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“More than ever, fans are also showing that they want to be out”: Over 700 gigs confirmed for Independent Venue Week
By Will Simpson published
This year’s event is second biggest to date

“We’ll be back here sooner than you think”: Dave Grohl seems to confirm new Foos album is on its way
By Will Simpson published
Plus he brings on stage miner who inspired Ballad Of The Beaconsfield

Annual Music Venue Trust report reveals sector is “fragile” and “one shock away from a crisis”
By Will Simpson published
CEO calls on government to make grassroots levy mandatory

“It’s all anyone is talking about on the Strip”: Deal for Metallica Sphere residency is “90 per cent” there
By Will Simpson published
Plus new, smaller, Sphere announced for Washington DC

“When we were working together, he was on. He was so focused”: Emmylou Harris on working with Gram Parsons
By Will Simpson published
Singer starts her final European tour

How Prince and The Revolution turned the bare bones of Purple Rain into a lighters-in-the-air epic
By Ben Rogerson published
Thanks to Stranger Things, a whole new generation of listeners is now getting to appreciate this 1984 mega-ballad

“In the classic tradition…”: Pat Smear is out of upcoming Foo Fighters dates after “bizarre gardening accident”
By Will Simpson published
Band announce news with fake National Enquirer front page

“It’s not ‘puppet show Megadeth’”: Dave Mustaine says he doesn't want guesting ex-members on Megadeth’s final tour
By Will Simpson published
Band’s supposedly ‘final’ album arrives in two weeks
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