We are angry and alarmed at reports that our own elected representatives chose to turn down an EU offer of visa-free touring by British musicians, after reassurances that our £101.5bn #CreativeArts and £5.8bn #MusicIndustry were a priority.

👉 https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/leak-confirms-that-government-rejected-eu-offer-of-visa-free-travel-for-touring-musicians

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As the Musicians' Union, with 32,000 members, we have been campaigning for the #MusiciansPassport to make sure #musicians and #crew can keep #WorkingInTheEU without extra cost and admin.

👉 https://www.change.org/p/government-parliament-let-touring-musicians-travel-support-musicians-working-in-the-eu-post-brexit-workingintheeu

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Sign the Petition

Let Touring Musicians Travel: Support Musicians Working in the EU Post-Brexit

https://www.change.org/p/government-parliament-let-touring-musicians-travel-support-musicians-working-in-the-eu-post-brexit-workingintheeu
The Culture Minister must urgently confirm one way or another whether it was the UK Government that blocked the deal which would have granted UK musicians easy access to #EuropeanUnion states for #touring.

👉 https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/leak-confirms-that-government-rejected-eu-offer-of-visa-free-travel-for-touring-musicians

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Leak Confirms that Government Rejected EU Offer of Visa-Free Travel for Touring Musicians | The MU

We’re angry and alarmed to learn the news that the UK Government rejected an EU offer of visa-free touring by British musicians.

https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/leak-confirms-that-government-rejected-eu-offer-of-visa-free-travel-for-touring-musicians
We are briefing MPs to ask the Government about #WorkingInTheEU, and for genuine support for musicians who are still falling through gaps in #Covid19 financial assistance.

Government must support the #MusiciansPassport, and #InvestInMusicians.

👉 https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/leak-confirms-that-government-rejected-eu-offer-of-visa-free-travel-for-touring-musicians

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Leak Confirms that Government Rejected EU Offer of Visa-Free Travel for Touring Musicians | The MU

We’re angry and alarmed to learn the news that the UK Government rejected an EU offer of visa-free touring by British musicians.

https://musiciansunion.org.uk/all-news-and-features/leak-confirms-that-government-rejected-eu-offer-of-visa-free-travel-for-touring-musicians
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