British artists worried about their European tours

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson -

If you are a fan of British music and culture, you may well be as furious as your idols.

It will indeed be very complicated for British artists to come and perform in Europe, and Covid-19 is not involved.

Brexit ended the free movement of people between Great Britain and Europe, which means that a work visa will now be required to perform on the continent.

Despite a petition signed by more than 250,000 people, Boris Johnson's government seemed quicker to negotiate a fisheries deal (which employs 24,000 people and generates £ 1.4 billion according to the BBC) than to take an interest to the fate of Culture (which weighs 5.8 billion pounds and more than 190,000 jobs, according to the Musicians Union).

If the absence of an agreement will have only a minor impact on the most mainstream groups and artists, the smallest groups will not be able to afford the luxury of going on tour outside their borders, as Andy notes. Bell, founding member of Ride and former Oasis group, on Twitter.

Public punished

On the side of the leaders, we reject the responsibility.

Boris Johnson's government initially claimed that Europe had refused their proposal for the movement of artists.

Europe then told the BBC that the UK had "refused to include a chapter on mobility in the deal" on Brexit.

The heart of the problem would be the refusal of reciprocity on the part of the British Prime Minister, as announced by

, that is to say that European artists can also benefit from a visa exemption to perform in the Kingdom. -United.

As a result, the public and artists will have to wait not only for the Covid-19 pandemic to calm down to meet again, but also for the United Kingdom and Europe to come to an agreement.

Not won.

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