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Kickstarter coming to the UK
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 13 July 2012
US-based crowdfunding website Kickstarter announced this week that it will be arriving in the UK this autumn, meaning that British creators and entrepreneurs will be able to utilise the platform to raise funding and offer premium pre-sales to core fans from a UK-base.
At the moment non-US individuals or companies need to ally themselves with an American organisation, or set up a base in the States, to utilise the service. But earlier this week Kickstarter tweeted: “People in the UK will be able to launch projects on Kickstarter starting this autumn”.
Kickstarter, of course, is not a music specific fan-funding platform, and has been used by all sorts of creators and businesses, though on a global level one of its most famous users is musical – it was via Kickstarter that Amanda Palmer raised over a million dollars to fund her latest album, tour and art-book project.
Kickstarter has its rivals in both the US, and here in the UK, of course, with some being specifically set up to help musicians raise funds or offer pre-orders; Pledge Music probably being the key one these days. Though, in America at least, Kickstarter has often enjoyed the highest profile.
