use Marshall amplifiers have the dummy stacks on stage. Sport sponsorships Marshall is an important sponsor of sport in the local area. Marshall were one of the earliest shirt sponsors for Milton Keynes Dons, they also sponsored Milton Keynes Athletic Club as well as Milton Keynes Lions basketball club, before the latter relocated to London. Marshall Records In early 2017, Marshall Amplification announced it has started a record label. and opened up an office at Londons Tileyard Studios and signed a distribution deal with Alternative Distribution Alliance, a distribution company owned by Warner Music Group that represent independent record labels. Marshall Records signed a North and South American Distribution deal with Better Noise Music (previously known at Eleven Seven Label Group in 2018. In 2020, Marshall Records announced a sub-publishing deal with Sentric Music. Artist that have had their music release by Marshall Records include: Bad Touch, D_Drive, Grand Slam, Inklings (the solo project of ex FVK member Kier Kemp), Keywest, King Creature, Press to MECO, Rews, Reigning Days, The Bottom Line, Therapy?, The Dirty Youth, Thousand Thoughts. Marshall Arena In September 2018, Marshall Amplification announced a naming agreement with Arena MK (at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes) to use the space for music events. The opening act is to be the Black Eyed Peas. The Marshall Studio In 2021, Marshall Amplification opened the doors to a state-of-the-art recording facility at its global HQ in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. Featuring a Neve 8048 mixing console previously installed in Pathe Marconi in Paris and used by The Rolling Stones on Some Girls. See also List of guitar amplifier manufacturers Up to eleven Natal Drums, now part of Marshall Ltd. References External links Play it Loud: The Story of the Marshall Amp at bbc.co.uk Jim Marshall Interview for NAMM Oral History Program (2002) Audio amplifier manufacturers Guitar amplifier manufacturers Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Milton Keynes British brands British companies established in 1962 Electronics companies established in 1962 Mobile phone manufacturers JAM Industries Audio equipment manufacturers of the United Kingdom