Let The Music Play

Aside Posted on July 4, 2020 Updated on July 3, 2020

On July 2nd 2020, UK Music and members of the UK Live Music Group, alongside a coalition of live music businesses including artists, venues, concerts, festivals, production companies and industry figures launched a campaign, Let The Music Play, to highlight the importance of the sector to the UK’s economy.

Our three key asks of the Government are:

A clear conditional timeline for reopening venues without social distancing
An immediate comprehensive business and employment support package* and access to finance.
Full VAT exemption on ticket sales.

* The business and employment support package should include a Government-backed insurance scheme to allow shows to go ahead; an extension of the furlough scheme and help for the self-employed and sole traders to prevent mass redundancies; rent breaks for venues to allow them to reopen; an extension of business rate relief to the entire live music supply chain to protect our ecosystem, large single event premises license fees for festivals to be rolled over to 2021 and financial support for lost box office income to support reopening and recovery, which would also support performers, songwriters, composers and their representatives.

Below are some of the bands/artists who rely so much on something happening a soon to save the music in our lives please if possible when on facebook visit the pages below and support as much as you can THANK YOU