Apart from being a musician, I’ve been lucky enough to work a lot of different jobs in the live music industry. From production assistant to backline tech and from sound engineer to tour manager.

Let me tell you, it can be seriously hard work. I remember jobs where we started at 5am and finished at 6am the following day.

Here’s the thing though, the shows that come from that hard work bring real joy to millions of people AND bring serious money into the economy (£5.2 billion in 2019 in the UK).

Us prima donnas on stage are a pretty poor representation of what is actually a massive industry full of brilliant and highly-skilled people. These people NEED THE GOVERNMENT’S SUPPORT.

It’s not just a case of starting venues and gigs up again when we are able to, the industry will basically collapse without the amazing people needed to run and operate it. Please use the hashtag #WeMakeEvents to get in touch with your local MPs and ask them to take action.

Maybe you can give them an idea of what you might have spent to go and see one of your favourite bands or artists or tell them why live music is important to you. Thanks and love. Jesse

For more info: https://www.wemakeevents.com/toolkit/