Venues

The Australian Music Venue Foundation (AMVF) launches today with a foundation board of familiar faces from across the music industry.

Grassroots concert spaces across the U.K. should get a helping hand by way of a voluntary levy applied to tickets for the biggest shows.

The report draws attention to the dearth of affordable concerts spaces, impacting punters and an industry facing pressures from all angles.

A raft of initiatives are set to ignite live music as restrictions are relaxed.

"It feels like a decision like ‘no singing or dancing’ here in NSW is singling out the live music industry,” says ALMBC's Stephen Wade.

ASM Global, the venue and event management giant, is expanding its activities in Asia Pacific with the launch of a regional HQ in Singapore.

Music venues across NSW can now operate with an additional hour of trading, following the passing of new laws.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian stressed that the freedoms would only apply to those who are fully vaccinated or who have received medical exemption.

TEG snaps-up London venues XOYO and the Camden Assembly, with both sites expected to re-open their doors for business later this month.

Barry had previously held a number of roles at ASM Global and its associate companies.