The UK's grassroots music venues, celebrated for their crucial role in the music industry, face significant financial challenges. The Music Venue Trust proposes a solution with a £1 levy on concert tickets to support these venues. Elaine A. Bedell, highlighting the lack of public funding for venue upkeep, underscores the urgent need for support. Specifically, the Southbank Centre, a Grade One listed building, requires £165 million for necessary upgrades and maintenance.
✍️@ElaineABeddell: The cost for the works we need to complete to upgrade and fix the infrastructure of our Grade One listed building, as well as to complete vital upkeep to the Southbank Centre campus is £165m Read more: https://t.co/BGEM5o1cHT https://t.co/2bAvyLwxR3
✍️@ElaineABeddell: The cost for the works we need to complete to upgrade and fix the infrastructure of our Grade One listed building, as well as to complete vital upkeep to the Southbank Centre campus is £165m Read more: https://t.co/tstwccI8xf
✍️ @ElaineABedell: We receive no public funding for the upkeep and maintenance of our venues and we now need urgent support Read more: https://t.co/tstwccI8xf https://t.co/2yfU3TzLwS
✍️@ElaineABedell: We receive no public funding for the upkeep and maintenance of our venues and we now need urgent support Read more: https://t.co/BGEM5o1cHT https://t.co/RpCr1WMOyJ
UK charity @musicvenuetrust has a plan to save grassroots music: implement a £1 levy on concert tickets. Read the news https://t.co/4PxeJkjqCZ
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