BRUCE DICKINSON CHAMPIONS LONDON’S GRASSROOTS MUSIC VENUES AS ECONOMIC ENGINES
London is literally putting its grassroots music scene on the map – the Tube map, to be precise – in a new campaign to boost the city’s independent venues. Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has teamed up with London Mayor Sadiq Khan to champion the capital’s 179 small music venues, which collectively hosted over 4.2 million audience visits and 328,000 performers last year. These tiny clubs and pubs are the breeding ground for tomorrow’s...