£7 million in new premises taxes places over 350 grassroots music venues at immediate risk of closure.

£7 million in new premises taxes places over 350 grassroots music venues at immediate risk of closure.

Despite extensive briefing to HM Treasury, Department of Culture, Media and Sport
and Department for Business and Trade about the negative economic, social and cultural impacts of the removal of the 75% business rate relief for Grassroots Music Venues, the Government has today announced that business rate relief will reduce to 40% from April 1st, 2025. The immediate impact is to create a demand for £7 million in additional premises taxes from a sector that, in 2023, returned an entire gross profit across all 830 such venues in the UK of just £2.9 million. 43% of Grassroots Music Venues in the UK made a loss in 2023.

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Simon Spillett - Peterborough Jazz Club - 10th Novem

 Tenor saxophonist Simon Spillett with his star studded quartet at The Key Theatre on Sunday
10^th November. 

Leading both his own quartet and big band, and inspired by the classic Brit-bop of the 1950's and 1960's, his is a powerful passionate style, it's emphasis on straight-ahead jazz. Simon's performances are a roller-coaster ride encompassing everything from high bebop to lyrical balladry, the whole tied together by his signature witty stage presence. 

Simon has also become a champion of the music in all manner of ways, including writing a biography of legendary British saxophonist Tubby Hayes. Simon has recorded four highly regarded albums, the latest of which, Dear Tubby H, garnered a five star review in Jazzwise magazine. His quartet tonight features a dynamic rhythm section including pianist Pete Billington, bassist Alec Dankworth and drummer Pete Cater.

Further details and tickets are available on the Key Theatre website or by calling the Box Office on 01733 852992. Hurry, there are only a few tickets left !!

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My Family and Other Rock Stars – An Evening with Tiffany Murray - Waterstones Lincoln

 My Family and Other Rock Stars – An Evening with Tiffany Murray

Lincoln - High St
Thursday 7th November 18:30 - 20:00

Talk and signing with Tiffany Murray... 

My Family and Other Rock Stars is Tiffany's
remarkable, truly unique story of growing up in a rural idyll, of Cordon Bleu cookery and of a childhood where the chances of bumping into Freddie Mercury playing piano, or a group of Hell's Angels turning up to record for Lemmy, or even the hope of David Bowie appearing, were as normal as hopscotch and homework.

Event Link…

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Book Review…

RockfieldStudios: What it was like growing up there | British GQ

Honky Tonks and Country Songs - The 11th Album by American Country Star Joe Nichols,,,

Honky Tonks and Country Songs - The 11th Album by American Country Star Joe Nichols,,,

Joe Nichols has released his latest album, Honky Tonks and Country Songs, out now via Quartz Hill Records.

The first single from the project, “Better Than You,” has been a top five most-added song at country radio (Mediabase) for four consecutive weeks, including one week before the track’s official impact date. The emotionally charged duet with rising country star Annie Bosko is about love at first sight, your last first kiss and realizing nothing else could compare with the feeling you’ve found.

Other tracks from the new project include “Doin’ Life With You,” “Bottle It Up,” “Helpless in a Honky Tonk,” “Hard Fires” and a cover of  the Hank Williams Jr. classic “Country Boy Can Survive,” which has become a fan-favorite at Nichols’ shows.

“My favorite thing about making this new album was, I think my voice is in good shape right now—the best shape it’s been in years,” Nichols says. “In the studio, I think I sounded more true to me, and how I started, than I have in several records. And I knew we had some good country songs, like ‘Doin’ Life With You,’ ‘Bottle It Up’ and several of the country-er things on this record, like ‘Helpless in a Honky Tonk’ and ‘Honky Tonks and Country Songs.’ I just felt like we could lay back and lay down some of those ‘old-school me’ vocals.”

Last week Nichols launched his long-awaited new record at Gilley’s Dallas, headlining the celebration to mark the world-famous honky tonk’s 21st anniversary.

Honky Tonks and Country Songs Track List:
1. “Honky Tonks and Country Songs” – (Tyler Hubbard/Matt Jenkins/Travis Wood/Casey Brown)
2. “Bottle It Up” – (Josh Kear/Dan Isbell/Paul Sikes)
3. “People Still Doin’ That” – (Justin Lantz/Clint Daniels/Jeremy Crady)
4. “Helpless in a Honky Tonk” – (Jared Keim/Ryan Beaver/Neil Medley/Dan Alley)
5. “Country Boy Can Survive” – (Hank Williams Jr)
6. “Hard Fires” (featuring Stevie Woodward) – (Michael Carter/Adam Craig/Matt Rogers)
7. “Doin’ Life With You” – (Jimmy Yeary)
8. “Y’all Do” – (Jake Mitchell/Michael Hardy/Mike Walker)
9. “On and On” – (Jason Sellers/Terri Jo Box/Dan Smalley)
10. “Better Than You” (Joe Nichols & Annie Bosko) – (Derek George/John Pierce)
11. “Amazing Ways” – (Dan Isbell/Jordan Minton/Jonathan Smith)

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Live Music at Old Nicks Tavern, Horncastle, Lincolnshire - November 2024.

Live Music 

at Old Nicks Tavern, 

Horncastle, Lincolnshire, 

November 2024.

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Stamford Record Fair - Saturday 30 November

Don't Miss Stamford's great little Record Fair pops up again just in time for a bit of Christmas shopping! Plenty of records to look through from friendly traders, free entry, free tea and coffee as well as a potential mince pie or two!

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Weekend Gig Guide For Lincolnshire and Peterborough

 Weekend Gig Guide For Lincolnshire and Peterborough 11th to 13th October 2024

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Friday October 11
Paul Nose - Jazz Café Lincoln
Sami Q  - Terry O'Toole Theatre Lincoln
Graham Mizen/Face The Strange/Bikraley - The Stack Lincoln
Carrianne Rogers - The Dog and Bone Lincoln
The Austringer/Hands Down - The Komodo Lincoln
Katie Spencer - Caister Arts and Heritage Centre Caister
​Alex Hamilton Band  - Ropery Hall Barton On Humber
Whitney: Queen Of The Night - Grimsby Auditorium Grimsby 
The Specials Limited/The Palm Trees of Venice - Yardbirds Rock Club Grimsby
The Clouds  - The County Hotel Grimsby
Visions of Cody - Three Monkeys Skegness
The Zarakan Blues Band - Revue Bar at Blackfriars Theatre Boston
11th Hour  - The Carpenters Arms Boston
Hannah Aldridge - Town Hall Live Kirton In Lindsey
The Bohemians perform Queens Greatest Hits  - Guildhall Theatre Grantham
Supersonic Queen  - South Holland Centre Spalding
Jeanie Barton Band - Stamford Arts Centre Stamford
Hard 2 Please  - The Blue Bell Werrington Peterborough
The Famous Unknowns - The Cock Inn Werrington Peterborough
​Stevie Jones and Mark Gill - The Shed Peterborough
The Best Of Queen (Tribute Show) - New Theatre Peterborough
​Kane Brown - Key Theatre Peterborough
Mike Shelby - The Parkway Club Peterborough
Cosmic Rodney - The Burghley Club Peterborough
The Expletives - The Yard of Ale Peterborough

Saturday October 12
New Model Army - The Engine Shed Lincoln
One Night In Nashville - The Drill Lincoln
Hannah Horton Quartet - The Blue Room Lincoln
Worried About Jay - The Victoria Lincoln
Song Sung Blue: A Tribute To The Music of Neil Diamond  - Terry O'Toole Theatre Lincoln
​The Junkyard Dukes - The Plough Lincoln
The Detail - North Hykeham Social Club Lincoln
Claire L Shaw/The Golden Pocket Collective - The Stack Lincoln
​Visions Of Cody - The Adam and Eve Lincoln
Marshall Law - The George Market Rasen
The Stumble - The Hoochie Coochie Club Louth 
The Easy Riders  - Louth Jazz Club Louth
Propeller  - The Kings Head Louth
Blackbeard's Tea Party  - Ropery Hall Barton On Humber
Grimethorpe Colliery Band - Baths Hall Scunthorpe
Rewind 80s & Little Sam Lyons - Redbourne Club Scunthorpe
The Return of Elton: The Story  - Ashby Bowl Scunthorpe
The Clouds - The Lord Roberts Scunthorpe
Westview Sounds Alldayer  - Café Indie Scunthorpe
​Funky and Some - The Honest Lawyer Bar Scunthorpe
Maet Live and the Neverland Express - Yardbirds Rock Club Grimsby
The Kings Voice: Elvis Tribute - Grimsby Auditorium Grimsby
Drop The Accent - The County Hotel Grimsby
Gone Shootin' - Old Nicks Tavern Horncastle
Lizzie and the Sandboys - Three Monkeys Skegness
Rocking All Over The World - Blackfriars Theatre Boston
Ultrabeat - The Gliderdrome Boston
The Snogs - The Kings Arms Grantham
​The Betty Swallox Band - The Nobody Inn Grantham
​Two Of A Kind - The Club Pub Sedgebrook
Scooted and Booted  - The Anchor Inn Sutton Bridge
Battle Royale Heat 3 - Voodoo Lounge Stamford
​The Tour'Ettes  - The Blue Bell Werrington Peterborough
23 Reasons - The Cock Inn Werrington Peterborough
Off The Record - The Lime Tree Peterborough
Velocity  - Charters Peterborough
Thunderstruck UK (AC/DC) Tribute - The Met Lounge Peterborough 
Jeffs and Booga - The Shed Peterborough
Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers - Key Theatre Peterborough
Spanglers Country Music Club - The Parkway Club Peterborough
​Soul FX - The Burghley Club Peterborough
Listen Like Thieves - The Yard of Ale Peterborough

Sunday October 13
Nick Keen/PALMA Duo/Carrianne Rogers - The Stack Lincoln
Arie Dakesian  - Riverhead Theatre Louth
The Tremling Wilburys - Yardbirds Rock Club Grimsby
Glenn Miller anf the Big Band Spectacular  - Grimsby Auditorium Grimsby
​Dave Wagstaff - Mucky Muldoons Cleethorpes
Take Two Duo - Club Tropicana Skegness
2 Of A Kind - The Draymans Arms Spalding
The Boutones - Edwards Bar Grantham
Conor Selby - Voodoo Lounge Stamford
Mellow Submarine - The Cock Inn Werrington Peterborough 
Tom Stone - The Lime Tree Peterborough
Pennyless  - Charters Peterborough
​David Janes Smith - The Shed Peterborough

What's On At The Cavern Club, Liverpool.

What's on at The Cavern Club Liverpool? Check out the lineup for some incredible nights of live music!

Grab your tickets through the link here!

https://www.cavernclub.com/whats-on/

Chantel McGregor Upcoming Tour.

 Exciting news, music lovers! At the end of this month,

Chantel McGregor hit the road again for her Autumn & Winter Tour 2024/5!

Get ready for an unforgettable series of shows filled with her incredible guitar skills and soulful vocals.

Don’t miss out on the chance to experience her live performance—mark your calendars and grab your tickets now!

Let’s support this amazing artist on her tour!

Ticket link below

https://www.solidentertainments.com/presents.htm...

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New Collaboration - Kris Drever & Chis Stout

KRIS DREVER & CHRIS STOUT- Live Touring Dates March 2025

 

Kris Drever and Chris Stout are icons of the Scottish roots culture and two of the most powerful contemporary voices to sing out of it in the last quarter century.    Both come from the Northern Isles (Kris from Orkney and Chris from Shetland) and represent the strength of those identities in the music they inhabit. Inherited through childhood, family and osmosis, you can hear the wind whistling through the strings, the rhythms washing against your animal self and the old stories whispering out from the ingleneuk.    In Glasgow in 2019 the two found themselves to be neighbours in the West End and began meeting up and playing music together. Both musicians found a sound of great interest and emotional power in these little get-togethers, and it soon became a more regular happening.    Now they’ve decided to share the experience with a wider audience. Come and hear songs and tunes you know and some you don’t, shining through the unique prism of these two ‘one of a kind’ musicians.   Kris is a guitarist, singer and founder member of the trio Lau. He’s a multi award winning singer songwriter and has played and written with a galaxy of stars (Eddi Reader, Roddy Woomble, Mark Knopfler, Kate Rusby, Jack Bruce, Karine Polwart…).   Chris is a virtuoso violinist, viola player and composer, founder member of the legendary Shetland band ‘Fiddlers Bid’ and long-time collaborator of the genius harpist Catriona McKay. He has performed in venues as storied as the Sydney Opera House and has composed for and performed with The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, The Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and a great many more.

For Live touring dates in March 2025 and festival gigs

please contact: gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk