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Brit Beat: Manchester, So Much to Answer for? New Arena Launch Stymied by Delays
In Brit Beat: Manchester's new Coop Arena launch has been plagued by delays; BBC's Radio One shakes up DJ lineup; BRIT Awards look ahead to next year.
Ahead of that, Co-op Live GM Gary Roden dramatically resigned on April 25, following criticism over the initial postponements and comments he made to the BBC that some grassroots music venues were “poorly run”. While Tate McRae and Rema did play live, none of the international winners (Miley Cyrus, SZA and Boygenius) made it to the ceremony and the industry rumor mill suggests several other A-list American stars rejected the chance to perform. Haydn Jones describes the event as “such an important part of what Radio 1 and the music industry does”, noting that “tens of thousands of people will leave Big Weekend having discovered so many new artists, as well as getting to experience the headliners in a location they probably wouldn’t usually play”.
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