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There were clashes between riot police and attendees

Police were called to shut down an illegal rave in London last weekend.

Following a surge in illegal events across the UK during the coronavirus...

Grassroots music venues are alredy £90million in debt, with attendances and ticket sales plummeting

Fresh UK Government support for music venues has been described as "woefully inadequate". 

An additional £1billion of funding primarily aimed at hospitality, events, and cultural...

GALA, London’s first outdoor dance music festival in over 16 months, took place in Peckham Rye Park last weekend. With exceptional programming and an emphasis...

Approaching the gates of GALA, London’s first full-capacity, outdoor dance music festival since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, a familiar feeling emerges. As muffled...

As venues begin to reopen in England, there are also a plethora of electronic music event spaces launching. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt spotlights 10 new UK clubs...

The last 16 months couldn’t have been worse for music venues. As Covid-19 arrived on British shores last March, scenes and businesses descended into turmoil...

As dance music’s top-heavy, tour-focused infrastructure crumbles, people across the industry are wondering how new revenue streams can emerge to support artists during and after...

It’s been four months since COVID-19 sent dancers into deep freeze. With no sign of a vaccine, the suspicion is that clubs will stay closed...

De School Amsterdam reopening weekend

The venue has been closed since March 2020, and relaunches with a new vision, team, house rules and code of conduct

Amsterdam's De School has announced details of its reopening this weekend, with the club welcoming dancers for the first time in two years on 9th...

Boomtown festival

Despite the partial return of concerts in 2021

Live music revenue fell by almost 30% in 2021, according to a new report published by the UK’s Performance Rights Organisation PRS for Music. Some...

Alison Wonderland announces new album, 'Loner', shares single

Watch a video for new cut 'New Day', ahead of the album's May release, below

Alison Wonderland has revealed details of her new album, titled 'Loner'. Set for release on 6th May, the 12-track album features previously released singles 'Fear...

burningman

Radical Horizons: The Art of Burning Man is free and open to the public from 9th April

A Derbyshire stately home is to become the new home for a dozen huge sculptures from Burning Man festival. Set to go on display throughout...

The elusive artist discusses healthcare funding, the psychological impact of a two-year pandemic, and Europe's smallest bird

Iconic English songwriter, singer, and musician Kate Bush has said UK National Health Service (NHS) staff deserve a fair pay rise, in a rare public...

The warning comes ahead of the expected announcement of a delay to the end of lockdown

With the UK government today (June 14th) expected to announce a delay by four weeks of the relaxation of social distancing measures, the Night Time...

Boomtown (pictured) cancelled its 2021 event after citing a lack of insurance support from the UK government

Festival cancellations are inevitable without coronavirus insurance, the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) has said.

Following the announcement of the UK government's "roadmap" to reopening...

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...

Music Venues Trust revealed the results of the survey in The Guardian last week

A survey from Music Venues Trust has found only 36% of British gig-goers feel safe returning to live music events.

As part of the Save...

Disc World, Lion Vibes & Rough Trade have all reopened their doors

Over 100 independent UK record stores and vinyl specialists are set to open their doors this week.

Following the announcement that retail shops would be...