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.
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The Streets have been announced as the headliners of MADE Festival 2021.The Mike Skinner-fronted project, whose fifth album ‘None of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive’ was released last month, will top the bill at the Birmingham event on Saturday, July 31 next year.Held at Sandwell Valley Country Park, the performance will serve as The Streets’ biggest hometown show to date.
They were due to headline the festival in 2020, but it was cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis.The remaining
.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.
closures due to the current pandemic, there is some good news for Birmingham shoppers. Luxury accessories brand Kate Spade New York has opened in the Bullring.
Squid have announced details of a headline tour that they’ll embark upon in the UK and Ireland in 2021.The five-piece have plotted a run of dates between March and May next year, with the tour set to include the band’s biggest headline show to date at London’s Printworks on April 8.Kicking off at Birmingham venue The Crossing on March 19, the run of shows will conclude with a gig at Nottingham’s Rock City on May 21.You can see the dates of Squid’s 2021 headline tour below.March19 – The Crossing,
Jet2 has announced plans to make more than 100 pilots redundant. Bosses at the airline said they are 'greatly distressed' and 'deeply regret' the cuts, but that they are caused 'entirely by the current situation'.
north west is expected to be one of the worst-hit areas. Almost the whole of the UK is covered by a Met Office weather warning between now and Thursday evening.Heavy rainfall has already been reported across Devon and Cornwall in the south-west of England today, with areas between Birmingham and Cumbria expected to be the worst-hit this afternoon.
The chief executive of a major regional theatre has said its decision to cancel its Christmas pantomime was made to avoid a potential “death blow” to its finances.