A Lifeline for Indie Venues: Can a New Tax on Arena and Stadium Concert Tickets Save the U.K.’s Grassroots Circuit?

The message from Britain’s largest platform to its smallest stages came over loud and clear. At U.K. music’s biggest night, the 2025 BRIT Awards held at London’s cavernous O2 Arena, a succession of rising artists used their moment in the spotlight to stress the importance of the grassroots independently owned venues where they cut their […]