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Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand

Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand

Update: 2024-05-11
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On this week's show we discuss the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee recommending that a levy on ticket sales for large scale shows be implemented by September and that the government should instigate a VAT cut for grassroots music venues, plus the concerns surrounding the launch of a new SXSW festival in London.



SECTION TIMES

01: Grassroots venues report (00:06:50 )

02: News in brief (00:14:18 )

03: SXSW London (00:17:38 )

(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)



THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES

MPs set September deadline for ticket levy to support grassroots venues and shows

SXSW London could disrupt delicately balanced music ecosystem and should reconsider its date



NEWS IN BRIEF

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OfCom should use Online Safety Act powers to force Facebook to act on ticket scams, says Which?

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Apple finds out the hard way that not everyone thinks destruction is a form of creation
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Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand

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