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The organisation is offering £500 to musicians in need

Help Musicians UK, the body set up to support independent musicians, has launched a Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund that will offer funds of £500 to...

The Hydra announces line-up for last ever event at Drumsheds

Ben UFO, Moodymann and OK Williams are among those set to play the event

The line-up has been revealed for the last ever event at London venue The Drumsheds. The 'NOT TO BE' event, taking place this Saturday, 29th...

AVA Festival shot from 2021 event

AVA will take over the famed Titanic Slipways for two days of celebrations later this year.

AVA has announced the day splits, opening event and afterparties for this year's flagship festival. Taking place on 3rd and 4th June, this year's edition...

Castlemorton 1992: photographing the Illegal rave that changed UK dance music forever

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the biggest and the most infamous illegal rave that ever took place: Castlemorton – a week-long, 20,000-person party deemed so anarchistic that it shook Middle England to its core. Here, photographer Alan Lodge tells his story of capturing a week changed UK dance music forever

It started on a particularly sunny bank holiday weekend, on the 22nd May 1992. A ramshackle convoy of vehicles, which served as the rag-tag homes...

The Culture Secretary unveiled a roadmap for returning to normality last week

Live music industry experts from the Music Venues Trust (MVT) have responded to the UK government's five-stage plan for the return of live music.

Last...

That equates to one in five festival attendees in the country...

A new survey has reported that 22% of UK festivalgoers, which equates to one in five festival attendees, have experienced sexual harassment or assault.

The...

UK Music's annual report says around 69,000 people lost work amid the COVID-19 pandemic

More than a third of UK music industry workers lost their jobs last year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the shutdown of clubs and music...

Labour MP Kevin Brennan was responding to the UK Chancellor’s suggestion that creatives should look for new jobs

A UK MP has said that it's time the Government acknowledge that creative jobs "are real jobs".

In a debate yesterday, Kevin Brennan, a Labour...

The 25th edition of the world's biggest music poll is in aid of UNICEF...

Voting for Top 100 DJs 2018 closes tomorrow 19th September at 23:59 pm BST.

Our annual poll is the definitive annual guide to the world's...

Only 13% of UK festival headliners in 2022 are women, study finds

BBC Newsbeat's new gender-focused study of UK festival line-ups finds that little has changed since 2017

A new study of UK festivals by BBC Newsbeat has found that only 13% of 2022's headliners are women. A gender-focused analysis of 50 UK...

Warning issued over fake, dangerously strong benzos now circulating in the UK

Pill Report and The Loop are urging people to take caution as the UK's "high risk" drug market could have a "fentanyl-style epidemic"

The current UK drug market is in "crisis" and could escalate to a "fentanyl-style epidemic", according to new warnings from UK harm reduction and drug-checking...

The current scheme comes to an end on October 31st 2020

A new petition is calling for the UK government to continue to help the live music industry during the coronavirus pandemic.

With the government's Job...

The event will raise money for harm reduction charity The Loop

The Cause is holding a fundraiser event for drug safety and harm reduction charity The Loop this Sunday, 15th August.

Taking place from 1pm until...

Nyege Nyege Festival announces new location and line-up for 2022 event

This year's edition will feature MC Yallah, Aunty Rayzor, DJ Znobia, Juliana Huxtable, and DJ Marcelle, on the banks of the River Nile

Nyege Nyege Festival has announced a new location for its 2022 event, which runs 15th to 18th September and is its first in-person edition since...

Groundbreaking report on gender disparity in UK dance music published by Jaguar Foundation

The report uses quantitative data from radio airplay and streaming as well as roundtable discussions with key figures

A groundbreaking report on gender disparity has been published by the Jaguar Foundation. Out today (3rd August), ‘Progressing Gender Representation in UK Dance Music' was...