Select committee: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Conclusion 7
3rd Report – Competition and market functioning in the UK live music industry
Published 24 May 2026
Addressed to Department for Business and Trade
Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee Competition and market functioning in the UK live music industry All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Committee recognises the vital role of the grassroots market to the wider music industry and supports the introduction of the industry led levy on arena and stadium tickets to support grassroots music. The Committee calls upon companies such as Live Nation to move to adopt this levy as a priority. (Conclusion, Paragraph 36) 22
From: Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee, 3rd Report – Competition and market functioning in the UK live music industry (HC 128), 24 May 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 18 October 2026 (deadline 24 July 2026).