{"id":1965,"date":"2022-01-31T17:48:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/independentvenueweek.com\/us\/2022\/01\/31\/ivw22-has-officially-begun\/"},"modified":"2022-06-08T18:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T18:32:53","slug":"ivw22-has-officially-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/independentvenueweek.com\/us\/2022\/01\/31\/ivw22-has-officially-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"#IVW22 HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MONDAY 31 JANUARY &#8211; SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2022<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/ivw22?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__%5B0%5D=AZV2YxhRjy-N7jd39ZwiRRXgE_oDmBR-2yJMFbx9Rykqh4fzcl6vnvTHCJ17LRePyHwwJiIELVtwvy0bPAsYYU16FKjQ1BuoSQtJuKaXjzt151nqcovhLTSfvJAm3t52gfl6Hn_g6vPP7129A4iy7MNgHF76YiAq0WlWwHrGIe0axuezfw6Jh6kwUbd0tp0pWjo&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#IVW22<\/a> has official begun and we&#8217;ve already been treated to some massive gigs, including some early shows from a couple of our ambassadors&#8230;<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetlegband.com\/\">Wet Leg<\/a> played a blinding night at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joinerslive.com\/\">Joiners, Southampton<\/a> last night. Showcasing a load of new tracks that whipped the eager crowd into a frenzy, they are definitely sounding ready for the rest of their IVW tour. <\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/old.independentvenueweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WET-LEG-LIVE-29-2-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/independentvenueweek.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WET-LEG-LIVE-29-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26298\"><\/a><figcaption>Photo: Jamie MacMillan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><p>Our Northern Irish ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soaksoaksoak.com\/\">SOAK<\/a> also performed a beautiful set at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Heartbreakers-Bar-Venue-1400182700051617\/\">Heartbreakers, Southampton<\/a> on Thursday night to an intimate audience that would have heard a pin drop between songs. We can&#8217;t recommend the rest of her tour dates more.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/old.independentvenueweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/389A4543-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/independentvenueweek.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/389A4543-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26301\"><\/a><figcaption>Photo: Sarah Louise Peters<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Further up North, Manchester were treated to a surprise last-minute gig from <a href=\"https:\/\/squidband.uk\/\">Squid<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yes-manchester.com\/\">YES (Pink Room)<\/a> on Friday 21st January. A quick sell-out was guaranteed and the lucky crowd weren&#8217;t disappointed.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/old.independentvenueweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DSC_1055.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/independentvenueweek.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/DSC_1055-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26304\"><\/a><figcaption>Photo: Piran Aston<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>We can&#8217;t tell you how excited we are to get out to independent venues all over the UK this week, they deserve our support so much so let&#8217;s get out there and really celebrate them. Even for a Monday, there is so much live music to enjoy tonight&#8230;<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/franzferdinand.com\/\">Franz Ferdinand<\/a> open up the #IVW22 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBC6Music\">BBC6 Music<\/a> tour at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pjmolloys\/\">PJ Molloys, Dunfermline<\/a> whilst at the other end of the country, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designmynight.com\/essex\/bars\/three-wise-monkeys\/andy-bell-space-station-colchester-ivw2022\">Andy Bell Space Station<\/a> kicks things off at <a href=\"https:\/\/threewisemonkeyscolchester.com\/\">Three Wise Monkeys, Colchester<\/a>.<\/p><p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/old.independentvenueweek.com\/uk\/tickets-info\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to view the full #IVW22 schedule where you can buy tickets for all events.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONDAY 31 JANUARY &#8211; SUNDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2022 #IVW22 has official begun and we&#8217;ve already been treated to some massive gigs, including some early shows from a couple of our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[170,171,19,43,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ivw22","category-171","category-announcement","category-news","category-uk"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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