The founders of soon-to-be-launched All Access Anonymous are claiming that they will bring new transparency, funding, and structure to independent promoters, whom they believe to be the true creators of the experience economy. All Access Anonymous (AAA) is creating an open and fair decentralized network to connectcredible and verified promoters directly with others in the…
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A music charity created to improve access to the music industry for young people in the Highlands and Islands has announced its sponsorship of a stage at the growing music festival, Woodzstock, held in the Woodside of Drumnamerg at the heart of the Black Isle. The move will see several young singer-songwriters win opportunities to…
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UK Music is supporting Counter Terrorism Policing’s initiative this summer to help music fans enjoy gigs and events this summer. The #BeSafeBeSound campaign was created in 2019 with the aim of sharing safety and security advice. In addition to UK Music, Creamfields, Radio 1’s Big Weekend and The O2 are among those supporting the campaign.…
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Respected music industry educators Remi Harris and Tamara Gal-On are delighted to announce the latest iteration of their hugely successful women’s leadership development programme, the Music Leaders Network. Beginning in September 2022, the programme will beopen to both company employees with a minimum of 5 years industry experience and self-employed women in music. Businessesare being…
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Other worlds are available. Set to launch later in 2022, CyberLive is, according to its founders, here to change the future of live online entertainment. Its unique CyberLive Coin ($CYLIV) is a utility token investment coin and exclusive currency for all transactions within the entire CyberLive platform. CyberLive has been designed to bridge the gap…
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MPs and Peers have elected Kevin Brennan MP as the new Chair of the influential All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music. With more than 100 members, the group is one of the largest in Westminster. It brings together MPs, Peers and the music industry to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the sector, which contributed…
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ecolibrium, the charity on a mission to help the live events and music industry tackle the environmental impacts of travel, launch their latest resource, the Sustainable Travel Guide for artists and the Music Industry, providing up-to-date details, best practice tips and inspiration to empower the live music industry to understand and take action on its…
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Skiddle, the event discovery platform, has partnered with London based youth charity, Young Urban Art Foundation (YUAF), to create a new programme that will give young creatives a platform to showcase short films about their London Music Scenes. The event discovery platform and the youth charity have partnered for the very first time to support…
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Candidates in the upcoming local elections across the UK have been called upon by LIVE to support the live music sector, if elected this week. LIVE, the voice of the UK’s live music business, has written to all major political parties to ask their candidates to pledge support. The elections, which are due to take…
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Music Europe Day is back for its 3rd edition on 9th May 2022, featuring 15 up and coming artists from 15 European countries. Powered by Europavox the unique event will include live performances in special cultural places all over Europe plus intimate interviews from the artists. The full lineup includes: Claire Laffut (BE) – Denise…
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Vodafone has today announced its return to live music with a multi-year partnership with the iconic British festival, BST Hyde Park, as Official Connectivity Partner. The deal, brokered by AEG Global Partnerships, will see Vodafone use its extensive connectivity and technology capabilities to deliver an incredible AR experience for music fans to celebrate. Vodafone will…
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Calls for support from the government, the public and music, health and social care sectors to turn its recommendations into action Music for Dementia and UK Music have joined forces to publish a new report which outlines a blueprint to use music to help improve the nation’s health and wellbeing. The report also spells out…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source Want to get all the latest #randl news, music releases, playlists and more? 🙌 Check out our brand new series, Reading and Leeds Round-up, featuring Denzel Curry, PinkPantheress and more 🥳 Head to our website 💛 bit.ly/3v34rie
MOGA enters a new era as it combines real world musical experiences with the latest internet technology to offer an audio recording NFT that captures an exclusive live performance. It will be unveiled on the Pianity platform at the Non Fungible Conference (NFC) in Lisbon on April 4th and 5th 2022 and is a ground-breaking…
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Otherlands Music & Arts Festival have today announced over 40 new additions to their inaugural line-up. The debut edition of the unique camping festival will welcome fans to the home of Scotland’s Kings & Queens: the idyllic Scone Palace in Perth, for three days of cutting edge music and art, boutique glamping, sensory brunches and…
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak is being urged to abandon a massive VAT hike on concert and live event tickets that is due to kick in on April 1. The warning comes ahead of the Chancellor’s Spring Statement on March 23 when he will outline a mini-Budget. UK Music Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin has written to the…
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Love Machine have just announced a bumper lineup for May’s Edition, as they return to the Californian Desert for their latest instalment May 6-9. The “restorative musical and wellness getaway” in the sun-bathed and boulder-strewn mountains of Jacumba, California returns with an all new third stage and tasteful line-up of international musical legends old and…
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As the world makes moves to isolate Russia financially, as sporting and cultural embargoes start to permeate, Music Export Ukraine has realeased a briefing on how the music industry can help. For more, CLICK HERE For the full article READ MORE .. Source link Straight from Festival Insights OTHER UPCOMING FESTIVALS [custom-facebook-feed id=53861459663 type=events num=5]
The Venue, Brighton’s British Airways i360 venue. BRIGHTON MUSIC CONFERENCE ANNOUNCE FIRST WAVE OF SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order): BUSHWACKA!, DUBFIRE, GREG WILSON, JFB (DMC WORLD CHAMPION), JUST HER, LEFTWING : KODY, MAX CHAPMAN, SECRETSUNDAZE, TREVOR FUNG The Brighton Music Conference (BMC), will return to the iconic British Airways i360 venue on Brighton’s beachfront from 25th…
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It’s 10am when Jorge Meehan pops into our Zoom chat and he’s still got his coat on; he’s been in the office for a while but there’s a heating issue and the plumber is on his way. After the past few years, this mild annoyance isn’t really going to faze him. We’re talking online to…
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All Day Breakfast Cafe, part of a strong, eclectic line up for Rhythms Sans Frontières Rhythms Sans Frontières (RSF) is a brand new music and arts festival taking place from 1st-3rd July 2022 at Euston Park in Suffolk. The event brings together performers and workshops in genres including indie, Latin, R&B, Jazz Fusion, Reggae, Bluegrass…
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Horao Group have added to their suite of festival friendly services by announcing a partnership with Glownet, whose technology will power Venueserve Pay. Glownet is the market leading provider of RFID event payments, access control, staff accreditation, digital reporting, and fan engagement technology to power live entertainment & sports events across the globe.Venueserve Pay combats…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source Live music is back at Leeds Festival 🥳 Use Charge Candy to keep your phone alive and capture every moment! 📸 Visit chargecandy.com to find out more. Barclaycard #ad
NYX electronic drone choir, Vessel and Rakhi Singh PRS Foundation and the Southbank Centre today announced pieces of new music to be performed at their critically acclaimed free festival, New Music Biennial 2022. Presented in partnership with Coventry UK City of Culture, BBC Radio 3 and NMC Recordings with support from Arts Council of England,…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source Live music is back at Leeds Festival 🥳 Barclaycard is here to help you get more of the moments you’ve been waiting for. Visit https://www.barclaycard.co.uk/personal/love-of-live to find out more. Barclaycard #ad
ANNOUNCES 2021 DATES, CONFIRMS MAIN THEME AND FIRST SPEAKERS LAUNCHES HYBRID EVENT FORMAT Linecheck, the global forward thinking annual music conference and festival announces 2021 dates and confirms the main theme of its 2021 edition, which will take place from 23 to 25 November 2021 at Milan’s hybrid center for culture and creativity BASE (Italy).…
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OK, no great surprise in the headline, but that criticism comes from the European Affairs Committee. Whether incoming artists and other workers essential to festivals, or a European festival circuit to make a summer tour viable for grassroots artists, the freedom of movement for people and goods taken away by the cultural no deal that…
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UK Music has unveiled its latest report This Is Music 2021. This report has uncovered the devastation COVID inflicted on the music sector in 2020, and set out the urgent work needed to support the recovery. Key findings include: Employment plunged by 35% from 197,000 in 2019 to 128,000 in 2020. Music industry’s economic contribution fell…
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You’d obviously have to have had your head down an oil well to not get the message that we’re on the verge of climate catastrophe and urgent action is needed. Sure, there are deniers and some post-festival shots in the papers may leave you wondering if we’re trying to save the planet for our children…
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The UK’s live music sector has today launched a sweeping industry campaign to deliver climate action, as it sets out its commitment to reach net zero emissions by the year 2030. The campaign, fronted by LIVE Green – the sustainability arm of live music umbrella trade body LIVE, builds on significant efforts across the sector…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Source GOOD LUCK to all of the Grassroots Music Venues opening their doors today to #ReviveLive 🙌 GMVs have been working hard to create Covid Secure environments for artists and audiences to welcome back live music once again 🤟 Check out http://musicvenuetrust.com for more info MORE…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Source Help the UK’s live music industry to #ReviveLive by filling out this short survey about your live music habits! 🍻 By taking part, you’ll be helping our sector to plan its recovery and get back to normal as quickly as possible 👉 bit.ly/2QmkkQ2 MORE RECENT…
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The music industry has digitalised over the years, shifting towards streaming, social media, and apps. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these tools proved to be essential for connecting with fan communities and keeping businesses afloat; especially in the heavily-impacted festival industry. As live events will finally start to make a comeback, optimizing online communication efforts and…
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The music industry has digitalised over the years, shifting towards streaming, social media, and apps. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these tools proved to be essential for connecting with fan communities and keeping businesses afloat; especially in the heavily-impacted festival industry. As live events will finally start to make a comeback, optimizing online communication efforts and…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Source Co-op and Everybody Belongs Here presents #MusicFeeds 🎶 The at-home music festival to help fight food poverty 💛 Over 40 artists performing over TWO nights 🙌 28th – 29th Jan 2021 🎉 Grab tickets NOW 👉 musicfeeds.org MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS [custom-facebook-feed id=345404387254 number=4] MORE RECENT…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source If you haven’t heard… we’ve won FESTIVAL OF THE YEAR for the 2020 Music Week Awards 🏆 Thank you to everyone who helped make Leeds 2019 the best yet! 🥂 MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS [custom-facebook-feed id=345404387254 number=4]
Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source Get ready to celebrate Leeds Festival with BBC Music 🙌From Friday 28th – Sunday 30th August head to BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds, TV and Radio as they dive into the #RandL archive 🤘 Ft. Foo Fighters, Billie Eilish, AJ Tracey & MORE 🎶…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source The live music industry is projected to lose at least 60% of jobs, with the sector hit hard by the collapse of live music, touring and festivals. Our industry needs your help. Please share and show your support. #LetTheMusicPlay MORE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS [custom-facebook-feed…
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Latest Festival Flyer update from Reading and Leeds Festivals Leeds Festival Source Today, Leeds Festival has come together with the rest of the UK music industry to show support for #LetTheMusicPlay, a campaign highlighting the crisis faced by the live music sector. Join us and share a photo of you at your last live show…
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Following the publication of its ten point COVID-19 crisis plan last month, IMPALA has now launched a new website offering an overview of action being taken across Europe to address the impact of the pandemic on the music sector. It can be found here: https://www.impalamusic-covid19.info/ “The aim of our mapping is to promote best practices and co-ordination in…
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