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
• TikTok sues the US government over sell-or-be-banned law
• Goldman Sachs analysts upbeat about music industry after a “turning point” year
• Lucian’s lunch money under threat as shareholder pressure mounts over “excessive” pay packet
• Nine of the ten wrongful death Astroworld lawsuits now settled, says Live Nation
• OfCom should use Online Safety Act powers to force Facebook to act on ticket scams, says Which?
• Music Venue Properties announces purchase of The Ferret in Preston
• Apple finds out the hard way that not everyone thinks destruction is a form of creation
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
• TikTok sues the US government over sell-or-be-banned law
• Goldman Sachs analysts upbeat about music industry after a “turning point” year
• Lucian’s lunch money under threat as shareholder pressure mounts over “excessive” pay packet
• Nine of the ten wrongful death Astroworld lawsuits now settled, says Live Nation
• OfCom should use Online Safety Act powers to force Facebook to act on ticket scams, says Which?
• Music Venue Properties announces purchase of The Ferret in Preston
• Apple finds out the hard way that not everyone thinks destruction is a form of creation
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