Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly is a freelance multimedia journalist, editor, podcaster and award-winning columnist.
Independent Venue Week 2024: Without grassroots music venues, there’d be no Madonna
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Independent Venue Week 2024: Without grassroots music venues, there’d be no Madonna

Domino Day star Siena Kelly: ‘The society we live in turns powerful women into monsters’
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Domino Day star Siena Kelly: ‘The society we live in turns powerful women into monsters’

‘No mean feat’: How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years
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‘No mean feat’: How Leeds grassroots venue The Wardrobe defied the odds to celebrate 25 years

At least two grassroots music venues closing each week
Venue Watch

At least two grassroots music venues closing each week

Hello Kitty celebrates 50th anniversary: Behind the phenomenal rise of the Japanese icon
Exhibition

Hello Kitty celebrates 50th anniversary: Behind the phenomenal rise of the Japanese icon

Save Luna: London venue fights to survive in face of crippling costs and founder’s tragic passing
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Save Luna: London venue fights to survive in face of crippling costs and founder’s tragic passing

‘You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza’: Why Sneaky Pete’s is vital to Scottish music
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‘You can have a life-changing experience for the price of pizza’: Why Sneaky Pete’s is vital to Scottish music

2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them
Venue Watch

2023 was brutal for UK music venues with at least one closing per week. We must fight to save them

Jason Donovan on how Kylie inspired his pop career and Joseph opened the door to the stage
The Music That Made Me

Jason Donovan on how Kylie inspired his pop career and Joseph opened the door to the stage

Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’
The Music that made me

Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’

The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’
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The unusual story of how one Lancashire venue rose like a phoenix: ‘It’s a place for everybody’

How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: ‘It’s a lifeline’
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How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: ‘It’s a lifeline’