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State Of Independent Venues: Could our cities fall silent?

Huw continues our week-long celebration of live music venues with an examination of what might happen if they continue to close and our cities and towns fall silent.

Huw continues our week-long celebration of live music venues with an examination of what might happen if they continue to close and our cities and towns fall silent.

Today we look at case studies of York and Bristol - both cities with beloved music scenes but also places where venues have been threatened or closed. To find out more Huw talks to Bristol-based musician Katy J Pearson and Shed Seven's Rick Witter who formed the band in York. Plus we get the venue and nightlife perspective from Bristol's Night Time Economy Advisor Carly Heath and Joe Coates from The Crescent in York.

Huw also chats to 大象传媒 Introducing in Lancashire and Cumbria presenter William Wolstenholme about the state of venues in those areas and the gig he's putting on at The Grand in Clitheroe with Independent Venue Week.

Plus Huw is joined by 6 Music's Matt Everitt who has been digging into the economics of live shows and tours, finding out where the money is made and lost and just how fine the margins can be.

And Neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott shares the science behind why humans value live music and how we could be affected without it.

We also hear the story of a venue who is taking part in this year's Independent Venue Week. Today it's MacArts in Galashiels, a live music and arts venue in the Scottish Borders

State Of Independent Venues is a week-long deep-dive into the live music industry on 大象传媒 Radio 6 Music. Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens are celebrating independent venues and clubs on team, hearing from those who run them, the artists that play there and exploring how we can protect it all for the future.

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Music Played

  • Fontaines D.C.

    Big

    • Partisan Records.

  • Doves

    Cold Dreaming

    • EMI North.

  • Big Special

    Dust Off / Start Again (6 Music Session, 27 Jan 2025)

  • Wet Leg

    Being In Love

    • Domino.

  • CVC

    The Lowrider (Just About Meant To Be)

    • CVC Recordings.

  • She Drew the Gun

    Resister

    • Skeleton Key Records.

  • Cate Le Bon

    I Can't Help You

    • Mug Museum.
    • Turnstile.

  • 叠谤貌驳别补濒

    Girl From NYC

    • Is Right Records.

  • Do Nothing

    Summer Of Hate

    • Summer Of Hate.
    • Exact Truth.

  • Blur

    Song 2

    • Food.

  • Manic Street Preachers

    Motown Junk

    • Epic.

  • Self Esteem

    Focus Is Power

    • Universal Music.

  • Westside Cowboy

    I've Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You)

    • I've Never Met Anyone I Thought I Could Really Love (Until I Met You).
    • Nice Swan.

  • Goat & MC Yallah

    Nimerudi

    • Rocket Recordings.

  • The Joy Formidable

    Whirring

    • A Balloon Called Moaning.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 5.

  • Sam Fender

    Saturday

  • Gwenno

    Tir Ha Mor

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Roni Size / Reprazent

    Brown Paper Bag

    • Talkin' Loud.

  • Katy J Pearson

    Those Goodbyes

    • Heavenly.

  • Shed Seven

    Chasing Rainbows

    • Polydor.

  • Iggy Pop

    Rock Show (feat. Peaches)

    • Skull Ring.
    • Virgin Records.
    • 10.

  • Kae Tempest

    People's Faces

    • The Book Of Traps And Lessons.
    • Republic Records.
    • 11.

  • C Duncan

    Think About It

    • Bella Union.

Broadcast

  • Yesterday 16:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music