Music stars explain why independent venues are `massively important`
(WorldNews Entertainment)

Musicians have been telling Newsbeat how independent music venues are `massively important`. Hundreds of venues around the UK are the testing grounds for some of Britain`s biggest names. Through gigs around the country, Independent Venue Week aims to give a `nod to the people that own, run and work in them`. As the week gets under way, here`s what some acts who have played a fair share of `small, sweaty clubs` had to say.Declan McKenna `It`s a very exciting week. `For local communities to have venues that aren`t in the...