The UK capital is by far Europe's biggest city for live music, IQ can reveal—with what mayor Sadiq Khan calls its "world-class" venues hosting 19,940 shows in 2016 alone.
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has hailed the UK capital's "world-class arenas" and "amazing grassroots music venues", as it emerges London hosted the most concerts of any city in Europe last year – a feat it is on course to repeat in 2017.
There were 19,940 total live music events in London in 2016 – more than San Francisco (13,672), Paris (11,248) and Chicago (11,224), as well as the self-described 'live music capital of the world', Austin, Texas (6,781).
The city is also in third place globally, behind first-placed New York, with 28,529 shows in 2016, and runner-up Los Angeles, which just pipped London to second place with 20,843 events, according to data shared with IQ by Songkick.
Posted on: 14/09/2017Categories: News from IQ Magazine
