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Noise Annoys: Independent Venue Week returns in virtual form for 2021 and Senseless Things man Mark Keds remembered

David Roy

:: Independent Venue Week 2021 comes to Belfast DESPITE the ongoing live music drought induced by Covid regulations, this year's Independent Venue Week (IVW) is still going ahead – albeit in virtual form – between January 25 and 31.

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