A campaign has started called Virtual Pints that encourages Brits stuck indoors to buy a venue a #VirtualPint. There's drinks from Β£2, with a standard pint setting you back Β£3.50. If you get a whole round in though for Β£20, you could win things like festival tickets, recording studio time for your band, gig tickets and band merch.
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Some big bands have already got behind the initiative, including 'Killing Moon' icons Echo & The Bunnymen:
There's a lot of pubs and venues in big trouble right now, in #Liverpool and everywhere else, so to help keep them open go to https://t.co/KHHieysuQn and buy them a #VirtualPint. Cheers! @VirtualPints
Half the money will go to the Music Venue Trust in the UK, and the other half will be divided among other good causes as decided by a committee at a later date.
I don't know about you, but I for one love having pints thrown at/over/in me in sweaty venues listening to sweaty bands. Buy a virtual pint so we can still all do that once this coughing business is over and done with! @MusicVenueTrust https://t.co/Ir44bKKLKW
Music press like NME, Louder, and Line of Best Fit were quick to champion the campaign that is hoping to raise at least Β£5,000 for arts spaces. After 24 hours the virtual landlords have reached 40% of the goal, so start drinking more e-pints to help them out.
You can now grab a #VirtualPint to help independent venues stay in business: https://t.co/RfLQ5ai22y
With so many people staying at home right now, opening their own virtual spaces and hangouts, it's a great way to make sure the bricks and mortar of our communities don't get forgotten about. Because after all, what's more British than grabbing a pint and waiting for all this to blow over.
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