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If you are a musician, a music worker, or a music fan please consider reading and acting on the following - probably the most important campaign the live music industry has come together for in recent memory #LetTheMusicPlay
According to research by Media Insight Consulting, one sell-out full capacity night of live music in Birmingham would generate £3m for the local economy
@thegreatescape festival in Brighton generates £16 million worth of business for artists, managers, songwriters, producers and production services
@TRNSMIT Festival festival in Glasgow generates a local economic impact of £10 million.
@glastonbury festivals generate more than £100m a year for local businesses and charities.
@belladrumfest in Inverness, Scotland’s biggest camping festival, contributes £5million each year to local economy.
Ed Sheeran's four shows at @chantrypark in 2019 boosted the Ipswich economy by £9m.
Stars from the UK’s live music sector, alongside thousands of crew and venues, are today issuing an urgent plea for support from the UK Government during what would have been the UK’s world-famous festival season.
The appeal, made in a letter to the Secretary of State for @DCMS @OliverDowden, is signed by 1,500 artists, many of whom were due to perform at festivals this summer
Thousands of other people vital to the success of the industry have also added their names. The call to government comes as new research commissioned by the industry demonstrates the vital economic contribution of the live music sector.
As well as supporting 210,000 jobs across the country, venues, concerts, festivals and production companies added £4.5bn to the economy in 2019.
But, because they’re unable to operate with any level of social distancing, concerts and festivals are unlikely to take place again in the UK until 2021 at the earliest.
Here's how YOU can help: To coincide with the letter, hundreds of artists, venues, concerts, festivals, production companies and other people across the industry will today begin posting films and photos of their last live gig under the banner #LetTheMusicPlay
Fans will also be encouraged to post about the last gig they went to, all in a mass show of support for the UK’s world-leading live music industry during its shutdown.
By head of population, the UK is the second biggest live music market in the world. But, despite the global influence and economic importance of British live music, government
support for the sector continues to lag behind other countries.
support for the sector continues to lag behind other countries.
The German government recently announced €150m in financial support for live music as part of a €50bn package of grants and loans for the cultural sector, and France has announced a further €50m to ‘build support plans’ for the live music industry.
Other ways you can help: Smash out messages of support using the hashtag #letthemusicplay, write to @OliverDowden, write to your local MP, push your local journalists to write about local venues and festivals closing or musicians and skilled professionals out of work
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