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Brexit hikes costs, hassle for UK musicians touring EU
Read full article: Brexit hikes costs, hassle for UK musicians touring EUBritish musicians are demanding that the UK government faces the music after new post-Brexit regulations failed to consider their unique work lives and left them in the lurch. Nearly 260,000 people including U.K. artists Laura Marling, Louis Tomlinson and Biffy Clyro have signed a petition for the British government to negotiate a review of the rules for musicians touring in the 27-nation European Union. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP, File)LONDON – British musicians are demanding that the UK government faces the music after new post-Brexit regulations failed to consider their unique work lives and left them in the lurch. Nearly 260,000 people — including U.K. artists Laura Marling, Louis Tomlinson and Biffy Clyro — have signed a petition for the British government to negotiate a review of the rules for musicians touring in the 27-nation European Union. But artists and musicians have not been included — incurring extra costs and hassle — and both sides disagree about who is to blame.