12 September 2014
Newsdesk
A passionate supporter of small independent venues, Frank has written to Culture Secretary Sajid Javid, calling on him to adopt the Agent of Change principle into UK law to halt the escalating threats to dedicated live music clubs and other community activities.
To focus attention on this issue Frank is calling on music fans across the country to sign his petition demanding that the government act: http://qr.net/changenow
In a carefully considered and direct plea for action, Frank tells Sajid Javid: "You, as the Culture Secretary, are genuinely facing a meltdown in the British live music circuit. Music venues are fighting off noise complaints, abatement notices and planning applications; 12 venues are already under threat, an avalanche will follow if we don't take action. These venues are where I grew up, where I learned about rock’n’roll music, where I saw all my favourite bands. The venues where I played my first shows and some of my most recent, the home of the music scene that has given me my career, my passion and my life.
The Music Venue Trust has been campaigning to protect and secure the UK live music network since January. Beverley Whitrick of the Trust explains, "The Agent of Change Principle is not complicated or controversial, it's simple common sense: T.
And yet a solution is simple, and it's called the Agent of Change principle. We demand that you work with the Music Venue Trust and the UK's incredible network of live music venues.
Let's act together, right now, to adopt and enforce Agent of Change".
The petition is a collaboration between Frank Turner and Music Venue Trust, and is supported by
Musicians Union, Music Industries Association, UK Music and many other music industry bodies.
READ Frank's letter in full or watch the video at musicvenues.org.uk
SIGN the petition at this link: http://qr.net/changenow
