In contrast to this vignette of almost total disarray, a broad section of U.K. music industry artists and professionals have united to express their profound concerns about Brexit to the government. In a letter, announced this morning by grassroots group Music4EU, signatories from the sector declared “No-one voted for this situation, whether they voted Leave or Remain. Brexit is an unmitigated disaster for Britain’s world-leading music industry.”The letter continues, "Brexit represents a significant threat to the U.K.’s Music Industry. The music industry delivered £4.5bn to the economy last year, and yet it feels like so far we have been utterly ignored in the Brexit deal." Disclosure – the author assisted in the formation of Music4EU, initiated in part by spontaneous music industry reaction to a previous article published on Forbes.com featuring Andrews.

Source: Forbes December 11, 2018 11:03 UTC