Everything Everything performing in Manchester for Kendal Calling’s NYE 2018 party (Gary Mather / Live4ever)
Elbow, Everything Everything and Public Service Broadcasting will help to support the UK’s small live music venues by performing gigs for the Passport: Back To Our Roots campaign.
The Slow Readers Club are also one of the first artists to throw their weight behind the initiative, which will raise money for the venues which are currently being hit hard by coronavirus restrictions; dates for the shows will be confirmed once those restrictions are lifted.
“This is a simple way of looking after the very roots of British music, and will result in some powerful, joyous shows when we can at last see each other again, Guy Garvey of Elbow says. “I’m very proud to be involved.”
“Like all artists worth their salt, we came up through smaller rooms and tiny stages, learning our craft as we went,” EE’s Jeremy Pritchard adds. “So often these vital venues are run on a shoestring, but what they provide to their community socially and artistically is invaluable.”
“The Back to Our Roots project is helping grassroots music venues back on their feet after these testing times. We wanted to come to Esquires [in Bedford] as it’s exactly the sort of gig we’d have done ten years ago, but actually never had the opportunity to. It’s our pleasure to be involved.”