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Union showdown on Licensing Act.
The Musicians' Union is beefing up its opposition to the Licensing Act in readiness for a showdown with the Culture Select Committee later this month.
MU general secretary John Smith and assistant general secretary Horace Trubridge are due to give evidence to the Culture Media and Sport Select Committee Licensing Act inquiry on November 11 and will tell its chairman John Whittingdale that the Act has failed to increase the number of live performances.
According to the MU, the controversial Licensing Act 2003, which scrapped the two-in-a-bar exception for small venues, has totally failed in its aim of increasing the number of live music performances.
In fact, the MU believes that the health of the live music sector merely reflects the increasing popularity of gigs and festivals and that "has occurred despite the Act, rather than because of it".
In its submission to the inquiry, which opened in July to examine the impact of the Act on live music, the MU will say it has "received anecdotal evidence from venues... to suggest that they have stopped putting on live music due to the bureaucracy involved in applying for a licence".
In view of this, the MU wants the Government to examine ways in which it can simplify the application process and also to address vague ...
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