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Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate

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RAISE THE STANDARD project, from MVT and LIVE Trust.

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/14

This is a new programme focused on something simple but critical: the equipment on stage. Sound systems, lighting rigs, backline, microphones. The things that actually make a show work. Through partnerships with leading manufacturers and suppliers, we’re unlocking direct investment into venues across the UK. Putting real kit, in real rooms, to make a real […]

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Music Venue Trust Launches ‘Set The Record Straight’...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/14

New initiative highlights widespread discrepancies and calls for greater accuracy, transparency and fairness in PRS billing. MVT has identified more than £666,000 in discrepancies linked to PRS-related licensing charges. Other places where you can read this story: Access All Areas: Music Venue Trust launches ‘Set The Record Straight’ campaign on PRS licensing fees Music […]

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The Ugly Truth: Grassroots Music is being crushed by...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/13

I am so lucky to attend gigs in Brighton where there are several excellent promoters, several excellent venues run by really amazing people and loads of bands that want to play live. But it’s really hard at the moment and the crowds at gigs are getting noticeably smaller. People like me (the grey haired old […]

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PRS FOR MUSIC AND THE GRASSROOTS SECTOR: Fix You

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/12

The fourth and final part of a series on PRS for Music and the grassroots music sector. Key takeaways for me: PRS should be required to honour the 2017 agreement to change their tariffs for GMVs. The Intellectual Property Office has the power to mandate this reform. Read on Substack

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Stay The Night & Feel At Home with Music Venue Trust...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/10

A Video from Volunteer It Yourself to deliver Stay The Night and Feel At Home. Funded by the grassroots levy – a £1 contribution per ticket on shows over 5,000 capacity, distributed by the LIVE Trust – this is one of our new investment initiatives helping protect, secure and improve grassroots music venues across the […]

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How to put on a good day festival: Lessons from...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/10

It’s the third year of Brighton’s Homegrown Festival. I can’t make it this year, but it’s going to be bigger (and more expensive) than ever. It’s rapidly becoming one of the big festivals to be held in the city after The Great Escape, Mutations and The Brighton Psych Festival.

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Stay The Night & Feel at Home

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/09

New initiatives from the Music Venue Trust “Stay The Night & Feel at Home starts from a simple reality. A lot of emerging artists are touring on the tightest margins possible. Accommodation is one of the biggest costs. Backstage spaces are often stretched and proper rest can be rare. That’s not sustainable. That’s why this […]

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PRS FOR MUSIC AND THE GRASSROOTS SECTOR: Take the...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/09

The third in a four-part series on PRS for Music and the grassroots music sector. Key takeaways for me: “In 2017 […] PRS for Music accepted Music Venue Trust position that its licensing model did not reflect the reality of music performed in grassroots venues and […] agreed that change was needed.” Since then NO […]

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PRS FOR MUSIC AND THE GRASSROOTS SECTOR: Show Me the...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/07

The second in a four-part series on PRS for Music, grassroots venues, and what happens to the money in between. Key takeaways for me: 18 million pounds of it is sitting in a fund that will eventually end up somewhere other than the songwriters it was collected for. It’s mad. It need changing. PRS FOR […]

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PRS FOR MUSIC AND THE GRASSROOTS SECTOR: Who Pays the...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/05

The first in a four-part series on PRS for Music, grassroots venues, and what happens to the money in between. Key takeaways for me: The licence fee is calculated on the assumption that every song performed at every one of those shows is a song that PRS has the right to collect for. This is […]

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Plans to expand The Ferret have been given the go-ahead

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/04/04

Just two years after the venue was saved from closure and purchased by Music Venue Properties, the Preston venue is now on target for expansion. This is such great news.

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Three Cities, Three Planning Guides. I See Purpose....

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/29

Morpheus (in the Matrix Reloaded) said: “All of our lives, we have fought this war. Tonight I believe we can end it. Tonight is not an accident. There are no accidents. We have not come here by chance. I do not believe in chance. When I see three objectives, three captains, three ships. I do […]

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Ticketmaster quietly raised other fees after US...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/27

Ticketmaster told venue: “To account for the loss of order processing revenue, we must adjust fees to offset the revenue loss,” Gig Goers: Just don’t buy tickets from this outlet. Artists: Don’t use their outlet, don’t play their venues. Just F*ck them!

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The Rise of Online Music Culture with Sean Adams –...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/27

The Last Safe Space a straight-talking, data-driven podcast from Music Venue Trust. Each episode breaks down the biggest news affecting the UK’s grassroots music venues – from government policy to local wins, campaigns, crisis cases, and how you can take action to support live music. In this episode, Sean Adams, founder of the pioneering […]

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MVT March 2026 Newsletter

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/26

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Moth Club: Planning Application for building next...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/26

Update from the Moth Club. The last planning application was refused!

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Mother, Give Your Children Sanity

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/25

If you’ve been lucky enough to see Codex Serafini play live then you’ll know they are a full-on assault to your eyes and ears. They describe themselves as “Codex Serafini are a Saturnian Ritualistic band hailing from outer-space, currently passing through Earth and temporally residing in Sussex” which doesn’t really tell you an awful lot. […]

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The Take of Live Nation and the £1 venue levy

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/25

Live Nation and the Grassroots Music Levy summed up in a cartoon! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mr Scruff (@mrs_cruff)

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Ethics Start With You with Dr Jim Walsh – Episode 24,...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/20

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Can £125,000 Make a Difference to the Crisis in Live...

Pete Cogle. Podcaster & Grassroots Music Advocate ·

2026/03/19

That’s the question at the heart of this episode, as Sean sits down with David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), and musician and former FAC board member Roxanne de Bastion to talk about the newly launched UK Artist Touring Fund (UKAT).

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