A “perfect storm” is facing the UK’s summer’s festival season, industry warns
"This year will not be a case of ‘back to business as usual’ without critical support for festival organisers"
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"This year will not be a case of ‘back to business as usual’ without critical support for festival organisers"
Pop culture is worthless to the Tories
An NME article about ongoing post-Brexit touring frustrations was raised in Parliament today
Touring artists expecting a "rocky road in the summer" as more problems emerge
Boris Johnson had previously promised to "fix" issues around visas so UK musicians could tour the continent permit-free
UK charity Help Musicians also says 83 per cent of artists have been unable to find regular work
Issues previously highlighted by figures from the music industry, including prohibitive costs and cabotage, still remain though
Many UK acts and labels now find it "kind of untenable to ship records to Europe"
"They’re more interested in fucking fishing!"
"This announcement has done nothing to correct the misleading information from August"
The £120m project will feature such attractions as a sculpture trail of the solar system and a decommissioned offshore platform from the North Sea
"It’s a poisoned chalice, and they’ve presented it like a glass of champagne"