UK and EU in blame game which may leave
British musicians forced to pay for expensive and laborious country-specific visas and equipment carnets when touring the continent
The government’s proposals to enable British musicians to tour the EU without having to negotiate individual visa requirements for each member state were not fit for purpose, according to an EU spokesperson.
As it stands, British musicians may be forced to pay for country-specific visas and equipment carnets when touring the continent – a situation that has been decried by the British
music industry as prohibitively expensive and laborious, potentially limiting its £5.8bn contribution to the
economy.