Jon Freeman writes > So there's a world plot is there? I thought it was just the UK government > who have new laws for public entertaiment in England and Wales. > > One aspect of it is that although the licence costs no more if you want live > entertainment, you have to state it on your application and have an annual > inspection and could face �1,000s in terms of improvement. > > This is done in the name of noise and saftey (although existing laws could > be applied) but things like playing recorded music or showing a soccer on > wide screen tv are exempted even though they can be more noisey, a football > match on tv can draw more people into a pub than a few accousitic folk > musicians, etc. > > I fear that many pubs will not ask for live entertainment to avoid hassle > and I fear for the future of our music. I'm also quite disgusted with the > way the law gives unfair advantage to those already with power and money.
There's an article about this at http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,11710,883633,00.html Also there's a petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/2inabar/petition.html Ray To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
