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How the resurgent U.K. dance genre points to changing attitudes about music and nightlife
The British MC discusses his chart-topping mixtape as well being featured on the ‘Atlanta’ soundtrack
As the pandemic keeps venues shut down, more and more musicians are considering a career change.
Survey: One-Third of UK Musicians Consider “Abandoning” Career
Wren Graves
According to a new survey by the UK’s Musicians’ Union, 34% of its members are considering “abandoning” their career. This is the third time the union has conducted such a survey, and the share of artists pondering a career change has risen sharply. When polled in March and again a…
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Survey: One-Third of UK Musicians Consider “Abandoning” Career
Wren Graves
Frank Turner, the event’s headlining act, called the experience “strange” and “emotional.”
The First Socially Distanced Concert in the UK Was Not a Success
Nina Corcoran
It’s not just the US who can’t throw a socially distanced concert properly. This past Tuesday, Frank Turner played the first socially distanced gig in the UK to a respectful crowd, but organizers for the event have unfortunately declared the show as “not a success,” reports BBC. The concert took…
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The First Socially Distanced Concert in the UK Was Not a Success
Nina Corcoran
UK sales are on pace to top 100,000 for the first time since 2003.
In the latest proof that younger generations are just as insufferably nostalgic as Baby Boomers, cassette tape sales are on the rise. The US market has grown by as much as 35% in recent years, with over 219,000 tapes sold in 2018. But that’s nothing compared to the surge seen…
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England will welcome back live music in just a matter of weeks.
England to Allow Indoor Concerts Beginning Next Month
Lake Schatz
Earlier this week, veteran talent agent and Lollapalooza co-founder Marc Geiger predicted that concerts likely won’t return in the US until 2022 — a much bleaker timeline than the one previously provided by health experts. Meanwhile, our friends across the Atlantic will allow indoor concerts to take place beginning August 1st,…
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England to Allow Indoor Concerts Beginning Next Month
Lake Schatz
Events will have to ensure “a limited and socially distanced audience.”
The UK has a nationalized health care system, and the US has a president who makes fun of face masks, and so it’s no surprise that England was faster at getting its coronavirus crisis under control. With new cases decreasing since mid-May, and total cases now under 30,000, the UK…
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Outdoor Concerts Are Allowed to Return in the UK
Wren Graves
Ghost Echoes revisits the London institution’s many strange and marvelous moments.
Revisiting Five Extraordinary Evenings at the Royal Albert Hall
Michael Roffman
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Radio Public On May 28, 1974, the worst orchestra in the world performed at the Royal Albert Hall. That’s not so unusual. The Albert Hall isn’t Carnegie Hall. It’s not an exclusive, prestigious venue where only the greatest may perform.…
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Revisiting Five Extraordinary Evenings at the Royal Albert Hall
Michael Roffman
The third Fantastic Beasts film is also in the mix.
The Batman and Other UK-Based Productions to Resume Filming
Michael Roffman
Robert Pattinson’s The Batman is back in action — among many other United Kingdom productions. According to The Guardian, the UK government and health bodies signed off on new coronavirus safety rules to get filming going again, and as early as July. The many guidelines drawn up by the British…
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The Batman and Other UK-Based Productions to Resume Filming
Michael Roffman
A commemoration of a poet’s legacy 40 years later and counting.
Ranking: Every Joy Division Song In Honor of Ian Curtis
Michael Roffman
Joy Division never wrote a bad song; there just wasn’t any time. In the four years the Manchester outfit existed, Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris were a force of creativity — pure and unadulterated. They weren’t just talented, they were in sync, and their tragic gasp…
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Ranking: Every Joy Division Song In Honor of Ian Curtis
Michael Roffman