A brand new survey has revealed that 93 per cent of music followers within the UK would again a £1 ticket levy on giant scale occasions and area reveals to assist grassroots music venues amid ongoing closures.
The survey, performed by Music Followers’ Voice, collected responses from 8,000 music followers throughout various genres (with rock being the preferred kind of music the group attend gigs for), aged 18 and above.
99 per cent of individuals agreed that stay music is a vital a part of UK tradition, and 30 per cent stated they go to a grassroots venue month-to-month. As for bigger venues, these are attended much less often, with 27 per cent saying they go to an area lower than every year. Numerous respondents additionally stated they “by no means” attend nightclubs.
58 per cent of followers stated they’ve witnessed the closure of a regionally essential music venue or nightclub since 2020, and the identical share of individuals additionally stated that extra native occasions would allow them to attend extra gigs, with transportation prices stopping individuals from attending venues.
For individuals who stated they’ve been attending much less stay music occasions in comparison with a 12 months in the past, the excessive value of tickets was the primary motive why, with 64 respondents citing this as a difficulty. The final value of residing and frustrations with dynamic pricing on tickets additionally fall carefully behind as the explanation why followers should not in a position to attend as many gigs as they as soon as did. Solely 11 per cent of those that have skilled a ticket value surge because of the dynamic pricing mannequin agreed that the idea of surge pricing was successfully communicated to them beforehand.
Final 12 months it was revealed that the UK authorities was planning to look into the “transparency” of dynamic ticket pricing. It was additionally later revealed it was planning to deal with ticket touts by doubtlessly introducing a value cap on resale web sites.
You possibly can view the total report by way of Music Followers’ Voice.
