(Left to Right) Emma Bownes Senior Vice President, Venue Programming at AEG Europe, Mark Davyd, CEO of Music Venue Trust and Jane Beese, Director of Music, Factory International and Music Venue Trust ...

Donations will be made each time a grassroots performer headlines the O2 for the first time (Picture: Getty) Grassroots music in London just got a major boost, as the O2 announced direct donations to ...

The O2 and Music Venue Trust have announced a commitment formally recognising the role of grassroots music venues in creating future headliners within the UK’s live music scene. The three-year ...

Rebecca Kane, gm of London’s O2, confesses she’s amused and surprised – not that the entertainment complex she runs on the Greenwich peninsula has rewritten the live-music record book, but that… By ...

London’s O2 Arena has pledged to donate to Music Venue Trust (MVT) each time a new artist headlines the venue in an effort to support grassroots music. The initiative was announced over the weekend, ...

The 49th annual O2 Silver Clef Awards has so far raised £715,000 for Nordoff And Robbins, the UK’s largest music therapy charity. David Gilmour was presented with the prestigious O2 Silver Clef Award ...

“At heart I’m a producer,” admitted Pharrell Williams during the first of two O2 shows last night. My, how it showed. At the age of 41 he’s finally struck commercial gold under his own name with the ...