Andrew Lansley

Back to the book party ten years later!

IMPALA pilots Equity, Diversity and Inclusion toolkit for independent labels IMPALA has launched the pilot version of its new Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) toolkit, developed with support from its EU network grant…

Yay! Finally got in Music Week - so grateful to have worked on this project with @vickbain.bsky.social for #IMPALA 💖🙌

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Arts Pay Survey 2025: Culture workers report burnout ‘crisis’ - Arts Professional Nearly 80% of culture workers report that they have "seriously considered" leaving the arts, with the majority reaching a “crisis point” due to burnout and overwork, findings from Arts Professional’s...

Nearly 80% of culture workers report that they have “seriously considered” leaving the arts, with the majority reaching a “crisis point” due to burnout and overwork, findings from Arts Professional’s Arts Pay Survey reveal.

‘Woefully low’ number of disabled people in the arts requires long-term solutions - Arts Professional Long-term funding ringfenced to provide opportunities for disabled young people in the arts is needed to address the “woefully low” numbers of disabled people working in the sector, according to research...

Long-term funding ringfenced to provide opportunities for disabled young people in the arts is needed to address the “woefully low” numbers of disabled people working in the sector, according to research by charity Youth Music.

The best birthday cake I ever recieved. It’s in the shame of a synth, and accurate to scale. Incredible stuff.

Wonder if I can plug my birthday cake in using a strawberry lace? 🤔

August L-R / T-B 1. Driving back from a festival to a beautiful sunset 2. A weekend of printmaking, culture and food in Antwerp 3. Melting cat assistant on the laptop 4. My double bass in the kit lock up at Camp Bestival 5. Getting papped at Plantin-Moretus 6. Week with the fam in Lanzarote 7. A trip to the Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo 8. More travel and work 9. Performed at The Farmer’s Dog

August 2025 🇧🇪🇪🇸🇬🇧

Lovely weekend in #Antwerp 🇧🇪🍫

📣 Make your voice heard! Shape MU policy and have your say on the music industry of tomorrow

Nominations are now open for the union’s Executive Committee and for regional committees across the UK...

Poster with a guitar that says “thrill Collins at the farmers dog this Friday” - it’s made using Chat GPT and it shows

Playing at a lovely spot by the A40 this Friday - come party with us at The Farmers Dog 🚜🐶

View from Nazaret across Lanzarote. It’s like an outdoor eating bit with a wall that looks out onto a garden with a volcanic island as the backdrop.

Holiday this week, some brutal rest required ☀️🍺💤

A nine photo collage featuring the following activities: July 🔬 Attended the Royal Society Summer Soirée as a guest of Drake Music - everlasting thanks to Tim & Sally 🌅 Did an adventure walk with the local cubs ☀️ Had a fabulous time catching up with everyone at the UK Music summer party 🐈‍⬛ Cleared the inboxes ready for summer hols next to a melting cat 🌳 Played 2000trees (14th I think?) ☕️ Had a delicious breakfast meeting with a festy bestie 💖 💛 Attended the MMF summer party with the awesome AIE crew 🐶 Took a day out for summer fete fun and frolics 🟢 Presented an update of the GECoP national pilot to MPs at the APPG for Music

July 2025 ☀️🎶

Number of British acts at European music festivals plummets since Brexit Fans in France, Spain, Germany and Denmark set to miss out this summer

“The rising costs and extra red tape involved in touring the EU post-Brexit is a huge challenge for the whole UK music eco-system." Our Chief Executive Tom Kiehl on the challenges facing artists and live music professionals touring the EU post-Brexit.
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Village fete season is in full swing here in Gloucestershire 🥳☀️☕️

Great fun at Chalfest last night 🎉🎪🎶

Me looking nervous in front of the Houses of Parliament

Well that was an intense morning!

Thanks to @ukmusic.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak to MPs about some rather exciting things 💚🎪🎶

screenshot of PRS day email telling me I’ve been paid royalties!

Big love as always PRS 💖

IET is one of the best views in London 😻

Wonderful weekend of festivals - season in full swing now 💖

Lovely evening for a walk ☀️

I still can’t believe I haven’t bumped into you in 10 whole Glastonburys! Hope you had a fab one 😊

YouTube video by Intergenerational Music Making Access All Ages at Bridgewater Hall 2025

Our Chief Exec Tom Kiehl gave a speech on the huge benefits music can bring to people of all ages at Intergenerational England’s Access All Ages event. You can view some of the highlights below and read Tom’s speech in full here: tinyurl.com/37pt4mfr
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A white-skinned wheelchair user, sitting in her manual wheelchair, in a garden, filled with people. She’s wearing a long, blue, silk dress with large flowers, black-rimmed glasses, a large gold necklace with many chains, gold earrings, silver face piercings, gold & silver rings & a gold watch. She’s smiling, holding up a large wine glass which is half-filled.

Up yours to this government & their despicable #WelfareReforms If you think you’re going take my #PIP then I’m going to live my best life & run rings around you! #BeingIllIsNotACrime #Fightback Solidarity with my #DisabledCommunity #TakingThePip & @fight4lifeuk.bsky.social

Nine photos of my month L-R, T-B A handsome man playing bass A photo of Cheltenham town hall A screenshot of an interview with five people Glastonbury at night Me in front of a Glastonbury poster. Im hungry and about to get dinner My wife’s art in a gallery A Father’s Day card with a hand drawn Darth Vader saying “I am your daughter” Me onstage at Wychwood Festival A picture of my dinner

June 2025

Took a break from working @glastonburyfestivals.co.uk to watch @weezer.bsky.social for the first time since Reading Festival 1995.

Amazing 🤘

Glastonbury

We’re open!

Glastonbury 2025 🎪☮️🎉

Three talented and handsome men posing for a photo on a festival stage in front of an adoring crowd of billions and billions and billions and billions

We look much drunker than we actually are in this photo 🍻📸

Cheltenham Science Festival set up in Cheltenham Town Hall

Cheltenham Science Festival is soooo pretty 💖

Good to be back in the fields 🎪🎉🎶

A TUI plane viewed from the window of an Easy Jet plane. It’s a sunny morning, tarmac is everywhere

Off to NI to talk AI 🤖