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#Rocklands #ArtBeat Caffy St Luce, DIY #newerwave alt-rock art music promotion 🍄 #uniqulture #Darklife #poc #punk adventures #planetwater 🔆 #musictourism #Peacemas #ArtfulFest events dept + contributor to #thezineuk documentary #FertileEnvironment 🌱
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Music Venue Trust is delighted to be partnering with Liverpool City Council to deliver a programme that offers meaningful support to Grassroots Music Venues and celebrates Liverpool’s decade as a UNESCO City of Music.
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
1 Week countdown to @SoccerSix '26 events launch:
Thursday 29/1/26 @musosawards THE BANDS COME OUT TO PLAY finals, Camden

6 x buzzing live sets + music industry social £10
#indie rock n roll n #pop with showy (competitive) performance. Bring your ears and cheers!

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The Bands Come Out To Play at The Dublin Castle, London on 29th Jan 2026
The Bands Come Out To Play at The Dublin Castle, London on 29th Jan 2026. Buy tickets in just 2-clicks with our super-fast checkout
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January 22, 2026 at 2:51 PM
#livemusic Friday 30/1/26
JEAN GENIE presents PANDA POWER
Stanley Arts, Croydon/#SE25
Punked lively-LIVE SHOW!
Shared Space, MOSES, Gabi Garbett
#indie #rock #pop

JG is 1 of the industry's best scouts & tippers!
Use 20% discount code
PANDA PLAYERS at stanleyarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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"What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and shits quantity." - William S. Burroughs #quote
January 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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We’re working to make sure every community can access live music, and every artist can build a real national audience.

Read our report at www.MusicVenueTrust.com to find out what's happening across the nations, with an additional focus on Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Music Venue Trust
Music Venue Trust is a UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues.
www.MusicVenueTrust.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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The live music map shouldn't be postcode-dependent. We all know that some of the greatest scenes in UK music history have come from all over the nations, in all sorts of pockets in the North, South, East, West, and Midlands.
January 22, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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Our Annual Report highlights the stark truth that 59% of grassroots music venues no longer receive regular national touring shows. Whole regions - towns and cities with millions of people - have effectively vanished from the UK’s touring map.
January 22, 2026 at 11:08 AM
#musictourism Ivan Waters and the Citadel + immersive tech #Playhuman. Top grade show hosted with poetry. The interdependent sector are a fertile environment
Music Tourist Board recommended: The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington, is no stranger to debut UK shows
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Ivan Waters and the Citadel debut!
Sunday 18th January Ivan Waters and the Citadel with poetic hosting by Maxi McNaughty The Waiting Room, London Totally recommended by the Mu...
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January 22, 2026 at 11:09 AM
I notice the amount of artists/crew who have invested in playing SXSW + other USA live music events, I really hope that they stay safe if they can not get refunded

An unarrested/unsection DerangedOompaLoompaNonce is murdering culture, as well as humanity

DIY a UK/IE convention fest, Spring 2027
UK tourist Becky Burke was arrested by ICE in the USA and kept in handcuffs and chains for 19 days before being deported back to Wales.

Her 'crime', doing unpaid work in return for accomodation (which isn't illegal).

This is the evil of Donald Trump's USA, DON'T GO.
January 22, 2026 at 10:25 AM
JEAN GENIE presents PANDA POWER
Friday 30th January, Stanley Arts, Croydon/London SE25
Shared Space, MOSES, Gabi Garbutt - live on stage, a ROCKED pop evening of indie fun. New faves & futures will be made. Get connected (+ there's a discount ticket code) at artfulmtb.blogspot.com/2026/01/JGMH...
JEAN GENIE Music Scene (50 Foot) Queenie, presents...
Jean Genie. Multi Scene Queenie. An artist in her own right, Jean Genie Hayes is a musical community leader, a super scout, a connector - an...
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January 21, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Such an amazing day, thanks Tim. Had a great time selling our Feral Five merch on the Rocklands @artbeat.bsky.social Collective table, and Mick even paid us a visit!
January 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Great catching up with the lovely @artbeat.bsky.social, @katfive.bsky.social and , as well as meeting the marvellous Ivan himself, Luis and Doug, and Gaz (St Helens fella)
January 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Such a great idea! Support your music scene, share and subscribe.
Musicians/Music lover.

Got 500 or less youtube sunscribers? Drop your channel here and let’s see if we can get you one more?

#youtube #music #musicsly
January 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
#musictourism 2026 goes up to 11 Days!
in Limehouse/Shadwell Eastenders-land

Make Merch Market by @tim-burgess.bsky.social + many music world friends, your Sunday service. The Troxy + more local venues. It's FREE Entry and SWAGtic 4 artists, plus loadsa live sets!

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#musictourism January 2026 goes up to 11! 👀 💞Sunday 11/1 Merch Market by @Tim Burgess ##rocklandsartbeat repping with ##playingclass friends. 🎵 "I'll see you there, on a Sunday"🎵 #CAPITALISEthis
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January 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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The Merch Market

Sunday January 11th

Everything starts at 11am

Running orders etc…

www.nme.com/news/music/r...
Running order revealed for this weekend's massive Merch Market London, by Tim Burgess
NME can exclusively reveal the running order for the massive Merch Market headed to London this weekend, organised by Tim Burgess.
www.nme.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Over 40% sold first day. There's a showy show happening. Tickets: www.fatsoma.com/e/fmodkxax/t... #musosawards26 - it's ON.
January 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM
It's not been easy to choose but
THE BANDS COME OUT TO PLAY finalists
with an industry panel

Thursday 29th January in Camden are

AMITY
CAMENS
SCRATCHCARD
STANDARD ISSUE
SWEET UNREST
UNDICI

Thank you to 100s of amazing artists who entered

Tickets are on sale, Friday
#musosawards26 #indierock
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Thanks to the @manchestereveningnews.co.uk for this feature on our upcoming Louder Than War Live festival in Manchester in March headlined by Sea Power, Pale Blue Eyes, Benefits, Evil Blizzard, Immersion and many more www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/mus...
He rubbed shoulders with Oasis and Stone Roses, now he's launching a festival
"The thrill of the new is a wonderful thing and that feeling when you know you have just seen the future cannot be beaten"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Things are nicely hotting up for @whitelands.bsky.social new album 'Sunlight Echoes', with NME and @brooklynvegan.bsky.social including them in their most anticipated albums of 2026!

Read all about it here
www.nme.com/features/mus...

And here
www.brooklynvegan.com/94-albums-we...
NME’s most anticipated album releases of 2026
2026 is shaping up to be a banger of a year. Here are NME’s most anticipated album releases of 2026 – check them out
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January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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Why are they lying?
January 7, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Right then. Year begins, work begins. Hit me up. Employ me. Writer, DJ, lecturer. I’m good.
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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PinkPantheress, Central Cee, SZA and more to take part in an online auction hosted by Freedom For Sudan www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/pink-pa...
PinkPantheress, Central Cee, SZA and more participate in Sudan fundraiser
Freedom For Sudan has announced a fundraising auction offering gifts and experiences with artists including PinkPantheress, Central Cee, SZA, to take place between 6-12 January.
www.thelineofbestfit.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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January 5, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Make a song... and DANCE!

"Daydreams and Nightdreams are our escape. Agitate, Educate, Organise, outta this every-faceted nightmare"

"an interdependent community of performers, promoters, creators and dreamers"

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#art #poetry #music #uniqulture #sharethejoy
Partytime, Planet Water
024 12 / Dec 2024 Partytime, Planet Earth The Year Of The Dragon roared as humanity rose instinctively, against the EvilEmpire 025 12 / Dec...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
18/1/26 🔥show
Ivan Waters and the Citadel at The Waiting Room, London

Grand, off tangent TUNES with a love of George Orwell and Britpop.

They "write songs that feel like instant classics..."
"... soulful vocals and lyrics grounded in honesty and wit⁠" (Showcase Daily)

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Ivan Waters and The Citadel - Keep The Aspidistra Flying (Official Video)
YouTube video by Ivan Waters and the Citadel
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December 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM