We spend a lot of time talking about why grassroots music venues are struggling: rents, noise complaints, business rates and soaring costs driving them to closure and depriving our towns and cities of their vibrancy. But venues are not the only part of the grassroots sector that is suffering. There is something else that is happening, something that’s slipping almost unnoticed under the radar. And it’s just as dangerous. 

That is the question of: Where are all the promoters? ...