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Robin Gibb supports MP’s music competition
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 19 January 2012
Robin Gibb is the latest artist to support Rock The House, a music competition run by former music business man and now MP for Hove, Mike Weatherly.
Rock The House encourages MPs to nominate the best live musicians and music venues in their local constituency, with an industry panel picking overall winners who are presented with prizes at a party at the Houses Of Parliament. The programme aims to partly champion new musical talent, but also raise awareness of the live music and artist communities in parliamentary circles.
Alice Cooper, Charlie Simpson, and members of Deep Purple, Whitesnake and Bullet For My Valentine are already supporters of the programme, and yesterday Weatherley added Bee Gee Gibb to that list. Confirming his support, Gibb said: “British musicians deserve the opportunity to earn a living from their work, which contributes immeasurably to the strength of the cultural economy. I urge musicians to support this initiative spearheaded by Mike. The legislators need to understand the importance of intellectual property rights. Let’s assure the future of our creative industries”.
Weatherley added: “I would like to thank Robin Gibb for coming on board in support of Rock The House – it is a real honour to be able to list him among our legendary patrons. The competition is so important in getting legislators to connect with a creative demographic that they would not normally engage with. Without Rock The House, only a small minority of MPs are aware of the issues facing the industry and we hope that it will increase political awareness of IP issues and ensure that the UK remains a world-leading creative economy”.
Weatherley is urging young artists and grass roots venue operators to contact their local MPs about being nominated for the Rock The House competition this year.
