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Stories generated by the partnership included:\n\n* Harrogate Advertiser: [What happens next for live music in Harrogate as lockdown eases](https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/what-happens-next-live-music-harrogate-lockdown-eases-2862737) *22 May 2020*\n\n## Get the data \n\n* [Music venues at risk](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xka115e5xijhDHaymHl0j7-5t9OSVGw_kCVhel9Beh8/edit#gid=0)\n* [Events listed on concert website](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/coronavirus-livemusic/blob/master/eventsall.csv)\n\n## Quotes and interviews \n\n* Tom Kiehl, chief executive of UK Music \n* Paul Burns, chief executive, The Tees Music Alliance\n* Mark Davyd, CEO, the Music Venues Trust \n* Darren Foreman, aka \"Beardyman\", multi-instrumentalist\n* Jack Conte, founder, Patreon\n\n## Visualisation \n\n* Bar chart: numbers of gigs cancelled in the first two weeks of May, by city\n\n## Related repos \n\n* You can [find all coronavirus-related stories by the BBC data units tagged 'coronavirus' here](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Acoronavirus+org%3ABBC-Data-Unit\u0026type=Repositories)\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fcoronavirus-livemusic","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fcoronavirus-livemusic","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fbbc-data-unit%2Fcoronavirus-livemusic/lists"}