âIt’s really important for us to be at the forefront on the sustainability and inclusion questions, to inspire others and help with all these things. If we donât have a sustainable future, we may not have a future at all.â
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On this page you can find our position papers, statements, reactions, and recommendations on current European topics that concern the live music sector in particular, and the creative and cultural sphere in general.
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Live music actors raised issues facing an increase in cancellations of artistic performances and international tours in the Eastern region as a consequence of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. With this letter, we wish to reaffirm that it is safe to perform in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, and it is important in solidarity…
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Over 140 representatives from across Europeâs live performance sector have signed an open letter calling for the European Union to introduce tougher laws on online marketplaces. The signatories, who represent the worlds of pop, ballet, opera, theatre, comedy and more, are fed up with Europeâs exploitative ticket resale market, which drains hundreds of millions of…
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ACTIVATE THE EUROPEAN LIVE MUSIC NETWORK TO HELP THE UKRAINIAN MUSIC SECTOR Live DMA condemns the Russian governmentâs violation of territorial law and the violence towards civilian people and war in general. If you are in contact with artists and music operators in need in Ukraine, you can activate our European network for support and…
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Together with 7 live events and creators organisations, we welcome the EU guidelines on the reopening of cultural venues & highlight additional measures to be taken to facilitate the free movement of artists. Following two letters asking the European Commission for the implementation of a reopening strategy with recommendations on the necessary steps, this new…
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76 International, European & national music organisation are âClaiming a front row seat for musicâ calling for policy makers to fully acknowledge the artistic, social and economic value of the music sector and to live up to these words in political decision making! After 15 months of lockdowns all over Europe without concerts, festivals, clubs…
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On the occasion of the EU-US summit taking place in Brussels on June 15th, where the american president Joe Biden meets the representatives of the EU institutions, Live DMA with 107 other cultural associations signed a joint letter. This letter was drafted by Pearle, the European association for music, performing arts and live performance organisations,…
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European Associations from the performing and live music sector address a joint letter to Commissioner Mariya Gabriel (Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth) and Commissioner Thierry Breton (Internal Market). Following a first letter asking the European Commission for the implementation of a reopening strategy, this new letter aims to share recommendations on the necessary next…
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European Associations from the performing and live music sector address a joint letter to Commissioner Breton (Internal Market). âTogether, we are asking for a coordinated post-lockdown strategy for Europeâs cultural venues and events.â During the last year, European associations and their national members have been working relentlessly on proposals to provide support to the cultural…
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Following the open letter published by more than 110 pan-European networks on 30 October 2020 âMake culture central in the EU recoveryâ, the group comes together again to reiterate their call to the national governments and the European Commission. In the second open letter published today by the group, coordinated by Culture Action Europe, the…
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âItâs all about sharing and cooperation!â
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âWe need organisations like Live DMA to support our activities. During COVID, it was important to have Live DMA meetings so that we could learn what was going on in the other countries, and that was very helpful when it came to the lobby work on the local levelâ
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“We have been celebrating the 10th anniversary of Live DMA, a network which was created in 2012 by venue networks from all over Europe. The purpose was to share knowledge and skills with each other, and to set up common projects, and I think weâve succeeded in doing that!â
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“I learned to collect and process data with good quality, and also I learned the importance of data to start a dialogue with institutions. Good data gave ACCES a lot of recognitionâ
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ʻʌThanks to Live DMAÊŒs Survey, we showed our government that the more a venue is subsidized, the more money they generate. The Ministry of Culture had little knowledge of our sector. So to present these figures from different European countries was crucial in re-valorising our subsidies.”