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Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’
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Big Issue’s Venue Watch helps save Woking’s only grassroots music venue: ‘It’s a big win’

English Teacher on the power of diversity and how grassroots venues keep music from becoming boring
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English Teacher on the power of diversity and how grassroots venues keep music from becoming boring

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

‘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
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At least two grassroots music venues closing each week

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

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

Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth
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Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth

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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