The fund introduced by Sadiq Khan will focus specifically on creating job opportunities for creatives in the Croydon, Hounslow, and Lambeth areas of London.
The fund introduced by Sadiq Khan will focus specifically on creating job opportunities for creatives in the Croydon, Hounslow, and Lambeth areas of London.
Pacha Group CEO Nick McCabe has announced that none other than BBC Radio 1 host Pete Tong has been appointed to its new board of directors.
Beatport’s buyout of Loopmasters includes subscription-based sound design label Loopcloud as well as plugin library Plugin Boutique.
Vinyl sales in the U.S. narrowly passed a weekly record set in December of 2019 and reached the highest total sales since 1991.
In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Bandcamp will continue to hold no-fee holidays on the first Friday of every month from February to May.
One of the markets most heavily impacted by COVID-19 is live events, which a new Pollstar report estimates lost more than $30 billion globally in 2020.
The organizers of Somerset gathering Glastonbury Festival have asked for lawmaker aid due to the difficulties obtaining underwritten event insurance.
The Night Time Industries Association estimates that COVID-19 restrictions will lead to 5,000 illegal New Years parties being organized around the country.
Glastonbury and other U.K. festivals may not proceed with 2021 events without COVID-19 insurance, warned MPs in a House Of Commons meeting.
Closer in Kiev has banded together with associated festivals Strichka and Brave! Factory to save itself from financial peril amid COVID-19.
Music equipment manufacturer Pioneer has seen increases in sales of their entry-level DDJ-200 and DDJ-400 devices from last year.
Art With Me opted to move forward with their November event, and dozens of cases have now been linked to the Tulum gathering.
KitKatClub in Berlin has now been repurposed as an affordable COVID-19 testing facility that will open to the public on Friday.
The owners of Frankfurt record store GOSU have announced that they must discontinue operations at the end of 2020 after a five-year run.
In a move to get ahead of ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, German lawmakers have announced a substantial aid package for arts and culture in 2021.
Cabinet Officer Michael Gove contradicted Nadhim Zahawi, saying that the government does not plan to implement COVID-19 immunity passports.
SoundCloud is also celebrating consistent gains from Q1 to Q4 leading to a 37% increase in revenue from 2018 to 2019.
DC10 has allegedly flouted Ibiza lawmaker orders and refused to remove six of the fences they use for advertisements on the resort island.
Night Time Industries Association CEO Michael Kill has suggested that lawmakers have imposed this week’s restrictions to deliberately suffocate nightlife.
The Music Venue Trust called upon the government to reconsider its policy on the sale of alcohol during live events amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data from the U.K. now suggests that vinyl record sales are on track to reach a 30-year high partly as a result the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ticketmaster are among the first to begin implementing a tangible plan for concertgoers’ safety at live events moving forward, using smartphone technology.
The British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) scheme addresses mental health among musicians, and the racial disparity among music professionals.
Event management and logistics company Swallow Events has introduced services that enable COVID-19 rapid testing at scale for U.K. gatherings of all types.
The Night Time Industries Association is now sounding the alarms that the “extinction” of many U.K. establishments is imminent.
A new initiative by TicketSwap, GoFundMe and Cosimo called #LocalLegends aims to raise over €2 million for ailing music venues in 14 European countries.
UK Music have published their inaugural Music By Numbers report, providing a breakdown by sector of the national market in 2019.
Over 220 companies have signed the Association for Electronic Music’s Code of Conduct Against Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination in the industry.
The phase 3 results of BioNTech and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate study spells good news for live music, according to Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino.
Music Venue Trust has expanded on the #SaveOurVenues campaign by introducing an initiative to funnel aid to U.K. venues most hurt by COVID-19 restrictions.