Disabled-access ticket sales at gigs and festivals have
increased by 70% in the last year, according to research from a charity that
works to improve access to live music in the UK.
Attitude Is Everything said that across 106 venues and
festivals signed up to its charter of best practice, 114,000 disabled-access
tickets were sold in 2014, compared with 67,000 in 2013.
The figures cover festivals including Glastonbury, Download
and Reading and Leeds plus venues such as the O2 and the Roundhouse in London
and Manchester Academy.
Suzanne Bull, the founder and chief executive of Attitude
Is Everything, said: “The disabled customer base has increased because venues
and ticketing sites are improving. It’s like the line in the film Field of
Dreams: if you build it, they will come. Word-of-mouth reputation is very
important in the disabled community.”
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