembley Stadium hosted a record 16 concerts in 2022, up from 14 concerts in 2019.”The Music Venue Trust (MVT) told NME in September that 67 venues had closed up to that point this year, with a further 90 working with the organisation’s Emergency Response.