Signature Brew Collaborates with Orange Amps and Featured Artists Coalition to Support Grassroots Music

London-based brewery Signature Brew has teamed up with iconic British amplifier brand Orange Amplification to launch a special edition of Backstage IPA, with all profits supporting the Featured Artists Coalition.

The collaboration sees one of Signature Brew's core beers reimagined as a purpose-led release, available exclusively in independent music venues on draught and in specially redesigned cans. Profits from every pint sold in participating venues will be donated to the Featured Artists Coalition, the UK representative body for music artists, to support its work such as the UK Artist Touring (UKAT) fund.

The UKAT fund, which launched in March 2026, is already supporting artists through the "cost of touring crisis" and helping keep more live shows on the road. In April, the FAC revealed the first 26 artists who will benefit from the fund's unique form of "top-up" investment.

Backstage IPA is a bold and punchy modern IPA which perfectly blends the best of East and West Coast styles, stacked with passionfruit, tangerines and berries with pine and crisp citrus notes. The beer is live now and pouring in independent music venues across the UK, including London's Fabwick and Fighting Cocks, Manchester's New Century Hall, Birkenhead's Molly's Chambers, Wallasey's Wellington Music Venue, York's Fulford Arms and Wolverhampton's Dive, with a growing list of participating venues to be announced.

Tom Bott, Founder and Managing Director of Signature Brew, said: "In an increasingly digital world, taking time to come together and experience something live, unique, and curated by and for the community is precious and worth protecting. Grassroots venues are where scenes are built, artists are developed, and culture moves forward. This collaboration is about backing those spaces in a meaningful, practical way."

Sarah Yule, Managing Director of Orange Amps, said: "By partnering with Signature Brew and the FAC, we hope to create a tangible help for artists. We also hope this collaboration rallies the broader industry to come together and do what they can to protect our grassroots and emerging music scenes in the UK and beyond. If we can help just one more artist make touring viable, I'll raise a pint to that!"

Gus Unger-Hamilton, alt-J and FAC Director, said: "This is an incredibly powerful gesture from Signature Brew and Orange Amps. We are extremely grateful for the recognition of our work protecting and supporting the UK's artist community through initiatives like the UK Artist Touring fund.

"The UK's live music ecosystem is in a precarious place right now, but we know that UKAT's targeted investment into artists' touring activity is one of the most effective ways to help the sector. If artists can sustain themselves on the road, it means more musicians and live professionals will be employed, more venues get booked and more audiences experience live music."

The campaign will be supported by a coordinated launch across venues, festival activations throughout the summer, and artist ambassador shout-outs, before culminating in an autumn celebration show at Signature Brew.

Backstage IPA is available now exclusively in selected independent music venues and via www.signaturebrew.co.uk/products/orange-amps.

Notes to Editors – Participating Venues

Birkenhead: Molly's Chambers; Northern Power House

Leeds: Morley Live

London: Fabwick; Strongroom; Hackney Church; Wombats; Blue Monk; The Fighting Cocks Kingston

Manchester: New Century Hall

Wallasey: Wellington Music Venue

Wolverhampton: Dive

York: Fulford Arms; Artful Dodger

For more information:

Lyndsey Payne, Signature Brew

Email: lyndsey@signaturebrew.co.uk

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