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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Daily: “A death sentence for live music” – FISH ex-Marillion on the Brexit red tape nightmare

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

The Government’s shoddy EU Deal means the live music business will have to cope with mountains of red tape it thought was in the past. Singer FISH, ex- of prog rock legends Marillion and now a successful solo touring artist, set out the details of this nightmare in a blistering social media post at the weekend. Now he talks to Andrew Harrison about how the strangling complexity of permits and visas will choke off emerging British talent even when COVID lifts, and why the Government isn’t even pretending to help small businesses I one of Britain’s true global industries. Find out more about Fish and buy aptly-titled new album Weltschmertz at fishmusic.scot “This will kill new bands wanting to establish themselves in Europe.” “We could be playing seven cities in ten days before we know someone is infected.” “Most Europeans learned English through rock and pop songs.” “Our albums are three times more expensive now – they cost 31 euros on the continent” “I was supposed to retire in 2022. That’s out the window.” Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I loved going to college.

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1:11.2

Live gigs who remembers them as lockdown lengthens, Glastonbury gets

1:14.8

cancelled again and live music shows get pushed further and further back. Those others who love a noisy

1:18.9

night out are feeling ever more bereft. But behind COVID is a far worse and far more serious threat to Britain's

1:24.3

live music industry, the catastrophic effects of the botched ill thought-out and careless Brexit

1:29.6

deal that the government rushed through in December. A touring industry that could one state musicians,

1:33.7

techs, engineers, instruments and equipment around the EU without any barriers now has to get work permits

1:38.8

and paperwork for equipment for every individual country they visit. It is a recipe for the end of a

1:44.2

multi-billion pound industry that punches way above Britain's weight around the world.

1:47.8

And Fish, the multi-million selling singer formerly of Progrock Van Meryllian and

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