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

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’

How tiny music venue The Pit at Newstead revived a former mining community: ‘It’s a lifeline’
Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: ‘We won’t be the only ones’

Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: ‘We won’t be the only ones’
Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs

Urgent campaign to save London music venue Matchstick Piehouse after landlord sends in bailiffs
Queens of the Stone Age review: Saving lives with joyous mayhem

Queens of the Stone Age review: Saving lives with joyous mayhem
Richard Hawley: ‘Thatcher’s Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked’

Richard Hawley: ‘Thatcher’s Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked’
How Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow’s headliners

How Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow’s headliners
Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community

Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community
This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen’s life – but may run out of money in months

This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen’s life – but may run out of money in months
Steve Lamacq: ‘This music venue changed my life… it’s now a carpark’

Steve Lamacq: ‘This music venue changed my life… it’s now a carpark’
How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands

How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead

How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead
Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club

Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open

Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
It’s time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms

It’s time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms
Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers
