Sam Fender has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported locations that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in upgrading amenities and gear that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The concept that funds from concerts in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to good deeds.
In the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their release the album, lead singer the singer stated that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist split her bounty across multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
In recent years, they contributed their prize money to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year the group donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated singer the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and the second in the city were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.
