Roxanne de Bastion
Musician and former FAC board member who speaks from lived touring experience about grassroots touring costs, access issues and the impact of rising expenses on artists' careers.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 48min
Can £125,000 Make a Difference to the Crisis in Live Music?
Roxanne de Bastion, touring musician with grassroots experience, and David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition, discuss the UK Artist Touring Fund and why touring artists still face huge shortfalls. They cover rising grassroots touring costs, why labels stopped funding tours, the £1 levy funding model, the fund’s Phase One goals and access provisions, and how cultural investment could scale to support artists and venues.
