Save Our Venues campaign launched to help grassroots UK music venues
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officialcharts.comA campaign to save grassroots music venues threatened with permanent closure by the Covid-19 outbreak has been launched. The initiative, #saveourvenues, has been started by the charity Music Venue Trust to help raise funds for over 556 independent music venues across the UK.
A series of gigs will be livestreamed over the coming weeks to raise money for the venues, including The Sugarmill in Stoke-on-Trent, The Night Owl in Birmingham and popular London spots The Lexington and Bush Hall.
The initiative has taken inspiration from Frank Turner, whose own series of livestream shows - called Independent Venue Love — has raised money for a number of local venues.
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