Live music
The Big Issue’s Venue Watch: Hot Box, Chelmsford

The Big Issue’s Venue Watch: Hot Box, Chelmsford
The growing number of grassroots music venues closing across the UK will hit communities hard. Our new initiative aims to do something about it. This week we shine the spotlight on Hot Box in Chelmsford
Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
Wimbledon was one of the latest high-profile targets of Just Stop Oil. But prior to that, it was a festival of opera with laudably green credentials that provided a more unlikely backdrop to public protest
Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open

Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open
Live music venues are closing down at a rapid rate in the UK. But Enter Shikari are among the heroes chipping in to save our live scene
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
The energy bills crisis is threatening live music venues. They need support now
The energy bills crisis is threatening live music venues. They need support now
It’s time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms

It’s time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms
Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers
