Many artists can’t afford to tour Spain as Brexit touring fiasco rolls on
NME about how new visa rules in Spain mean that many UK artists can no longer afford to play there, as anger and frustration at the post-Brexit touring situation continues.There have now been nine months of very loud criticism from across the music industry, after the government jeopardised the future of touring for UK artists when the Brexit deal secured with the EU failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew.One particularly sore spot to emerge is that of playing in Spain, with the cost of visas and the bureaucracy involved for artists and their crew to perform in the country proving extremely prohibitive.