A new exhibition tracing the legacy of the UK’s lost music venues opens this weekend at the V&A South Kensington, turning attention to the clubs, DIY spaces, and live music rooms that quietly shaped the country’s cultural and sonic identity. Titled Lost Music Venues, the display brings together archival fragments of nightlife history, much of it contributed directly by the public, to map the rise, transformation, and disappearance of spaces that once sat at the centre of British music culture. […]

