Anna Calvi, Sleaford Mods and more appear on new Independent Venue Week live album

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The legislation was introduced by Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota in June. According to a press release at the time, it offers six months of financial support to “keep venues afloat, pay employees, and preserve a critical economic sector for communities across America.”It would see venues provided grants for either 45 per cent of their operation costs from the previous year, or $12million (£8.9million) in total, whichever is the lesser amount.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWhile Congress continues to let Americans starve and go bankrupt while playing politics with a stimulus bill, we’ll drink to this: Jägermeister and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) have announced a long-term partnership, with the goal of helping to preserve independent live music venues across the United States through the Save Our Stages initiative, which is part of the long-delayed stimulus bill mentioned above.Kicking off with a $1 million

Ariane Grande has shared the first look at her forthcoming concert film Excuse Me, I Love You.Set to land on Netflix this coming Monday (December 21), the release will capture the pop star’s lengthy ‘Sweetener’ world tour from 2018/2019.The exclusive new clip, released this evening (December 17), sees Grande singing ‘Everytime’ at London’s O2 Arena. “London, how y’all feeling?” she asks the crowd.

Yungblud, Anna Calvi and Duran Duran, have been added to the line-up of the special charity livestream event which will honour David Bowie‘s life and career next month.A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day! will be streamed globally on January 8, 2021 to mark what would have been the late artist’s 74th birthday, and will be hosted by Bowie’s longest-standing bandmember Mike Garson.

repeated acts of domestic abuse against his ex-girlfriend FKA twigs (real name Tahliah Debrett Barnett), Sia has also come forward with her own allegations about the Honey Boy actor. The singer is publicly supporting Barnett because she claims to have experienced a similar dynamic with him.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorNew Grammy Awards executive producer Ben Winston says he is “looking to do something quite exciting with independent venues” either in or around the 2021 show, according to a comment in an interview with Billboard.Responding to a question about what might be new with the 2021 show, Winston responds, “I’m so struck by the independent music venues around the world, and I’m aware of how hard hit that side of the industry has been.

Sleaford Mods have announced a global live-streamed performance for next month, entitled The Demise of Planet X.Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn will take to the stage at London’s Village Underground on Saturday, January 9 ahead of their sixth album ‘Spare Ribs’ arriving the following Friday (January 15).Fans in the UK and Europe will be able to tune in from 9pm GMT / 10 pm CET.

Bob Dylan, Mazzy Star, Arthur Russell and Tracy Chapman.The New York-based band, whose debut self-titled album arrived earlier this year, have today (November 9) shared a covers EP as well as a filmed performance of Russell classic ‘Nobody Wants A Lonely Heart’.The supergroup is comprised of Interpol‘s Paul Banks, producer Josh Kaufman and The Walkmen‘s Matt Barrick.Last Friday (December 4) Muzz gave their first ever world exclusive live performance: Muzz – Live in Kingston, NY.The show was

Maura Higgins first found fame on reality show Love Island and since the star has dated two co-stars.The brunette beauty, 30, recently updated her relationship status from single to dating and fans couldn’t be happier. So who is the Irish star currently smitten with, and who did she date before? Let’s take a look… Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .

Giovanna Fletcher was crowned Queen of the Castle on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on Friday night, with the mum-of-three winning legions of fans during her stint on the ITV show.

Arctic Monkeys raised the curtain on their ‘Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino’ era in the fittingly palatial surroundings London’s Royal Albert Hall, all in aid of War Child.

Arlo Parks as it ambassador for 2021.Next year’s edition of the annual, seven-day celebration of independent music venues around the UK is set to take place next year from January 25 to 31.The initiative, which invites a host of exciting artists to play exclusive shows up and down the country in celebration of independent venues and their communities, provides a huge spotlight on the grassroots ecosystem within the live music sector.So far this year, 64 venues from 37 different villages, towns

Lady Gaga, whose voice was once inescapable from the sound system at your local supermarkets, is now coming for the cookie aisle. The “Stupid Love” singer has teamed up with Oreo to create a new cookie variety inspired by Gaga’s 2020 album “Chromatica,” and not, as one might expect: Oreo’s never-ending desire to create cookies based on every conceivable flavor and color in the known spectrum.

Sleaford Mods have shared a new track called ‘Shortcummings’ – listen below.The single will appear on the duo’s forthcoming sixth album ‘Spare Ribs’, which is set to arrive on January 15, 2021 via Rough Trade.According to frontman Jason Williamson, the song was inspired by the “increased unelected presence” of prime minister Boris Johnson’s ex-chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, throughout the coronavirus crisis.“The arrogance of the privileged generally leads to short, short short, short, short

A new batch of episodes in Netflix's music documentary series Song Exploder are coming soon. Four new shows will premiere on December 4, and will focus on tracks by Dua Lipa ("Love Again"), Nine Inch Nails ("Hurt"), The Killers ("When We Were Young"), and Natalia Lafourcade (“Hasta La Raíz").

Rihanna and ASAP Rocky are reportedly dating! The 32-year-old Diamonds singer and the 32-year-old rapper were spotted having dinner over the weekend at the Beatrice Inn in New York City, according to Page Six. However, just a couple of days after the initial rumours surfaced a friend close to Rihanna told E! News that the pair were just friends, saying, "She's hanging out with ASAP Rocky, but she is not dating him.