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Weston-super-Mare's Tropicana to reopen as 10,000-capacity music arena
5/18/2026 North Somerset Council has voted to approve a contract that will see the former Tropicana lido in Weston-super-Mare reopen as a 10,000-capacity music venue. |
Belfast CC invests in arts events for underserved groups
2/16/2026 Belfast City Council is launching a grant scheme to boost access to music and arts events for under 18s. |
Bristol announces trial for green events scene
11/17/2025 Bristol is to benefit from a clean power generator to support the sustainability of large-scale events. |
Council combats contraband Oasis merch
9/12/2025 Over £10,000 of unlicensed Oasis merchandise was confiscated by council officers at the band’s July shows. |
‘Alarm bells’ over night time economy neglect
8/27/2025 The night-time industry has seen the closure of one in four venues over the last five years, data reveals. |
Council attempts to bury hatchet with Oasis
8/18/2025 The leader of Edinburgh City Council has reached out to Oasis after the band’s singer Liam Gallagher attacked the local authority for allegedly mocking fans. |
Council urged to cancel Marilyn Manson gig
6/24/2025 Brighton & Hove Council has been urged by the local MP to use its influence to cancel an upcoming gig by Marilyn Manson due to allegations of sexual assault by the singer. |
Council to honour ‘Birmingham legends’ Black Sabbath and Benjamin Zephaniah
1/22/2025 Birmingham City Council is set to honour the members of heavy metal band Black Sabbath and posthumously award a medal to poet and campaigner Benjamin Zephaniah. |
Oasis gigs to boost council's budget
12/5/2024 Manchester City Council is set to make £375,000 from performances at Heaton Park next year, including Oasis’s reunion gigs. |
Festival launches for borough’s birthday bash
11/8/2024 The Knowsley Music Festival will kick off today to celebrate the Merseyside borough’s 50th anniversary. |
Bradford leadership survives vote amid £50m venue criticism
10/16/2024 The leadership of Bradford Council has survived a vote of no confidence amid criticism over its handling of the £50.5m publicly funded venue, Bradford Live. |
Edinburgh council celebrates ‘spectacular’ Eras Tour welcome
6/11/2024 The City of Edinburgh Council has paid tribute to fans, residents, transport services and staff after Taylor Swift’s global tour descended on the city at the weekend. |
Liverpool to transform into ‘Taylor Town’ to welcome Eras Tour star
5/22/2024 Fans descending on Liverpool for Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour will receive a ‘proper scouse welcome’, with events dedicated to the pop icon. |
£101m boost for new music hubs
5/8/2024 A ‘new generation’ of music hubs will receive £101m to provide music education to young people across England. |
Brixton Academy to reopen after fatal crush
3/5/2024 Brixton Academy will open next month for the first time since two people died in a crowd crush in December 2022. |
Liverpool hands over Eurovision key
1/31/2024 Liverpool has officially handed over the symbolic key to Eurovision during a ceremony in Sweden. |
Bradford Live ready for 2024 opening
12/15/2023 Bradford Live has announced that it will be opening its doors for its launch season in autumn 2024. |
£240m venue launches with Danny Boyle extravaganza
10/19/2023 Four years late and significantly over budget, a new cultural arena opened in Manchester yesterday with an immersive performance directed by Danny Boyle. |
Restoration of ‘pipes fit for a queen’ underway
9/4/2023 The historic decorative pipes of the organ in Leeds Town Hall, which were seen by Queen Victoria in 1858, are being restored to their original design. |
Dartfort BC unveils Rolling Stones statues
8/10/2023 Visitors to Dartford will now be greeted by a bronze statues celebrating the borough’s most famous rock legends, Sir Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. |
Eurovision and the importance of culture
7/4/2023 Claire McColgan, director of Culture Liverpool, discusses the role of culture in place making, the topic of her talk today at the LGA annual conference. |
Rapping returning officer drops voter ID track
4/14/2023 South Norfolk Council has dropped a new rap video to remind residents to take photo ID with them when they vote in the upcoming local elections. |
Liverpool and Glasgow final contenders to host Eurovision
9/28/2022 Liverpool and Glasgow councils have welcomed the announcement that both cities are the remaining two contenders to host Eurovision 2023. |
Music venues first recipients of £1.57bn recovery fund
8/24/2020 Grassroots music venues across England are the first recipients of the Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund, the culture secretary has announced. |
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Whitehall promises £85m ‘culture boost’ after decade of school cuts
1/3/2020 The Government has committed to investing millions of pounds into film, dance, theatre and design lessons and facilities for secondary school children. |
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MSPs urge councils to provide free music lessons
1/22/2019 Local authorities have been urged not to charge for music tuition in schools, in a new report published by MSPs. |
