British music artists get a post-Brexit hiatus, with loosening of European tour regulations

For British musicians and other artists whose touring opportunities in Europe have been curtailed due to post-Brexit regulations, the journey will be a little easier.

UK specialists working on music, cultural and sporting events are limited to just three stops per EU tour, creating a logistical nightmare, but the new rules allow for unlimited travel between the UK, EU and other countries. at least for them. With a second professional base abroad you will be able to follow the new double matriculation laws at the end of the summer.

Vob Roberts, production manager of Duran Duran and Sam Smith, noted that this won’t help small British artists who can’t handle a second base.

He told the BBC:

“After Brexit, cabotage rules went into effect, which meant British airlines could only skip two launches, or three, if not more, in the ring.

So what the bigger companies did, at great cost, was to open a new branch in Europe with European registered trucks and European licensed drivers.

According to him, the new rules “will help continue UK-based tours. But the problem is that small operations that fail to establish a European subsidiary continue to face the same problems. “

While industry group UK Music welcomed the move, its chief executive, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, told the BBC that there were still problems with freight and passenger transport.

He said UK Music will continue to work with the government to address this issue as “it is imperative that UK musicians and crew are able to travel and work freely in the EU”.