By: Gideon Gottfried
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This is what grassroots music venues are all about. The Defiled live on stage at The Exchange in Bristol, May 13, 2013. The UK's grassroots sector is currently booking shows at its own expense in other to facilitate the return of live.The UK's Music Venue Trust (MVT) conducted a survey amongst the more than 900 members of the Music Venues Alliance (MVA), who confirmed 2,500 shows from May 17, when the government's next phase of easing lockdown begins.
May 17 marks phase three of the UK's roadmap out of lockdown. It will allow will allow "performances and sporting events in indoor venues with a capacity of 1,000 people or half-full (whichever is a lower number), and in outdoor venues with a capacity of 4,000 people or half-full (whichever is a lower number)," as stated on the UK government's website.