Coronavirus: 160 beloved live music venues at risk of closure - here's how you can help

More than 160 of Britain’s live music venues are at risk due to the Coronavirus lockdown, the Mirror can reveal.

Lockdown rules have put scores of beloved clubs and theatres - which have hosted early performances by music legends including Oasis, Nirvana and Adele - “on life support”.

It follows warnings that thousands of jobs will be lost and the music industry will suffer £900 million in losses without urgent Government action.

New analysis shows some 165 live music venues have launched crowdfunding appeals, calling on the public to chip in to help them survive.

And the Music Venues Trust, which has launched a ‘Save Our Venues’ campaign to fundraise for grassroots venues across the country, says more than 400 are “at risk of imminent closure.”

The list of venues running crowdfunding campaigns includes Sheffield’s Leadmill - which hosted legendary performances from Oasis, Pulp and Nirvana - and the Tunbridge Wells Forum, which hosted early shows by Adele, Coldplay and Green Day.

Scroll down for the list of venues - and how you can help

Green Day played the Forum in 1994 (FilmMagic)

Pulp in 1994 - they gave a number of legendary performances at the Leadmill. (Redferns)

Liberal Democrat leadership contender Layla Moran has urged Boris Johnson to create a Cultural Protection Fund to protect venues for theatres, small community football clubs and music venues and help  shield them from the colossal impact of COVID-19.

Ms Moran said: “Supporting theatres, small sports clubs and music venues is about stopping a cultural catastrophe ripping through towns up and down the country.

“Parts of the arts sector are effectively on life support and will need a sustained package of major support from the Government to survive.”

Manchester’s Band on the Wall club has been hosting live music for more than 80 years - but has been forced to ask punters for support.

Adele played at the Tunbridge Wells Forum early in her career (Getty Images)

So far they’ve raised £2,600 of their £10,000 crowdfunding target.

And Stoke’s Sugarmill, which has hosted the Libertines, Muse and Daft Punk also put out a call for help, raising £2,700 in two weeks.

Ms Moran added: “We cannot afford to lose them, a music venue isn’t just a space – it’s a hub for culture in a community as well as a major local employer.

“If we want to move forward together after this crisis we need to revive and renew the arts, we need to support them now before it’s too late.

“We cannot allow to curtain to call on the UK’s cultural jewels.”

The venues under threat - and links to their crowdfunder campaigns

Venue Name	City/Town	Fundraiser link
229, London	London	Link
Ain't Nothin' But...Blues Bar	London	Link
Alexander's Live	Chester	Link
Angola '76	England	Link
Arden Inn	Accrington	Link
Audio	Glasgow	Link
Band on the Wall	Manchester	Link
Bannermans	Edinburgh	Link
Bermondsey Social Club	London	Link
Blackmarket VIP	Hastings	Link
Boileroom	Guildford	Link
BOOM	Leeds	Link
Brickmakers (The) & B2	Norwich	Link
Bush Hall	London	Link
Cafe Indie	Scunthorpe	Link
Cavern	Exeter	Link
Chapel Arts Centre	Bath	Link
Chaplins & The Cellar Bar	Bournemouth	Link
Chats Palace	London	Link
Church Dundee	Dundee	Link
Cin Cin	Deal	Link
Club 85	Hitchin	Link
Creature Sound Swansea	Swansea	Link
Crowley's Rock Bar	Swansea	Link
Cutlers Arms	Rotherham	Link
Elsewhere	Margate	Link
Escape	Northampton	Link
Esquires	Bedford	Link
Exchange	Bristol	Link
Fiery Bird	Woking	Link
Fife Street Social Club	Nuneaton	Link
Fuel Rock Club	Cardiff	Link
Grand Central Hall	Liverpool	Link
Green Door Store	Brighton	Link
Heebie Jeebies	Liverpool	Link
Henrys Cellar Bar	Edinburgh	Link
Hobos Music Venue	Bridgend	Link
IKLECTIK	London	Link
Ivory Blacks	Glasgow	Link
Jazz after Dark	London	Link
Katie Fitzgeralds	Stourbridge	Link
Komedia Bath	Bath	Link
Komedia Brighton	Brighton	Link
Latest Music Bar	Brighton	Link
Le Pub	Newport	Link
Le QueCumBar	London	Link
Leith Depot	Edinburgh	Link
Little Buildings	Newcastle upon Tyne	Link
Louisiana	Bristol	Link
Mac Arts	Galashiels	Link
Madding Crowd	Bournemouth	Link
McCanns Rock Bar	Newport	Link
MK11	Milton Keynes	Link
Moles	Bath	Link
Moth Club	London	Link
Music Room	London	Link
Neuadd Ogwen	Bangor	Link
Night People & The Twisted Wheel	Manchester	Link
Night Train	Bradford	Link
Oh Yeah Music Centre	Belfast	Link
Omeara	London	Link
Oporto	Leeds	Link
Paperdress Vintage	London	Link
Patchwork Studios	Cornwall	Link
Patriot "Home of Rock"	Crumlin	Link
Peckham Audio	London	Link
Peggy's Skylight	Nottingham	Link
Phase one	Liverpool	Link
PJ Molloys	Dunfermline	Link
Printers Playhouse	Eastbourne	Link
Railway Inn	Winchester	Link
Redrum	Stafford	Link
Revelation	Ashford	Link
Rhondda Hotel	Porth	Link
Servant Jazz Quarters	London	Link
Slay	Glasgow	Link
Slim Jim's Liquor Store	London	Link
Sneaky Pete's	Edinburgh	Link
Soundhouse	Leicester	Link
St Mary's Music Hall	Walthamstow	Link
Steamboat Tavern	Ipswich	Link
Sticky Fingers Cafe & Rock Bar	Middlesbrough	Link
Suki10C	Birmingham	Link
Summerhall	Edinburgh	Link
Temple Falkirk	Falkirk	Link
The 343	Belfast	Link
The American Bar	Belfast	Link
The Black Box	Belfast	Link
The Black Prince	Northampton	Link
The Blue Bell Conwy	Conwy	Link
The Bongo Club	Edinburgh	Link
The Booking Hall Dover	Dover	Link
The Boot Inn	Tamworth	Link
The Brunswick	Hove	Link
The Caledonia	Liverpool	Link
The Cavern Freehouse	London	Link
The Chambers	Folkestone	Link
The Clapham Grand	London	Link
The Cobblestones	Bridgwater	Link
The County Music Bar	Chesterfield	Link
The Craufurd Arms	Wolverton	Link
The Crescent	York	Link
The David Hall	South Petherton	Link
The Dragonffli	Pontypool	Link
The Fiddler's Elbow	London	Link
The Forum	Tunbridge Wells	Link
The Forum Music Studios	Darlington	Link
The Gallery	Burnley	Link
The Glad Cafe	Glasgow	Link
The Green Rooms	Treforest	Link
The Hope and Ruin	Brighton	Link
The Horn	St Albans	Link
The Hot Tin	Faversham	Link
The Hunter Club	Bury St Edmunds	Link
The Jacaranda	Liverpool	Link
The Jago	Dalston	Link
The Junction	Plymouth	Link
The Leadmill	Sheffield	Link
The Lexington	London	Link
The Lighthouse	Deal	Link
The Live Rooms	Chester	Link
The Macbeth	London	Link
The Met	Bury	Link
The Metal Monocle	Leicester	Link
The Moon	Cardiff	Link
The Musician Venue	Leicester	Link
The Night Owl	Birmingham	Link
The Northcourt	Abingdon	Link
The Old England	Bristol	Link
The Old Market	Brighton	Link
The Palladium Club	Bideford	Link
The Pavilion	Llandrindod Wells	Link
The Pipeline	Brighton	Link
The Prince Albert	Brighton	Link
The Prince Albert	Stroud	Link
The Railway	Oakham	Link
The REC Rooms	Horsham	Link
The Salty Dog	Northwich	Link
The Shacklewell Arms	London	Link
The Shed	Leicester	Link
The Snug Coffee House	Manchester	Link
The Sound Lounge	Sutton	Link
The Stables	Milton Keynes	Link
The Stoller Hall	Manchester	Link
The Sugarmill	Hanley	Link
The Sussex Arms	Tunbridge Wells	Link
The Tivoli	Buckley	Link
The Tooth & Claw	Inverness	Link
The Underground	Bradford	Link
The View	Oban	Link
The Waiting Room	Stoke Newington	Link
The Zanzibar	Liverpool	Link
Toulouse Lautrec	London	Link
Trinity	Harrow	Link
Troubadour	London	Link
UNIT NINE	Milton Keynes	Link
Voodoo	Belfast	Link
Vortex Jazz Club	London	Link
Walnut Tree Shades	Norwich	Link
Wedgewood Room	Southsea	Link
Widgeon Theatreboat	Withington	Link
Windmil Brixton	London	Link
Woolpack Live	Doncaster	Link
CWRW	Carmarthen	Link