Labour has pledged to “put fans back at the heart of music” and has said that it will examine so-called dynamic pricing as part of a consultation process to develop a more equitable system.
However, industry stakeholders are hopeful that the government doesn’t stop there and shows greater interest in an industry that employs over 210,000 people and generates £6.7 billion in economic output, according to UK Music.
We spoke to a variety of business leaders about the difficulties they are facing and the changes they hope to see now that Labour is in government.
Festivals struggle to survive.
The family-owned rock and metal festival Bloodstock, which attracts 20,000 people each summer to a meadow in Derbyshire, is operated by Rachael Greenfield.
Nonetheless, it has been particularly severely impacted by a number of issues impacting the wider music industry because it is an independent festival that operates on a far smaller scale than major festivals like Glastonbury.
