Jon Collins believes the pandemic crippled London’s live music scene, but concedes it was never as moribund as Sydney’s to begin with.

Efforts to wind back a decade of NSW lockout laws under a restrictive government were truncated by the global health crisis, leaving behind a dysfunctional music performance ecosystem, the chief executive of the UK’s Live Music Industry Venues and Entertainment said.

Collins is in Sydney to speak at a government nightlife conference about how he turned back the clock in London.

When he and a coalition of 13 live music organisations looked at how to revive gig culture at a point of crisis in the UK, they realised…

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