Live music
Richard Hawley: 'Thatcher's Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked'
![Richard Hawley walking on the beach in his coat](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Richard-Hawley-Hero2.jpg?w=768)
Richard Hawley: 'Thatcher's Britain was a time of fear. If you were northern, you were f**ked'
How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners
![Miles Davis playing onstage](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/1589-music-hero-miles-davis-E140WA.jpg?w=768)
How Switzerland's Montreux Jazz Festival is nurturing tomorrow's headliners
Atherton 'had everything taken away'. The Snug brought back music and community
![female fronted punk band on the stage of The Snug in Atherton](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LooseArticles-Snug-hero.jpg?w=768)
Atherton 'had everything taken away'. The Snug brought back music and community
Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth
![Robert Smith of The Cure, Ed Sheeran and Morrissey leading The Smiths on stage in Moles, Bath](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Moles-bath.jpg?w=768)
Inside the grassroots music venue where Oasis, Pulp and Ed Sheeran cut their teeth
This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
![woman playing a keyboard and singing, MacArts centre, man in a hat at a microphone](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Mac-Arts-hero-2.jpg?w=768)
This Scottish music venue changed a disabled teen's life – but may run out of money in months
Steve Lamacq: 'This music venue changed my life... it's now a carpark'
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Steve Lamacq: 'This music venue changed my life... it's now a carpark'
How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
![Members of Black Midi and Black Country, New Road in front of the gold curtain at the Windmill Brixton](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BM-NR-Windmill-hero.jpg?w=768)
How iconic London music venue The Windmill made Brixton a mecca for the best new bands
How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead
![Northern Irish band Anna’s Number on stage in grassroots music venue The Court House, highlighted by Big Issue Venue Watch](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Court-House-hero.jpg?w=768)
How this plucky music venue is bringing a faded seaside town back from the dead
Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
![Images of musicians performing live in Hot Box, Chelmsford](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1576_Music_venue-watch-1.jpg?w=768)
Hot Box, Chelmsford: Possibly the only UK venue to puts on funk nights and a chess club
Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
![Glyndebourne Festival](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Glyndebourne_1.jpg?w=768)
Just Stop Oil targeted Glyndebourne, but their aim could be better
Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open
![Enter Shikari](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Enter-Shikari_GettyImages-1404830249.jpg?w=768)
Enter Shikari: Doing their bit to keep live music venues open
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
![Ruichi Sakamoto](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1546_Music_KEJC38.jpg?w=768)
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Soweto Kinch, Say She She: Jazz to see us through dark days
The energy bills crisis is threatening live music venues. They need support now
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The energy bills crisis is threatening live music venues. They need support now
It's time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms
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It's time we reclaimed the power of music, in all its forms
Time for a manifesto for the post-pandemic gig goers
![A smoky, sweaty live music venue with people's hands thrown in the air](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/pexels-vishnu-r-nair-1105666.jpg?w=768)