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Setlist: FAC steps up its campaign against music venue merch commissions

By Andy Malt and Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 17 July 2023

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the stepping up of the Featured Artists Coalition’s 100% Venues campaign, which encourages music venues to allow artists to sell merchandise at their shows without being charged any commission on sales, and the new legal challenge to the UK government’s festival drug testing policy.

Apologies for the sound issues in this episode. As you’ll hear, we have a new recording set up. After some great sounding test recordings, one of us (see if you can guess who) managed to record through their laptop mic instead of their studio mic.

SECTION TIMES
01: 100% Venues (00:09:42)
02: Drug testing policy (00:20:08)
(Timings may be slightly different due to adverts)

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STORIES DISCUSSED THIS WEEK
• FAC steps up its 100% Venues campaign against merch commissions
• NTIA seeks judicial review on government’s “reckless” festival drug testing policy

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• 100% Venues petition (Change.org)