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Tuesday, March 16, 2021
It s as part of a drive to raise money to support many venues across the UK that are struggling throughout the pandemic.
Now The Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess has come up with a genius new idea. He s launched his own ‘Listening Party’ earphones, to help raise money for UK grassroots music venues.
He s teamed up with Flare Audio to release his own headphones. For every pair sold, £5 will be donated to the Music Venue Trust.
Tim has been hosting a listen-and-tweet-along event of #TimsTwitterListeningParty.
“It’s an honour to be asked to work with the good people at The Music Venue Trust, it’s going to be a hugely important year for live music and the future of independent venues,” Burgess says.
Tim Burgess ‘Listening Party’ earphones launched by Flare Audio to support UK venues
15th March 2021
Tim Burgess has teamed up with Flare Audio to produce a brand new range of ‘Listening Party’ earphones, with proceeds going to the Music Venue Trust.
Burgess’s much-loved Listening Parties have become something of a Twitter sensation since the start of lockdown last year. Fort the uninitiated, the Parties invite fans to begin playing a specific record at a set time, from, which point Burgess and the artist in question provides a running commentary using the hashtag #TimsTwitterListeningParty.
Now, to coincide with his appointment as patron of the Music Venue Trust, which has raised millions for UK grassroots venues, Burgess has partnered with Flare Audio on a custom set of “Listening Party’ TLP1 earphones. Priced at £39.00, £5 of every sale from Flare Audio’s