Large music venues should support smaller ones to produce future 'Elton Johns and Taylor Swifts', Tory MP says

Large music venues should have to pay towards the cost of supporting smaller ones to help “produce the superstars of tomorrow”, a Conservative former minister has said.

Ashford MP Damian Green said a similar model to football should be adopted, where a levy is imposed and money from the Premier League trickles down to grassroots clubs.

Liberal Democrat MP Christine Jardine also warned the music industry will not have “the Elton Johns and the Queens and the Taylor Swifts” of the future without preserving smaller venues.