内容摘要："I closed my eyes," Katherine recalls. "I thought 'if my son's gone, as in unalive, I'll close my eyes and whatever happens I'll not remember it, I'll be asleep'."

"I closed my eyes," Katherine recalls. "I thought 'if my son's gone, as in unalive, I'll close my eyes and whatever happens I'll not remember it, I'll be asleep'."

Combined with other pressures including higher rent and electricity bills125 music venues closed or stopped hosting live music in 2023.

In those that remain, costs are so tight that “a lot of venue operators aren't even paying themselves, which is really worrying,” says Coe-Brooker.The Music Venue Trust wants bigger concert halls to donate £1 from each ticket sold to the grassroots scene and the next generation of artists.That wouldn't necessarily push prices up again - the trust says the £1 fee would be factored into existing costs - but here’s the fascinating thing: If the artist is the right one, fans will pay regardless.

Live Nation is the world’s biggest concert promoter and it shifted a record 118 million tickets in the first six months of 2024.According to its latest earnings report, sales for arenas, amphitheatres, theatre and club shows are all up double digits.

“People’s enthusiasm to go out has not been as curbed as we expected in the current economy,” says Gottfried.

“VIP ticket sales have definitely picked up. Every single promoter I've spoken to across the individual European markets, has seen an uptake in almost every case. And £1,000 for a VIP package is not at all unheard of.”In 2024, a council director warned that the Military Road, which runs near Atherfield Point,

A "passport" for hikers on the Coast to Coast footpath has proved a hit with walkers and local businesses, with more than 750 sold since it was launched.The booklet allows people to collect 29 stamps along the 190 mile (305km) walk, which stretches from St Bees Head in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire.

Launched in March, the 140-page document encourages people to visit shops, pubs and visitor attractions dotted along the route.Donald Cline, who helped devise the scheme, said he hoped the passport would become a "memento" for walkers to cherish.