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PRS for Music to waive fees on grassroots levy

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/12

PRS for Music announced it would exclude the voluntary £1-per-ticket payment received by LIVE Trust and Music Venues Trust from its licence fee calculations. (see this Music Week article) The LIVE Trust, responded: “We’re extremely grateful to PRS for Music for agreeing to waive PRS fees on the £1 from every ticket that supports LIVE Trust. […]

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Hastings Fat Tuesday Unconvention

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/09

Toni Coe-Brooker, MVT’s Campaigns & Communications Manager, will be appearing at Unconvention this Friday 13 February. This one day grassroots music conference is part of the annual Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival, offering a great chance to meet like-minded people to explore the nuts and bolts of how to make a career in music viable. I’ve […]

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Taking the p*ss?

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/09

One of the things you will soon notice attending gigs in the many venues in Brighton, is just how bad some of the toilets are. One of the worst offenders is at The Green Door Store. Don’t get me wrong, I love the venue but taking a p*ss is not for the faint hearted. However […]

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How do we fix the broken music ecosystem?

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/08

When Kate Nash talked to Parliament last week she did not hold back. It’s quite simple really. In “the old days” people bought CDs and Vinyl and a clear percentage of the profit went to musicians. They then had the money to go and tour, and the ticket pricese weren’t too bad. Now we rent […]

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Touring art exhibition “The Boy With a Leg Named...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/06

This is a good idea. Using a Grassroots Music Venue for more than just a gig. You can come and see the free art installation during the day (maybe buy a drink while you’re there!) and then see the artist’s band in the evening.

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Music Venue Trust Warns Scottish Venues Face Closure...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/05

Scottish venues are around three times more likely than those in England to face increases of 50 per cent or more in their rates payable. The MVT warns that, without intervention, these increases will lead directly to venue closures.

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Meeting My Tribe

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/05

Last night I spent a happy hour at a Members Forum with Chris Sherrington and Clara Cullen from Music Venue Properties, along with other people, such as myself, who had invested in the Own Our Venues 2025 campaign. Although they were unable to tell us whether any more venues have been secured at the […]

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Plans for BBC6 Music 1980s – 2010s Indie Stream

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/03

The BBC have just announced plans to launch a new extension for indie fans, available to stream 24 hours a day, only on BBC Sounds. The stream will be dedicated to the biggest and best indie rock and pop from the 1980s – 2010s. Whilst I can understand the core BBC6 Music fans are people […]

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The Great Escape announce 130+ artists to the 2026...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/03

Some bands I’ve seen before and loads of bands I have not. I’d better start listening. It’s the 20 years since the festival started in 2006. I’ve been going since 2007.

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MVT Venues Day 2026

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/03

Tuesday 17 March 10am – 6pm Shoreditch Town Hall, 380 Old Street, London EC1V 9LT Price: £192.50 Tickets HERE. If you work for a GMV then you should attend this event.

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What can we do to save independent venues from closure?

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/02/03

Phoebe Lunny and Jed Morgan discussed on Huw Stephens’ BBC 6Music Roundtable show. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BBC Radio 6 Music (@bbc6music)

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Who are gigs really for anymore?

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/29

Another storm is brewing about the cost of tickets. This week it’s about Harry Styles and his tickets which could be as much as £700 thanks to “Platinum” pricing. OK, so he’s put the £1 Grassroots Music Venue Levy on the tickets, but that’s peanuts in the shape of things. But who the hell pays […]

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MVT January 2026 Newsletter

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/29

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MVT Backs New “Ethical” Ticket Resale Platform

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/29

Tickets9 platform, which officially launches today, gives “fans a transparent and ethical resale option that directly supports the spaces where new talent is born” Key features of the scheme include ensuring any ticket resale is capped at face value along with booking fees only, proof of purchase will be required for every listing, there will […]

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LIVE Trust makes first distribution of £500,000 of...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/28

The LIVE Music Trust was launched in January but it’s taken a year to distribute it’s first distribution of funds. This is where it’s going (According to Music Week) Music Venue Support delivered by Music Venue Trust – £200,000 UK Artists Touring Fund delivered by Featured Artists Coalition, Music Managers Forum & Musicians’ Union – […]

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UK Grassroots Music Venues to receive business rates...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/27

The Government has done a U-Turn and are now offering a 15% cut to business rates in April. Rates will then be frozen for two years. It’s not quite the same as reinstating the business rate relief of 70% from the current 40% but it’s something. Mark Davyd from the MVT said: “We will be […]

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Liverpool launches support programme for grassroots...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/26

Liverpool City Council has launched a new grassroots music venues support programme in partnership with the MVT. Providing: Financial Support and Talent Development with grants of up to £3,000 per venue or promoter Business Support and Capacity Building Venues and promoters can apply online at https://liverpool.gov.uk/grmv until Friday 13th February 2026 at 12noon.

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Lotus Unfolding

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/26

I stumbled across Lotus Unfolding by Ozric Tentacles late in 2025 and gave it a good listen. I’ve known about the band for years but never really gave it a good listen before. Then I saw they were playing live at Concorde 2 in Bright, with System 7 as a support band and decided to get […]

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Independent Music Week – What’s going on Brighton?

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/26

I’ve attended gigs in Brighton as part of Independent Music Week for a few years now. They’ve always been good gigs as well. Thus Love, Sprints and M(h)aol at Komedia Studio in 2023 was a particularly memorable one. But this year Brighton seems curiously missing from the line up at independentvenueweek.com/uk/. Thankfully The Brunswick at […]

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Mark Davyd’s Speech for the Annual Report 2025 Launch

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/01/25

Mark Davyd’s substack this week just features his speech at the V&A when the MVT Report 2025 was released. Two things I like, more than anyone else Mark is getting angry. Good. We all need to get f*cking angry with people that get in the way: Government, Planners, LIVE Nation. People who say it cannot […]

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