400 musicians take part in moving musical protest in Parliament Square in support of freelance musicians
nme.comcoronavirus pandemic.Organised in tandem with the #WeMakeEvents and #LetMusicLive campaigns, today’s event outside the Houses of Parliament was also backed by the Musicians’ Union.Music director David Hill conducted the 400 socially distanced freelance musicians in attendance through a short section of the ‘Mars’ movement from Gustav Holst’s The Planets, before all attendees then stood in silence for two minutes.The 20% of the Holst piece they played intended to represent the maximum 20% salary support that freelancers are eligible to receive from the UK government through the latest version of the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme grant.You can see on-the-ground clips from the protest, including one posted by Glastonbury organiser Emily.
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