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    Numero di atti britannici ai festival musicali europei precipitano dalla Brexit

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    1. Long-Requirement8372 on

      Britain is losing cultural influence and soft power, and it is losing export income for its music industry. This is just another example of why Brexit was a bad idea, pushing Britain away from the European common market and hurting its interests.

    3. Urzuck on

      Crazy how Britain was an empire not so long ago and now is just an irrelevant sad little island.

    5. orsalnwd on

      Brexit fundamentally revealed we had no idea about what we were admired for, or why we should try and protect those things

      I’d warn other European countries… you may also not appreciate this. Try and get it recognised in your political sphere and protect it, or else you may end up making similar (but not as catastrophic) mistakes

    6. Griffindance on

      The EU offered an expediated visa for touring artists as part of the deal… BoJo denied it.

    7. NewCrashingRobot on

      Having friends that are in the music industry here in the UK to various degrees – Yeah, brexit has really complicated their ability to tour in Europe. It used to require no extra effort.

      The Musicians’ Union published a survey of their members last year, and the results were pretty stark:

      – 75% of respondents who had previously worked in the EU prior to the UK’s departure told us their bookings had declined.
      – 79% said they had been unable to make up for the loss of that work by touring elsewhere in the world.
      – 59% said touring the EU was no longer financially viable.
      – 22% of respondents told us their volume of work had decreased by 75% and as a result, they no longer worked in the EU.
      – 72% said their income from work in the EU had decreased.
      Those applying for an ATA Carnet reported additional costs between £300 and £2000.
      – 41% said they had to hire equipment in the EU to avoid the cost of a Carnet, and 35% had to hire transport in the EU.
      – 54% said their merchandise sales had been affected, and 24.5% said they experienced difficulties when moving merchandise between the UK and EU.
      – 13% of respondents experienced all or part of their fees being withheld due to complications in connection with tax and national insurance.[Source](https://musiciansunion.org.uk/news/touring-in-the-eu-post-brexit-key-findings-and-next-steps-from-the-mu-s-recent-survey)

      Music is one of Britain’s main cultural exports, and it contributes significantly to British soft power [Source](https://culturecounts.scot/news/2018/8/9/soft-power). Losing the ability to easily tour our closest neighbours has hit musicians hard, and long-term could be yet another Brexit-related factor that impacts our soft power.

    8. BlueBucket0 on

      Hasn’t really impacted Irish festivals at all, as we retained mutual freedom of movement for Irish and British citizens for work etc – nothing changed. UK musicians and crews can still work here. There’s still no formality at all. However, if you’re an non-Irish EU national living in Ireland you’ve no rights to work in the UK, so it’s causing some issues for people in that position, who might be involved in music, arts, festivals etc – it’s a mess for anyone with an EU/EEA citizenship working with companies that have presence on both sides of the border too. Irish and British citizens can move like nothing has changed at all, but nobody else can.

    11. OutsideYaHouse on

      Oddly, UK festivals are full of British acts. It’s never been better for great music.

    12. endianess on

      It isn’t just Brexit. The general costs for touring have also skyrocketed. Many bands from the US also have stopped touring Europe because it’s just too expensive.

      So bands can tour and make a loss, or stay closer to home and promote new material via the internet.

    13. GreatBigBagOfNope on

      Will be remembered as one of the most pointless acts of national self-harm of the neoliberal age.

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