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June 2025

Contact the Fact
The live music industry committed to delivering the voluntary levy on Arena and Stadium shows. How are they doing?
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Road to Nowhere
Staffing shortages, collapsing career paths, and the need for a radical rethink
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'You Talk and Talk. Do Nothing.'
The 2025 Spending Review offered nothing for live music at the grassroots - and we’ve heard that song too many times.
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Agent of Change: How a Planning Clause Became a Gig-Saving Anthem
What if we stopped blaming venues for being noisy and started planning like adults?
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“We Bought the Venue”: How Communities Are Taking Back Control of Cultural Spaces
From London to San Francisco, Helsinki to Sydney, a new cultural ownership model is emerging - and it might be the only thing standing between your…
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May 2025

Back in Session, Still Off-Key
What the CMS Committee Got Right - and Why We Still Aren't Anywhere Near Doing Enough
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Access Denied
Young people are being excluded from the one art form they actually care about. That’s not policy — that’s neglect.
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You can’t put a price on culture—but you can put a price on saving it.
What happens when we stop waiting for someone else to fix the music industry?
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Take Back Control?
It’s not that we don’t care. It’s that we’ve been convinced it won’t make a difference. Let's change that.
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