A new venue is set to open in Leeds early next year.
Testbed, a 10,000 square foot industrial space, is located on the Southbank at the edge of the city centre and will host arts, community, and electronic music events as well as corporate conferences - taking on a similar function to Manchester’s Depot Mayfield or London’s Printworks.
English record stores have shared plans for trading during lockdown.
Following the start of the UK's national second lockdown, which came into force midnight last night (5th November), a number of record stores have outlined their plans to keep trading throughout the current closure of physical, non-essential shops.
Illegal raves held across the UK during the bank holiday weekend have resulted in fines and clashes with police.
It's reported that police were called out to various events in London, Leeds, and elsewhere, where fines up to £10,000 were issued. In Norfolk, bottles and cans were thrown at police sent to seize equipment and nix the event.
Soundsystem events at Leeds West Indian Centre (LWIC) will be required to lower their volume.
An agreement has been made between several soundsystems, promoters and LWIC's management that events in the centre will be required to lower their volume until further notice. A statement shared on behalf of LWIC explained that "All sound systems are still more than welcome there if the volume and size can be controlled to a respectable size and volume working with the new rules."
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Leeds venue The Old Red Bus Station (TORBS) has extended its lease.
After facing potential closure to make way for a multi-storey car park, TORBS has been able to extend its lease by five years after the plans to demolish the building were scrapped.
The 400-capacity club, which has seen performances from the likes of DjRUM, LK and Shyboi, has now released another wave of impressive line-ups for September and October.
Two teenagers have died at festivals in the UK over the bank holiday.
Creamfields and Leeds Festival, which both took place in the North of England, are two of the UK's biggest festivals, with 70,000 attendees per day and 90,000 across the weekend respectively.
A 19-year-old male from Warrington was spotted looking unwell by security at around 12:15AM on Saturday at Creamfields. After initial assessment from a doctor on site, the teenager was rushed to Warrington district general hospital, where he later died.
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