"If you love music... go and support it" | Tinie Tempah on the threat to UK nightlife

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Is it the last dance for British nightlife? Two music venues close every month and two pubs every day. The government has offered support by cutting their business rates - we ask grassroots music supporter and Brit Award-winning rapper Tinie Tempah, set to release fourth album 'The Night's Not Dead', if that will be enough to save them. Interview by Katie Razzall. A DCMS spokesperson said: “Music is one of this country’s greatest strengths, but that depends on a thriving music ecosystem - from the grassroots venues and nightclubs where artists get their first introduction to the stage, to where the biggest superstars reach audiences on a global scale. “That is why our recently published Music Plan, Turn It Up, launched our £45 million Music Growth Package to back thousands of grassroots projects, over 40,000 artists and businesses, and millions of children to secure a thriving live and electronic music industry. “Britain has crafted some of the greatest music in the world. We are

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