Alex Turner Donates his Fender Stratocaster to Help Rescue UK Independent Grassroot Music Venues

 

Be In With a Chance to Win Alex Turner’s Fender Stratocaster Guitar!

With the pandemic causing humongous financial detriment to the music industry, it’s only right that those who have established their careers, help those that have supported them and helped them on the way up. Lead singer of Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner is raising money in conjunction with Music Venues Trust and Crowdfunder to help rescue independent grassroot venues across the UK, in particular - The Leadmill in Sheffield. 

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the stability of the music industry, hundreds of grassroot venues are in danger of closure. What does this mean? This means that those small intimate gigs where you discover your favourite bands, will no longer stand. How are new/small bands supposed to grow and get noticed if there are no more intimate venues for those to play their music? These grassroot venues have helped pretty much every successful band from the UK to have ever existed, they’ve created a gateway for being noticed, and they’ve created communities amongst people that wouldn’t necessarily be in cahoots with one another otherwise.

The Fender Stratocaster that is up for grabs is the guitar Turner used during the first ever Arctic Monkeys gig at The Grapes, Sheffield on June 13th 2003. In order to be in for a chance to win this great piece of indie music memorabilia, entry is £5 and you can enter as many times as you like. The competition is open globally for anyone over the age of 18. The winner will be announced and contacted by Friday 28th August 2020 and the guitar can be shipped anywhere in the world.

Everyone who enters the draw will also gain access to an exclusive viewing of the band’s 2006 performance at Reading Festival. Access to view the performance will be invite only and be available for 24 hours. Everyone who enters will be sent a link two hours before it begins via e-mail, and the viewing will shown at 8:00pm BST on August 26th 2020. 

All funds raised will go to Music Venue Trust to help support the Leadmill and other independent UK music venues. Crowdfunder is also waving its platform fee to ensure every penny gets donated directly to the cause.

To help sustain the UK’s independent grassroot music venues and to be in for a chance to win Alex Turners iconic Fender Stratocaster, click on the link here

Good luck!