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Hackney Council receives 27,000 emails to save MOTH Club from closure

The venue is currently under threat following plans to build a neighbouring flat block

Stone Techno Festival shares 2026 line-up including Verraco, DVS1, OK Williams and Skee Mask

The techno-oriented three-dayer will return to the UNESCO World Heritage-protected former coal mine Zeche Zollverein in Essen, Germany, next July

Doctors in Czechia can prescribe magic mushrooms from 2026

Psilocybin will be legalised for medical use across the country next year, marking a first for Europe

O2 Arena pledges to donate to grassroots music each time a new headliner performs

The London arena will make an initial “six-figure donation” to Music Venue Trust to launch the initiative

Comedy film centred around Berghain entry attempt is in the works

The film is based on a podcast following two Americans as they journey to the notoriously exclusive club

Ghetts pleads guilty to causing death by dangerous driving during court appearance

The London-born musician is accused of failing to stop after hitting a 20-year-old Nepali student in North London, who died as a result of his injuries two days later

Tim Westwood pleads not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault

The former BBC Radio 1 DJ faces 15 charges in relation to seven women, including four counts of rape

Hannah Laing launches community DJ and production project in Dundee

doof Studios will offer workshops, DJ lessons, and other programmes to young people in collaboration with Scottish charity Turn The Tables

At least 25 people killed and six injured in Goa nightclub fire

The deadly blaze, which broke out on Saturday night, is suspected to have been caused by ‘electrical fireworks’

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London radio station and venue AAJA opens second-hand record store in Deptford

Crates R Us has opened within the basement of AAJA in Deptford following the success of a series of record fairs

UK government toughens criteria for touring grant following Kneecap "controversy"

Kneecap were set to receive the MEGS grant in 2023, but it was later withdrawn after a Tory MP argued that they “opposed” the UK

Plans unveiled to turn infamous Detroit ruin into electronic music museum

Having sat empty for over 60 years, the Packard Automotive Plant was the location of Richie Hawtin's famed Spastik warehouse parties in the late '90s

Björk to release first new album in four years in 2026

The follow-up to 2022’s ‘Fossora’ will be premiered in May as part of a forthcoming exhibition with Reykjavík Art Festival

Fundraiser launched for London DJ Chris Stoker amid cancer battle

The Not An Animal co-founder is currently undergoing treatment for both stage three kidney cancer and type one diabetes

UK nightclubs should host World Cup 2026 fanzones, NTIA says

With fixtures potentially taking place until the early hours of the morning in the UK, late-licensed nightclubs could be the perfect location to watch the next tournament

Tokyo nightclub WOMB to open new sister venue Z MARUYAMA

The 200-capacity venue will be located close to WOMB in the city's Shibuya ward

Diddy’s lawyers claim 50 Cent’s Netflix documentary uses “stolen footage”

Lawyers issued a cease-and-desist to the streaming service on the night the series was premiered

£1.6 million touring fund to be distributed to UK musicians in government scheme

The Music Export Growth Scheme is offering grants between £5,000 and £50,000 to help alleviate touring costs

Kneecap to take legal action against Canadian MP over "ban" from country

Canada's Prime Minister and border control services claimed they had "no involvement" in the supposed ban of the Irish rap trio

New BBC documentary investigates £1 million Glastonbury ticket scam

Fake Friend: The Glastonbury Ticket Scammer focuses on Miles Hart, the alleged conman who sold "fake" passes to Glastonbury 2024 for thousands of pounds