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Welsh Labour government under fire after £4.25million plan to host Green Man music festival on a farm it bought  is scuppered by a pair of nesting ospreys

By David Wilcock, Deputy Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:06 EST, 29 January 2024 | Updated: 10:08 EST, 29 January 2024 Labour ministers in Wales sparked fury today after it was revealed they spent £4.25million of taxpayers' money on a farm to play host to a music festival, only for the plan to be scuppered by a pair of ospreys.The Welsh Government shelled out for Gilestone Farm in Powys in 2022 […]

todayJanuary 29, 2024

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Slipknot + Korn Cited in Report on Wasteful Government Spending

This past Friday (Dec. 22), Senator Rand Paul released his “2023 ‘Festivus’ Report on Government Waste,” which – per his official website – aims to “alert the American people to how their federal government uses their hard-earned money.” According to the analyses, artists such as Slipknot, Korn, Nickelback and Smashing Pumpkins played a part in the “$900,000,000,000 in government waste.”Near the end of the lengthy document, Paul talks about how […]

todayDecember 24, 2023 1

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SLIPKNOT, KORN And NICKELBACK Namechecked In RAND PAUL’s Report On Wasteful Government Spending

SLIPKNOT, KORN, SMASHING PUMPKINS and NICKELBACK are among the artists who were mentioned in Kentucky senator Rand Paul's annual "Festivus Report" of wasteful government spending.The 2023 listing found $900 billion in federal waste this year, including some of the more than $200 million that was doled out to "dozens of famous music artists and their touring companies" under the Small Business Administration's Shuttered Venue Operators Grant. The program, Paul said, […]

todayDecember 24, 2023 8

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UK risks losing out on ‘future generation of superstars’ if government doesn’t protect music venues

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things musicGet our Now Hear This email for freeSteve Lamacq has warned of the “challenging time” faced by the live music sector, as grassroots venues face massive rises in running costs and ongoing closures.The veteran DJ and BBC Radio presenter was recently appointed chair of LIVE, a trade body representing the UK’s live […]

todayNovember 16, 2023 3

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NSW Government Launches $5 Million Initiative To Boost Live Music Venues | theMusic.com.au

The NSW Government has detailed its new Venues Unlocked initiative, a $5 million effort it hopes will “get music and live performance back on stage”. Announced today (November 13), John Graham – NSW’s Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy, among other roles – said in a press release that his latest endeavour will help both “established and emerging” venues “upgrade and upskill” to boost their ability to host events […]

todayNovember 13, 2023 2

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Israelis feel anger towards their own government and army but not to Palestinian people

I recently returned from a visit to Israel to see the work being done by UJIA, Britain’s leading charity supporting vulnerable communities in Israel, that I am proud to chair. After the horrific Hamas attack that decimated Israeli communities on Oct 7, UJIA’s emergency work has focused on providing trauma support to survivors.I wanted to hear firsthand the stories of people who witnessed and survived the massacres. I wanted to […]

todayNovember 9, 2023 4

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‘I want him back’: Families of Israeli hostages demand government save them | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Tel Aviv, Israel – Miri Benami tells Al Jazeera she was worried when she could not get through to her son, Yosef Ohana, on October 7. He was at the Supernova Sukkot gathering, and she had heard that Hamas fighters attacked the trance music festival when they infiltrated southern Israel that day. After trying his phone several times, she eventually reached his friend, who had been with Yosef when the […]

todayOctober 25, 2023 1

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UK music industry groups welcome pausing of US government plan to significantly increase visa fees

Business News Live Business By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 24 July 2023 UK music industry trade groups last week welcomed the recent news that plans by the US Department Of Homeland Security to significantly increase the costs of visas for foreign artists and crew touring in the country have been paused. The US government department confirmed earlier this month that a final decision on those plans will not […]

todayJuly 24, 2023 1

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