Ninety Percent of Indie Music Venues Expect to Close Forever if Shutdowns Last for Months to Come

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coronavirus.Today (Tuesday June 23) saw Prime Minister Boris Johnson announce a further easing of lockdown measures from July 4, allowing for pubs, restaurants, hotels, and more businesses within the leisure industry to re-open as long as social distancing can be maintained.

helped temporarily save 140 music venues from the threat of closure, as part of their Save Our Venues campaign.

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coronavirus.Over 400 grassroots music venues in the UK are at imminent risk of closing for good as a consequence of the ongoing health crisis, despite a campaign from the Music Venue Trust which has saved cultural 140 spaces so far.Trade body UK Music also predicts that the coronavirus shutdown will destroy a staggering £900 million of the estimated £1.1 billion that the UK’s live industry contributes to the economy each year.Now, Ms Moran has called on the government to provide a significant

Telegraph, a working document from the government recommends a gap of six metres between fans and musicians, as well as a distance of three metres between individual singers on stage.But the plans have been described as “unworkable” by the trade body UK Music, which has warned that venues will not be able to get “back into business” under the current guidelines.“These proposals are unworkable,” UK Music acting CEO Tom Kiehl told the Telegraph.

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coronavirus lockdown.Over 400 grassroots music venues in the UK are at imminent risk of closing for good as a consequence of the ongoing health crisis.

here.The statement reads: “DS Holdings which are also Tramshed’s landlords, have submitted plans to build T2, a four-storey building in Tramshed’s car park. This car park is used daily for Tramshed’s events, for artists to safely park up to three tour busses and trucks filled with equipment for events.