Venue closures and struggles for musicians are not a new concept. Since the early 2000s, the number of grassroots music venues closing has been increasing, accelerated in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic as financial hardships worsened. In 2023, Music Venue Trust recorded two per week, and in 2024, this slowed, but to a still alarming one every (MVT) fortnight.

After writing music on his own for a while, Thomas Dunleavy made the decision to leave the band he was with, h:sharp, in September of...

Angel’s Grove performed at The Met Lounge, here in Peterborough on 17/2/23, and with it only being their 5th gig, having a missing...

(This was written to be assessed as part of my Journalism course. This was in Semester 1 of Level 5 and was for my Digital Magazine...

‘It makes sense, to be honest. The dame was always my favourite character in the panto’ A self-written introduction by Bella seems the...