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2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them
Idles singer Joe Talbot performs at grassroots music venue Moles
Venue Watch

2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them

The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: 'It's a place for everybody'
Two women on guitars - Hot Wax play Sunbird Records in Darwen
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The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: 'It's a place for everybody'

How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: 'It's a lifeline'
Tony Wright grinning in front of an excited crowd at The Pit Newstead
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How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: 'It's a lifeline'

Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: 'We won't be the only ones'
The Cure playing at Moles in Bath
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Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: 'We won't be the only ones'

Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs
A crowd applauds a band on stage at Matchstick Piehouse
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Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs

Queens of the Stone Age review: Saving lives with joyous mayhem
Queens of the Stone Age live in Glasgow on their The End is Nero tour 2023
live review

Queens of the Stone Age review: Saving lives with joyous mayhem

Richard Hawley: 'Thatcher's Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked'
Richard Hawley walking on the beach in his coat
Music

Richard Hawley: 'Thatcher's Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked'

How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners
Miles Davis playing onstage
Music

How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners

Atherton 'had everything taken away'. The Snug brought back music and community
female fronted punk band on the stage of The Snug in Atherton
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Atherton 'had everything taken away'. The Snug brought back music and community

Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth
Robert Smith of The Cure, Ed Sheeran and Morrissey leading The Smiths on stage in Moles, Bath
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Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
woman playing a keyboard and singing, MacArts centre, man in a hat at a microphone
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This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months

Steve Lamacq: 'This music venue changed my life... it's now a carpark'
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Steve Lamacq: 'This music venue changed my life... it's now a carpark'

How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
Members of Black Midi and Black Country, New Road in front of the gold curtain at the Windmill Brixton
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How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands

How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead
Northern Irish band Anna’s Number on stage in grassroots music venue The Court House, highlighted by Big Issue Venue Watch
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How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Images of musicians performing live in Hot Box, Chelmsford
Venue Watch

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
Glyndebourne Festival
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Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open
Enter Shikari
Live music venues

Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
Ruichi Sakamoto
Music

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
Phil Ryan

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
Phil Ryan

It's time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms

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