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2021 Download Festival cancelled: What happens next?
Music
Acts that were lined up included KISS, Biffy Clyro, System Of A Down, the Deftones, KORN, Steel Panther and The Darkness
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Leicestershire County Cricket gets licence for 19,999 capacity concerts on back of 2016 Elton John sell-out
Music
Uptonsteel County Ground to announce first 2021 concert
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Plymouth theatre launches music industry talent development programme
Music
Barbican Theatre works with industry professionals to train young people after landing support from national charity
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North East musician launches RockAcad online music academy to counter Covid impacts
SMEs
The Gateshead drummer has enlisted tutors working with the likes of Sam Fender, Boy George and James Arthur and Selena Gomez
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Creative arts college to occupy site of Bristol’s Bierkeller music venue
property news
The £4.5m investment comes from the neighbouring Access Creative College
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East Midlands music producer, top lawyer and university innovation boss recognised with 2020 New Year’s honours
New Year's Honours
Yasin El Ashrafi, Glynis Wright and Anjuu Trevedi honoured for helping young people, female entrepreneurs and innovation
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Lockdown won’t stop Leicester businesses raising thousands for charity with Suits and Vinyl office party
Christmas
Online set from DJ Matt Moore will be broadcast on Facebook on December 19
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How Rock City in Nottingham is preparing for life in 2021
Music
40-year-old venue – which has hosted The Ramones, The Smiths and The Undertones – has never been closed this long
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East Midlands restaurants, pubs and hotels going into strict Tier 3 lockdown
East Midlands
Worst possible news for pubs, bars, hotels, cinemas, theatres and concert halls - but non-essential shops can open again
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Cancelled gigs have 'devastating' effect on South West economy
Events
Research shows that lockdown of entertainment venues is costing South West more than £7m
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Clements Create get some satisfaction fitting out new Rolling Stones Carnaby Street store
Rolling Stones
Clements Create even had to make sure the sound system was good enough for one of the world's biggest rock bands
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Revered music venue Band on the Wall brings forward expansion plans with £150K loan
Entertainment
The Northern Quarter venue, which has hosted the likes of Joy Division and Buzzcocks, was forced to cancel or postpone more than 400 events between March and Summer 2021
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Grassroots music venues saved from closure after securing emergency funding
Finance
The South West venues have received the grants through the Culture Recovery Fund
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The entrepreneur of the year who was thrown out of school but went on to run his own recording studio
Creative & Digital
Turning point came when his girlfriend became pregnant and he deleted all the numbers of his drug crowd
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Ed Sheeran and other music stars call on Government to save Ƶ music scene
Music
More than 1,500 bands and musicians have written to the Culture Secretary to call for action to save the £4.5bn live music industry
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Grassroots venues call for urgent Government help to save the Ƶ music scene
Music
More than 500 venues from around the Ƶ have called for support to help keep the music scene alive during the coronavirus lockdown
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Plan to turn former punk nightclub into plush apartment block
South West
C103 was a venue beloved of rockers, but now its redevelopment could start regeneration of Plymouth's famous Union Street
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Musician leaves London to launch dream business in the North East
Music
Dave Brown has returned to his native County Durham to create the studio, the only one of its kind in East Durham
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Plans revealed for massive new music and sports arena next to the Etihad Stadium - it would be the biggest in the Ƶ
Manchester City FC
Costing £350m, making it most expensive arena ever built in Europe, those behind the project say the "versatile" venue would host around 120 events a year
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World famous Hallé Orchestra appoints new CEO
Music
The symphony orchestra announced David Butcher will take the helm in September, after current chief executive John Summers retires this July
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How Leicester record studio boss Yasin went from drug crowd to one of Ƶ's top entrepreneurs
Creative & Digital
Expelled from school at 15, from 16 to 24 Yasin said his “main mission in life was to get high”
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Leicester insurer BHIB launches new bespoke service for freelancers in film, media and entertainment
Creative & Digital
New tech means national broker can service the smaller end of the SME sector
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Leicester’s newest two hotels open - and are among last places with rooms for huge summer Kasabian gig
Leisure & Touism
New Novotel and Adagio among the few places which still has rooms available for Kasabian homecoming gig on June 20
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Andrea Gray becomes managing director of Leicester-based music licensing operation PPL PRS
Music
She was responsible for growing the Leicester Hastings Direct team to 1,200 in four years
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