Very excited to be at the inaugural Neurodiverse Business Awards, what a wonderful event 💖

Lovely morning in Falkirk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐴

Ahead of International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8, UK Music Head of Diversity Eunice Obianagha reflects on this year’s theme of ‘Give to Gain’ and the power of advocating for others. You can read her piece in full here. tinyurl.com/w9bta9p2

Great discussion onstage at EPS today - some brilliant conversations and one of my fave networking ops of the year 💖

Great to see everyone at the parliamentary launch of the Show Must Go On report last week - we did it! 🙌

Great fun heading down to Hoxton Hall last night to see UnMute artist #RightKeysOnly enjoy their first show of 2026

Quite excited to announce that I’m a finalist for the inaugural Neurodiverse Business Awards 💖

This week UnMute - an exclusive roster of disabled artists and performers - was launched to the live events industry at this years Festival Congress. Full roster launch in two weeks - can’t wait!

Wet morning for a hot ticket - it’s #FestivalCongress day! 🙌

Liverpool City Council launches grant programme for grassroots venues Liverpool's council is introducing a new support scheme for grassroots venues, delivered in partnership with charity the Music Venue Trust.

Next week will see the first reveal of artists for UnMute - an exclusive roster for artists with disabilities - performing at the AIF Festival Congress after party 🙌🎉 #UnMute #KrayzLegz #Tarantism

💸 Spotify has announced "the largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history" It sounds like exciting news – but how much of that is going to musicians? 🧵👇

“We need the Government to take action.” – UK Music Chief Executive Tom Kiehl spoke to The Standard about why AI firms must not be allowed to train their systems on human creations without payment, permission and transparency. Read the piece in full here: tinyurl.com/42j5ca2h

ESNS looking resplendent again this year. Time to panel and network! 🙌

One of my core happy places on the planet: Cafe De Klos, Amsterdam 🇳🇱

Off we go again 🇳🇱🎶

UK MUSIC IS HIRING! We are looking for a public affairs officer to join our fantastic team. You can find full details on this vital and exciting full-time role here lnkd.in/eQ-6bfYm

Simple kitten snuggles in bed on a sunny Saturday morning makes life worth living

Are you thinking about working in the EU this year? Explore all of our advice and services for touring musicians at https://theMU.org/working-overseas #EUTouring

UK MUSIC IS HIRING! We are looking for a public affairs officer to join our fantastic team. You can find full details on this vital and exciting full-time role here tinyurl.com/yrk6cjyz

As part of our This Is Music report, we discussed how economic value is created around four commercial assets: composition, recording, live performance and brand and image. Read more on these assets and the report here: tinyurl.com/4z6hfb4x

Working freelance is tough enough as it is. How can you protect yourself legally against unpaid fees and other common issues? MU Solicitor Dawn Rodger shares some practical tips in the latest edition of the MU journal, Amplify 🔗 https://www.theMU.org/Amplify (MU members only) #FreelanceShoutOut

December 2025

Last few days of 2025 - bring on the new year!

My favourite part of my home office is “Cat Cushion Corner” where they all take shifts to snooze by the radiator whilst I work 🐈‍⬛🌡️

✊ Access isn't a luxury - it's the standard Whether you're a performer, teacher, or industry professional, access and inclusion in the music industry is always important 🧵

Here’s one of our kittens Pickle doing his best to make sure I can’t do any work 😻

I’m on my first day of the festive break and I have no idea what to do with myself, so have taken to wandering round the house taking photos of the cats 📸🐈‍⬛🐈

LIVE Awards let’s go! 🙌

📣 The Green Events Code of Practice (GECoP) project has been nominated for a LIVE Award 2025! GECoP is a collaboration between ourselves, Vision for Sustainable Events, and Andrew Lansley co-creator of the DATE Tool, and helps the live events sector take meaningful climate action at scale...

November 2025

Ahead of this weekend we’ve seen Hay Festival Winter Weekend speakers asked to share their favourite books so we wanted to join in 💕 Next up: Andrew, enjoying his favourite fiction series from up and coming children’s author “Enid Blyton” 📚 #MusiciansReadToo @hayfestival.bsky.social

In Liverpool for Exhibition 02 today 💚

Great work Hull! Just in time for the 2026 Music Cities Convention too 👏👏👏

Brutal week travelling to most corners of the UK for policy research work, now looking forward playing a big old gig tonight to unwind!

Always supportive of campaigns like this, but after 30 years I’m not sure what people expect to happen? The majority of climate innovation is coming from academic / sector based (i.e. grassroots) initiatives, yet we continually appeal to our collective governments without success - we need agency!

The UK music industry contributed a record £8bn to the economy in 2024 and saw export revenues hit £4.8bn, UK Music's new This Is Music report reveals. This landmark report also explores the impact of AI, EU touring and highlights the big challenges facing the sector. tinyurl.com/yc7vjpx4

A brilliant week at the Anguilla Music Tourism Convention 🇦🇮🎶🏝️

Today’s conference venue isn’t too shabby I guess 🇦🇮

September & October 2025

I’ve received literally hundreds of (the other) Andrew Lansley’s hate-tweets and emails - event a psychotic hand scrawled note to my place of work - from some of the many people impacted by his time in government. Where’s my Guardian article? 😂

Over the moon to learn that GECoP is a finalist for this years LIVE Awards - great recognition for hundreds of people around the UK working together to make events more sustainable in a meaningful and impactful way 💚🎪🎉

Tickets on sale for this years “Stroud Shindig” at the Subs - come on down if you’re in town!

Having a lovely time at the Welsh Festivals Summit in Cardiff today! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎉🎶

UK Music Chief Executive Tom Kiehl has welcomed the findings of a new BBC survey revealing that 22% of the British public want to see more music on the BBC. You can read more on the survey here: tinyurl.com/2s4788y7

Back to the book party ten years later!

Yay! Finally got in Music Week - so grateful to have worked on this project with @vickbain.bsky.social for #IMPALA 💖🙌 www.musicweek.com/labels/read/...

Nearly 80% of culture workers report that they have “seriously considered” leaving the arts, with the majority reaching a “crisis point” due to burnout and overwork, findings from Arts Professional’s Arts Pay Survey reveal.

Long-term funding ringfenced to provide opportunities for disabled young people in the arts is needed to address the “woefully low” numbers of disabled people working in the sector, according to research by charity Youth Music.

August 2025 🇧🇪🇪🇸🇬🇧