#ILOVEMETAL – Restarting UK Live Music
Written by Tony Wilson on April 1, 2021
#ILoveMetal – Restarting UK Live Music
An industry panel launched to raise public awareness of the urgent crisis facing the UK music industry
On Friday 9th April at 19.00 – 20.15 GMT, a panel of music industry professionals spanning music broadcast and media, musicians and live music crew, management, agents, and promoters are holding a free-to-join, open-access virtual meeting to raise public awareness of the urgent challenges facing the UK music industry.
Hosted by UK radio station TotalRock and supported by UK-based logistics, touring and production company House of Tours, the debate will be focussed on the rock and metal corner of the music industry with the key question being addressed: In a post-pandemic/post-Brexit environment, which factors inform the extent to which the UK-live-music industry can be ‘revived’?
The issues facing the live sector are serious and there is a danger that the industry may be sleepwalking into a potential crisis as many workers have been forced to find other work during the last year that may leave a major gap of labour availability in the sector coupled with supply-chain availability and reopening challenges.
In addition to fostering a wider awareness of the challenges the UK live music industry now faces, in turn facilitating donations to the UK-Metal-Merger Stagehand Appeal, the panel aims to kickstart industry dialogue around potential measures that might avoid a catastrophic loss of skills, knowledge and experience in UK live music crew.
Following a brief summary of ‘witness statement’ contributions from each of the panel, questions will be taken from members of the public.
Have your say! #ILoveMetal is free to attend by pre-registering here or by going to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ilovemetal-restarting-uk-live-music-tickets-149324183653
The Zoom call details will be sent to you following registration.
Or you can watch the event without joining in on Facebook or Youtube at linktr.ee/TRstreams from 7pm on Friday April 9th
Confirmed panel members and contributors include:
• Emma Banks; Award Winning Co-head: C.A.A. (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Marylin Manson, Green Day)
• Andy Farrow; Northern Music Co. (Opeth, Devin Townsend, Paradise Lost)
• Stu Phillips; Owner: House of Tours
• Julie Weir; Label Head; Sony/Music For Nations (Bring Me the Horizon, Bullet for My Valentine)
• San Phillips; Head of Promoter Operations: Kilimanjaro Live/MyTicket.co.uk
• Martin Brennan; Lighting Designer: Iron Maiden, Motley Crue, Dio
• Aaron Stainthorpe; Vocalist: My Dying Bride
• Richard Shaw; Guitarist: Cradle of Filth
• Karl Spracklen; Professor of Sociology and Metal Studies Academic
• Andy Lenthall; Stagehand General Manager
• Paul Collis; Managing Director: Tour Supply (TM/FoH Anthrax/Devin Townsend)
• Tarrant Anderson; Frank Turner Bassist/Vans for Bands
• Doogie White; Vocalist: Rainbow, Michael Schenker, Alcatrazz
• Giles Lavery; Management and The Metal Voice
• Debora Moretti; My Dying Bride Production Manager
For further information, interviews, media assets:
Mark Mynett: [email protected]
Neil Jones: [email protected]
