Music venues warn: “There’s no guarantee we’ll all see funding or re-open”

coronavirus pandemic.The BBC Radio 6 Music DJ praised Davyd, who is behind the successful #SaveOurVenues campaign which has so far raised over £1.2 million for the 556 venues at risk of closure, in a new interview.The impact of those funds was bolstered last month by the UK government announcing emergency grants to the first 135 venue beneficiaries of its Culture Recovery Fund.Speaking to Music Week, Lamacq praised the work of Davyd and the MVT as “unbelievable”.“If Mark doesn’t get an MBE at

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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

hospitality businesses in Bolton having been ordered to shut - except for takeaway - amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the borough, it means the pub has now served its final customer. "We have tried everything within our power to keep it open," Mr Simcock said."It is just heartbreaking.

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.

Mexico.”But the Mexico City dance hall, like other bars and nightclubs, has been fully or partially shuttered for more than five months due to the coronavirus pandemic and its owners say they are in debt and may have to close and demolish it.Patrons, some of whom show up in the zoot suits of the 1940s, say the loss to the city's social and cultural life would be irreparable.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerActress Amber Midthunder, who is a regular on the CW series Roswell, New Mexico and previously co-starred in FX’s Legion, stars in The Wheel, an indie feature, which she also produced. Steve Pink is the director and also produced the pic.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMusic documentary “Fandango at the Wall,” chronicling an extraordinary journey undertaken by  musician Arturo O’Farrill and producer Kabir Sehgal — both multiple Grammy winners — to Veracruz, Mexico to recruit master musicians for a live album recording at the U.S.-Mexico border wall, is set to premiere on HBO on Sept. 25.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Rabb has urged Moscow to "tell the truth" about the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, saying it is "absolutely unacceptable" the Russian opposition leader was poisoned by the same nerve agent deployed in Salisbury.  Rabb said on Wednesday that Russia has "a clear case to answer" after the German government said the Kremlin critic was targeted with Novichok in an attempted murder. Britain has long accused Russian operatives of using the Soviet-era poison against Sergei

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn an effort to rally support for the countless music venues impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of buildings across the U.S. — from New York’s Empire State Building to Seattle’s Space Needle — were illuminated in red light on Tuesday evening (Sept.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMore than 1,500 music venues across the U.S. will be illuminated in red light on Tuesday evening (Sept.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentShowrun by Lucía Puenzo and produced by Fremantle and Fabula, “Señorita México” (“Miss Mexico”) has added two writers, María Renée Prudencio and Tatiana Merenuk, as it advances towards production, which is scheduled for the first half of 2021.The new series will be produced for Starzplay and Pantaya in Latin America and Spain, in a deal brokered by Fremantle’s international distribution arm, Fremantle and Fabula confirmed Tuesday, as they also

Reviving the Economy Sustainably Towards A Recovery in Twenty-twenty (or RESTART) Act.If enacted, the RESTART Act would provide additional financial assistance to American small businesses by extending the Paycheck Protection Program, designed to keep workers employed during the coronavirus pandemic. It also offers eligible businesses partially forgivable loans.

Elton John has warned it is “absolutely vital” beleaguered music venues survive the coronavirus pandemic.

A guitar belonging to Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has raised £128,54 in a charity raffle for grassroots music venues.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: The 12th annual edition of the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico, Hola México Film Festival (September 11-20), will take place virtually and exclusively on Lionsgate and Hemisphere’s Spanish-language streaming platform Pantaya.The festival will feature 20 movies, kicking off with Chicuarotes, directed and produced by Gael Garcia Bernal.

Manchester music venues and theatres have been thrown a financial lifeline totalling more than £260,000 to save them from closure.Eleven establishments have been awarded funding from the Arts Council England's Emergency Grassroots Music Venue Fund, set up to help businesses survive the impact of the coronavirus lockdown.The recipients include classical concert venue The Stoller Hall, jazz bar Matt and Phred's and community theatre NIAMOS, as well as several of the city's best-loved independent

previously announced that £2.25million of that fund would be earmarked to help support the country’s venues.The Emergency Grassroot Music Venues Fund has now been increased to £3.36million.

Launching their campaign earlier this month, the brand began selling its beer and cider range online in support of the MVT #saveourvenues campaign with help from the likes of Frank Turner and Iron Maiden.

LCD Soundsystem‘s James Murphy has spoken in support of the campaign to save independent music venues in the US during the coronavirus crisis.The National Independent Venue Association are spearheading efforts to get the bipartisan Save Our Stages Act passed, which would create a $10 billion small business association fund to help those small venues that are struggling or being threatened with closure due to the effects of the pandemic.Murphy joined New York Senator Chuck Schumer and a number of