Daily: “A death sentence for live music” – FISH ex-Marillion on the Brexit red tape nightmare

The Government’s shoddy EU Deal means the live music business will have to cope with mountains of red tape it thought was in the past. Singer FISH, ex- of prog rock legends Marillion and now a successful solo touring artist, set out the details of this nightmare in a blistering social media post at the weekend. Now he talks to Andrew Harrison about how the strangling complexity of permits and visas will choke off emerging British talent even when COVID lifts, and why the Government isn’t even pretending to help small businesses I one of Britain’s true global industries.

Find out more about Fish and buy aptly-titled new album Weltschmertz at fishmusic.scot

• “This will kill new bands wanting to establish themselves in Europe.”
• “We could be playing seven cities in ten days before we know someone is infected.”
• “Most Europeans learned English through rock and pop songs.”
• “Our albums are three times more expensive now – they cost 31 euros on the continent”
• “I was supposed to retire in 2022. That’s out the window.”

Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production

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