Government announce first 135 music venues to receive emergency grants

coronavirus.The £15million fund forms almost half of the £31.5m funding for culture announced last month by the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.According to an official release, the funding aims to protect jobs in the cultural sector, alongside organisations that are threatened with insolvency in the near future.Ahead of applications opening on Thursday 17 September, the eligibility criteria and guidelines for applying to the fund have also been published.Culture Organisations and Venues

Jamie xx and Metronomy have joined the bill of the forthcoming ‘Passport: Back To Our Roots’ intimate gig series to help raise money for the UK’s grassroots music venues.The two artists join a growing list of acts who have pledged to play one-off benefit gigs at independent venues across the UK to help those grassroots spaces that have been threatened with closure during the coronavirus pandemic.The organisers of ‘Passport: Back To Our Roots’ have today (September 10) confirmed the addition of

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorYouTube Music and the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) on Wednesday announced a partnership with the goal of helping to preserve independent live music venues across the United States through the Save Our Stages initiative.Details were not immediately available, but the announcement reads, “Together, YouTube and NIVA will work on unique programming that will help bring live performances back into music venues safely.

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announced the name change on social media in 2016, following the release of their album of the same name in 2015.The new album, ‘Shades’, will be released on October 16 through Textile.

The Academy of Country Music Awards announced the performers and songs that will be featured at this year's show at the Grand Ole Opry House. The 2020 show will feature performances by Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line, Mickey Guyton and Morgan Wallen when the show kicks off later this month.

already heard that actress Caroline Quentin, former American footballer Jason Bell and Singer Max George but now there’s three more been added to the lineup.Her #Strictly Life Begins here! Welcome actress Caroline Quentin, our first celebrity of 2020!

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Dune reboot is due to worm its way into cinemas this December (providing it's not delayed by some sort of global pandemic), and to build excitement among sci-fi/Timothee Chalamet fans around the world, Warner Bros has now revealed that the first official trailer will arrive on .The new adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel(s) will see Chalamet joined by an objectively mega cast, including Josh Brolin, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa, Dave

Halsey has announced her first live album, with ‘Badlands: Live From Webster Hall’, set to drop this Friday (August 28).It marks five years since the release of her debut record ‘Badlands’, which featured the singles ‘Colours’, ‘Ghost’, ‘New Americana’ and ‘Castle’.She revealed the live album’s impending release on social media today (August 26), posting the cover art along with a caption that reads the “secret is out!”.“After 5 years, we’re going back to the Badlands,” she wrote.

Spotify has announced an exclusive partnership with American video game company Riot Games’ popular MOBA League Of Legends.Spotify announced its first-ever eSports partnership today (25 August) via its blog, and noted that it will serve as the exclusive “global audio service provider for League Of Legends”.Over the course of its multi-year partnership, Spotify and Riot Games will work together to launch a new League Of Legends eSports Music Hub on the streaming service, produce a

has announced tighter restrictions in Oldham, Pendle and Blackburn, while releasing Wigan, Darwen and Rossendale from current measures. Birmingham and Northampton have been added to the government's watch list following an increase in cases.

Groove Armada have announced that they will release their first new album for a decade later this year. Titled ‘Edge Of The Horizon’, it will be their first for BMG.No longer living anything like conveniently close to one another, the duo’s Andy Cato and Tom Findlay worked on the record via bursts of studio time.“During those studio days, the rest of the world shuts down”, says Cato.

Cabaret Voltaire have announced their first new album in 26 years, which is due to arrive in the autumn.The post-punk outfit will release the long-awaited ‘Shadow Of Fear’ on November 20 via Mute, following on from 1994’s ‘The Conversation’. It will be the first project with Richard H Kirk as the group’s sole member.Today (August 19), Cabaret Voltaire shared the first taste of the LP in the form of ‘Vasto’.