We are the music makers https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/uk-grassroots-venues-mvt-2025-report-ticket-levy UK grassroots venues by the numbers: 30 closed, 801 still open, and what the £1 arena levy has paid so far https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/07/uk-grassroots-venues-mvt-2025-report-ticket-levy Music Venue Trust's 2025 annual report counts 801 UK grassroots venues trading, down from 810, the smallest fall since 2018, but more than half made no profit and jobs fell by almost a fifth. The voluntary £1 levy on shows over 5,000 capacity covered 8.8% of arena and stadium tickets in 2025, and its first payouts (£500,000 on 28 January 2026, £1m more in July) are small against a £76.6m live-music loss. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers industrylive-musicgrassroots-venuesuk