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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’

Iconic venue where Oasis and Pulp cut their teeth shuts after 45 years: ‘We won’t be the only ones’
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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
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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
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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’
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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
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How Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow’s headliners

Atherton ‘had everything taken away’. The Snug brought back music and community
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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
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better

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

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It’s time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms
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It’s time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms

Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers
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Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers