Any column about royalty collection for songwriters is usually subject to allegations that the author doesn’t want those writers or publishers to be paid. So, let’s clear this up: the ...
A year ago, the Covid pandemic forced the closure of all grassroots venues.
Here, Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd looks back on a difficult 12 months, salutes the resilience ...
The live sector has responded to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement in the House Of Commons on a roadmap out of Covid restrictions.
After almost a year of total ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has used his latest Downing Street news conference to suggest that quick Covid-19 tests could enable nightclubs and theatres to reopen.
Although he stressed that it ...
The Music Venue Trust has announced that 13 out of the 30 grassroots venues on their Red List – which highlights those venues at imminent danger of permanent closure – ...
Following a backlash from artists, managers and the live sector, PRS For Music has withdrawn its online tariff for small-scale events in cases where a songwriter is performing their own ...
The Music Venue Trust has hit out at PRS For Music’s new livestream licence for online grassroots events.
It follows a separate row last year with the MMF and FAC ...
Music Venue Trust (MVT) has taken "decisive action" to help save 24 venues in crisis.
The MVT's #saveourvenues campaign has helped unlock more than £80 million of funding from donations and ...
Grassroots music venues in England will be allowed to sell alcohol at ticketed live shows when the current lockdown ends on Wednesday December 2, it has been confirmed.
The announcement ...
After months of non-stop misery, the recent vaccine announcements have provided much-needed reason for positivity in music and the wider world. But in his latest column, Music Venue Trust CEO ...
