Live venues close as 'overbearing licensing laws' bite

Industry anger over licensing act 'inaction' as some of London's best live venues are forced to closeThe Luminaire, one of London's best-loved live music venues, closed its doors this month providing further evidence that the small gig scene is struggling.Venues that have closed include Jilly's Rockworld and the Music Box in Manchester, Sawyers in Kettering, Northamptonshire, and The Cellars at Eastney, a small Portsmouth pub being sold by Enterprise Inns because it is not making enough money.Th...

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