Scots venues warn 'confusing' Brexit rules are 'killing independent music scene'

Scottish gig venues have warned that "confusing" Brexit rules are killing the independent music scene.

"When gigs are cancelled we still have staff to pay. Then we lose all the money we have paid out on promotion, as well as what we have had to spend on infrastructure and engineers.Chris added Scotland is also "haemorrhaging touring acts" with many bands pulling out of gigs last-minute due to Brexit bureaucracy and complications with documents.

"They are looking at the extra costs due to Brexit and seeing horror stories like this and deciding not to come." "Costs of putting on a show have more than doubled. So many bands and grassroots venues are going to go out of business. Never before have we had pages and pages of bureaucratic paperwork demanding information.

Source: Entertainment Trends (entertainmenttrends.net)

Hold the bus - cancel democracy because Chris from Glasgow is too thick/lazy/entitled to understand and follow the rules.

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