Bobby Vylan calls for more diversity in live music: “Let’s make it an industry that represents us all”
nme.comBob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan has called for more diversity both on and off-stage in live music – as well as more local support bands and regional shows.Providing the opening speech at the Music Venue Trust’s NME-partnered Venues Day event in London earlier this week (October 5), the singer of the UK punk duo hailed the UK’s grassroots gig spaces for giving bands like his a “shelter” and fostering communities.Vylan also said that we should “never take that relationship between venue, artist and audience for granted again” as the industry continues to emerge from the COVID crisis.While looking to the future, Vylan called for improvements to be made in terms of representation. “I hope we start to see more diversity in these venues: from the.
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