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Elbow has agreed to hold an exclusive concert in Manchester to increase the budget of popular concert halls.
Guy Garvey said he is “very proud to be involved” in the Passport: Back To Our Roots initiative.
Everything Everything, Public Service Broadcasting and The Slow Readers Club will also perform concerts once the concerts have social distance.
Concert tickets can be won in a draw that opens on August 17 and lasts for two weeks.
Elbow will perform at the Night and Day Cafe in Manchester, while Public Service Broadcasting will perform at Amersham Arms in New Cross, south-east London.
Everything Everything will play at Bedford Esquires and the Slow Readers Club will play at the Trades Club in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
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“It’s an undeniable way to deal with the roots of British music and that will result in tough, joyful performances when we can, in spite of everything, see us again,” Garvey said.
The Music Venue Trust (MVT) will get 80% of the proceeds.
20% will go to the Inner City Music charity, which operates the manchester Band on the Wall.
Last month, the MVT welcomed the news that up to 150 small music venues in England would account for a 2.25 million pounds of emergency government funding.
The organization had warned in the past that about 80% of its member sites could be forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“We are complacent and have no illusions that there are still many demanding situations to overcome,” said the trust’s CEO and founder, Mark Dayvd.
He called Passport: Back To Our Roots “a fair and timely initiative that will keep an eye on what remains to be done.
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