The biggest celebration of live music ever staged in the UK is taking place on what have been the Glastonbury weekend – June 26-28. With Worthy Farm taking a fallow year, Everywhere At Once is bringing a huge grassroots festival to music fans all across the UK.
Joining the previously announced artists are Fatboy Slim, Glenn Tilbrook, Lucy Spraggan, Gene, D Double E, P Money and Westside Cowboy, adding even more breadth to a weekend already set to become the biggest celebration of grassroots live music ever staged in the UK. Glenn Tilbrook will be performing on the Theatreship in East London’s Canary Wharf, Lucy Spraggan at The Sub Rooms in Stroud, Gene will be playing shows in Southampton, Newport and Lancaster, D Double E at The Brickworks in Nottingham, P Money at Suki10c in Birmingham, and Westside Cowboy are playing a hometown show at Manchester’s Low Four. With tickets for The Lathums’ two previously announced shows selling out in minutes, the band have added a show at Preston’s The Ferret. Details of Fatboy Slim’s show, and how to get tickets, will be announced in the run up to the festival weekend.
“50 years ago Squeeze started out in the small venues of South East London. Later this year we will be playing our biggest UK tour including at the O2 Arena across the Thames from the Theatreship. I still go out and play solo shows at grassroots venues and some of the best nights I’ve ever had playing music have been in tiny rooms packed with people who just love live music”
Says Squeeze’s Glenn Tillbrook
“These venues don’t just support musicians, they become part of the fabric of local communities. They give people a place to meet, connect and discover something new. We need to cherish them, if we lose them, we lose far more than somewhere to see a band. So show your support for your local venue, you never know where the next great artist, or the next great night, might come from.”
Everywhere At Once is being delivered by the charity Music Venue Trust and powered by The National Lottery. The festival will be supporting War Child, Nordoff and Robbins, Help Musicians UK, and Teenage Cancer Trust.
Full details of all gigs, with daily updates, are available at www.everywherefest.com and follow on socials at @musicvenuetrust
