‘It’s long overdue’: UK’s first ever live music industry body launches
19th February 2021
For the first time, a live music industry body has launched in the UK in a move to help tackle the challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and Brexit.
Named LIVE (Live music industry, venue and entertainment) the industry body will serve as a collective voice for the UK’s live music ecosystem, including artists, managers, venues, festivals, promoters, agents, production and ticketing. Its memberships consists of 3,150 companies, over 4,000 artists and 2,000 backstage workers.
LIVE has already lobbied and worked with government to secure vital support for the industry through the Culture Recovery Fund, and is now formalising the group to help ensure the recovery of the industry.
By: Gideon Gottfried
LIVE.The UK s first industry-overarching federation.Some of the UK s most experienced live entertainment professionals have formed the UK s first dedicated live music body to face unprecedented challenges from COVID-19, Brexit and beyond.
LIVE, which stands for Live Music Industry, Venue And Entertainment, aims to be the voice of the UK’s live music ecosystem including artists, managers, venues, festivals, promoters, agents, production and ticketing, according to the announcement.
Membership is made up of the 13 principal industry associations across the sector, including the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), Association for Electronic Music (AFEM), Concert Promoters Association (CPA), Music Venue Trust (MVT), Music Managers Forum (MMF), National Arenas Association (NAA), Production Services Association (PSA), Society of Ticket Agents & Retailers (STAR), and more.
Sursa foto: musicexport.ro
Romanian Music Export, the first Romanian music promotion and export program at European level, will hold an online edition on January 31, which will consist of live and recorded discussion panels with Romanian and foreigners speakers relevant for industry and showcases of Romanian troops, according to AGERPRES.
According to a press release, the event will be broadcast on https://musicexport.ro/, but also on Facebook and Youtube channels, and viewing will be free for the public. The online edition of January 31 is essential for the continuation of the Romanian Music Export program and to make possible the 2021 live offline edition, due to the unprecedented situation created by the coronavirus pandemic, which forced the cancellation, postponement or reorientation towards the online of all events and cultural activities. The RME digital platform is created for Romanian artists, especially those on the rise, with a vital need for guidance and support durin
More than a dozen MPs and over 100 event industry executives have signed a letter to the chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak, copying in prime minister Boris Johnson, calling for him to implement a Government-backed insurance scheme for festival, live music and events or face them disappearing from our fields and cities for good.
The letter, written by DCMS Committee chair Julian Knight MP, follows the 5 January opening hearing of the Committee’s inquiry into the future of UK music festivals, during which festival operators emphasised the urgent need for Government support.
At a crucial point in festival planning schedules, MPs warn that organisers and investors are unable to risk repeating losses sustained in 2020 unless events can be insured against cancellation.
Calls for insurance scheme intensify in industry letter
Thursday, 7 January 2021
A number of MPs and live event specialists have signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak in a bid to save summer events and more (Photo: Hanny Naibaho)
UK - The live events industry has launched a fresh appeal for a government-backed COVID-19 insurance scheme with a letter signed by 120 sector representatives and MPs. In the letter, written by the chair of the DCMS committee Julian Knight and addressed to the chancellor Rishi Sunak, the sector - which has largely been shut down since March 2020 - warns that “[w]ithout insurance, the events we know and love simply won’t take place this year - vaccine or no vaccine”. “Sustaining losses like those we’ve seen in 2020 for another year isn’t an option, and hundreds of businesses in the events supply chain have already been forced to fold,” the letter continues. “The Government has backed insurance for the film and television industry to the