Artists and managers back calls for UK ticket levy

Division across the live music sector marked today’s select committee inquiry, while calls for a mandatory ticket levy grow

News By James Hanley | 26 March 2024

Jon Collins (LIVE), Mark Davyd (MVT) & John Drury (NAA) at today's Select Committee hearing

Artists and managers have backed the Music Venue Trust’s (MVT) calls for a compulsory £1 levy on tickets sold for UK live music events above 5,000-cap.

Music Managers Forum vice-chair Kwame Kwaten and Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) CEO David Martin both expressed their support for the proposal during evidence sessions held in parliament today by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee to explore the ongoing crisis in the grassroots music sector.

Back in January, the MVT revealed in its annual…

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