Sony Music Backs Campaign to Save U.K. Grassroots Music Venues as `Essential Platform`
(WorldNews Music)

The U.K. arm of Sony Music has become the first major record label to financially back a campaign to save Britain`s `at-risk` grassroots music scene. Charity organization Music Venue Trust, which works to protect the vital role that small-capacity venues play in the U.K. live industry, called the undisclosed donation a `game-changing` development and said it hopes it will encourage further financial support from the key players in the U.K. music industry. `Sony is committed to supporting and developing artists...