“Absolutely crucial”
Jeremy Corbyn pledges his support to independent music venues in the run up to the general election.
Its not as if Corbyn hasn’t received his fair share of support from an array of British Musicains – from Wolf Alice to JME. Corbyn announced, with just two days to go till the general election (8th June) that he would look into the dreaded Form 696.
“What you have is a number of independent venues, sometimes pubs, cafes, so on, that have become almost informal live music venues,” Corbyn went on to say that “the small cafe does well and ‘hey presto’ along comes Costa, Starbucks, Nero or something to take it over”
“(It’s) the same with pubs, which are often very reluctant to have live music on. Those live venues are absolutely crucial to the future of the music scene. So, the £1,000 pub-licensing rebate is a good thing – we want to extend that a lot further.”
It’s refreshing to see a politician with such imminent power recognizing the significance and influence that music has in Britain in 2017 – from the thriving grime scene to the rebirth of EDM up and down the country; all of which seem to see a “sense of hope” in his campaign.
He went on to talk about the importance of music in schools – with a particular focus upon how children are taught music:
“What I’m interested in is the sense of expression that music gives people, hence the points I’ve been making endlessly about musical instruments children for children. Any teacher will tell you that a child learning music at school is likely to do better at a lot of other things”
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words: Abbi Parcell