Antony Gormley calls Brexit ‘the biggest act of self-harm this country has ever played on itself’
08/04/2024
Sir Antony Gormley has called Brexit the “biggest act of self-harm this country has ever played on itself” in a withering condemnation of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
BREXIT has brought no benefits and instead may cause “terminal damage” to the UK’s music industry, the principal of a leading school has said.
Brexit: despatches from the downside – No 21
10/02/2024
Poor regulation of harmful chemicals, the City losing control of trillions, the music industry on its knees ... more Brexit consequences.
Could the world-beating tenor be one of the UK’s last great singers to build a career in Europe?
The ability to travel and work freely and easily in the EU is of paramount importance to UK musicians. Here is our guidance, resources and answers to common questions to help musicians understand how Brexit affects their ability to work in the EU.
UK Music is pressing the Government to help the music industry overcome the barriers UK musicians and crew face touring the EU.
Brexit: UK music industry will ‘eventually die’ unless artists get access to EU, Mercury Prize winner says
07/02/2024
The UK music industry may “shrivel and eventually die” unless the government gives musicians more support following Brexit, a Mercury Prize-winning band has told NationalWorld.
Carry on Touring campaigns to continue touring the EU as was done before the Brexit curtain came down.
The new Paying The Price report comes from the Independent Society of Musicians.
Andy Burnham slams “ridiculous” Brexit rules and demands “free exchange” of artists through Europe
17/10/2023
Industry calls to get issues "fixed" with Europe, accusing the government of remaining "asleep on the job"
Touring musicians coming to Scotland are still struggling with "massively damaging" visa issues in the wake of Brexit, Labour's shadow culture secretary has claimed.
"Brexit really messed around our Europe tour. As with America, there were just a lot of costs you don’t anticipate all at once. With Europe, you see bands everywhere struggling to tour after Brexit because it is a logistical nightmare. There’s so much red tape."
Speaking at the Trade Unlocked conference, Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds gave new details of how the party would amend the deal struck by Boris Johnson.
Blur frontman Damon Albarn has said that the UK's decision to quit the EU has been a "disaster" for young British musicians and "a travesty" for his country.
Blur frontman Damon Albarn has discussed his feelings on Brexit and labelled the consequences of Britain’s 2016 referendum a “disaster”.
Blur's Damon Albarn has told Sky News that there are people in government 'tainted by Brexit', which made the UK 'more remote' and 'diminished the value of arts and creativity'. He was speaking alongside his Blur bandmates - announcing a new album and first tour in 8 years.
Blur frontman says quitting the bloc has been a “disaster” for young musicians.
New analysis suggests that British artists are still missing out on opportunities to tour this festival season as the number of British musicians playing festivals across Europe is a third lower than before Brexit.
Industry being choked by ‘lots of red tape’, says Elton John’s husband – as British acts booked for EU festivals down by a third.
THE bizarre outcomes of Brexit bureaucracy were made uncomfortably clear to musician Steve Kettley when he found himself on a plane sitting next to his two saxophones.
The UK’s decision to separate from the European Union continues to reverberate and is overwhelmingly negative, according to the latest review of the country’s pro-AV market in the May print edition of AV Magazine.
UK lawmakers have urged EU and UK officials to gradually rebuild relations following a period of “tension and mistrust”, putting visa access for musicians and speedy UK access to the Horizon Europe research programme at the top of a list of policy fixes.
Chris Cusack, who manages Bloc in Glasgow, spoke out after German punk band Trigger Cut were blocked from entering the UK by border guards who ordered them to produce documents no one had previously informed them about.
Glasgow venue 'struggling' as 'confusing' Brexit rules threaten to kill independent music scene
15/04/2023
Bloc manager Chris Cusack has warned that Scotland is "haemorrhaging touring acts" due to Brexit rules and complications with documents that are leaving them out of pocket.
Post-Brexit rules on touring under fire as it emerges Trigger Cut may have been turned away due to not being full-time musicians.