Arena ticket levy by September, MPs demand

Chris Cooke and Andy Malt discuss the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee recommending that the government implement a levy on ticket sales for large scale shows and cut VAT for grassroots music venues, and the concerns surrounding the launch of a new SXSW festival in London. 

SECTION TIMES
01: Grassroots venues report (00:06:50)
02: News in brief (00:14:18)
03: SXSW London (00:17:38)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

THIS WEEK'S MAIN STORIES
• SXSW London could disrupt delicately balanced music ecosystem and should reconsider its date

NEWS IN BRIEF
• TikTok sues the US government over sell-or-be-banned law
• Goldman Sachs analysts upbeat about music industry after a “turning point” year
• Lucian’s lunch money under threat as shareholder pressure mounts over “excessive” pay packet
• Nine of the ten wrongful death Astroworld lawsuits now settled, says Live Nation
• OfCom should use Online Safety Act powers to force Facebook to act on ticket scams, says Which?
• Music Venue Properties announces purchase of The Ferret in Preston
• Apple finds out the hard way that not everyone thinks destruction is a form of creation