Labour MP Harriet Harman lays out plan for visa-free touring post-Brexit
Brexit.Unveiling a 10-point plan of measures, which have been backed by the Musicians’ Union, UK Music and more, Harman’s plan aims to see UK musicians able to tour the continent without visas and work permits, and vice versa for European musicians hoping to play in Britain.Prime Minister Boris Johnson‘s Brexit trade deal failed to secure visa-free travel for UK artists and their crew wishing to tour Europe (adding huge costs to future live music tours of the continent and preventing rising and developing artists from being able to afford it), prompting a row to erupt over who was responsible.After European festival bosses said that the extra complications could see them booking fewer rising UK acts, Harman has called the government’s