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It’s annoying when you play a gig and all you see is 100 phones pointing at you, but YouTube is also the reason that there’s a lot of younger people coming to see the Mary Chain.

The group’s big break came in August 1981 when the Pretenders’ James Honeyman-Scott observed them as they busked outside Milwaukee’s Oriental Theatre, where the Pretenders were set to play a gig.

“When I was driving down to Manhattan to play a gig at the City Winery recently, I kept telling myself, ‘I don’t care about the city anymore,’” she said.

If you’re performing well and can bring in a few fans and friends to your open mic, you can talk to the booker at smaller venues and see if you can play a gig there.

Sam Fender has announced he will play a gig at Newcastle United's St James' Park in June next year.