The Government have recently passed laws in the
UK to try and suppress live music.

Pubs which could previously offer work to solo
musicians or duos now have to pay for a special
licence and can only have 12 of these per year.

Even school Xmas concerts need to be licensed.

The unlicensed provision of even one musician is a
potential criminal offence (although some places are
exempt, including places of public religious
worship, royal palaces and moving vehicles). Max
penalty: £20,000 fine and six months in prison (for
the proprietor and the musicians).

The rationale is to prevent noise, crime and
disorder, to ensure public safety, and the
protection of children from harm. But broadcast
entertainment, including sport and music, is
exempt – no matter where, and no matter how
powerfully amplified.
For the first time, private performances raising
money for charity will need a licence.

School performances open to friends and family
will need a licence – they count as public
performances.

If you want to add your name to the petition
(currently more than 27,000 people have joined the
list), please click on the following link (it takes
less than a minute)…

[URL=”javascript:ol(‘http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/’);”]http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/licensing/[/URL]


If this law is implemented, it will be disastrous
for music and musicians in the UK, and will threaten
to return Britain to “the land without music” that
it was internationally considered to be after
Cromwell’s infamous ban on music.

If you choose to sign the petition, please tell
your friends so we can stop this despicably
destructive act from coming into being.
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