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Excellent news for live music and its many fans.

Floyd MontanaFloyd Montana
edited September 2011 in Not Sports Related

Lets hope it gets through - over riding one of the (many) nonsense pieces of legislation - the stupid and unnecessary provisos under the 2003 Act

Plans to scrap entertainment licences put forward

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport said the Licensing Act 2003
removed the so-called two-in-a-bar rule, which had allowed two musicians
to perform in a pub without needing an entertainment permit, and this
was one example of how it "ended up potentially criminalising a harmless
cultural pastime".

Tourism Minister John Penrose said changes could provide an
"important source of new income to struggling businesses such as pubs,
restaurants and hotels".

He said extra costs and red tape had also been imposed on
school plays and discos where ticket sales went to Parent Teacher
Association funds, Punch and Judy shows, street artists, park brass
bands and restaurant pianists.

He said current laws had resulted in "inconsistent, illogical
and capricious" distinctions between types of events and regulation
should be required only where it was needed to keep events safe.

Mr Penrose added: "Before we press ahead, it's important we
get the views of those working in the industry, and to make sure that
the principles of public safety, prevention of public nuisance and the
protection of children from harm are safeguarded.

"Our starting point is a simple one: If there's no good
reason for any of the rules and restrictions in this important area, our
presumption should be to scrap them."

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    Oggy RedOggy Red
    edited September 2011

    "Our starting point is a simple one: If there's no good
    reason for any of the rules and restrictions in this important area, our
    presumption should be to scrap them."


    Hallelujah! ........ common sense. And about time too.

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    favershamaddickfavershamaddick
    Great news, must be one of the most pointless bits of dictat we have and god we have a few of those. You really can't beat live music.
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    Saga LoutSaga Lout
    Yes, good one this. My band played a wedding recently and we shared the gig with a DJ. We were worried that we'd be too loud as it wasn't a big venue. When the DJ started up he was way louder than us! So, it's nothing to do with the number of people, it's the size of your equipment that counts.
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    kentaddickkentaddick
    another ridiculous piece of legislation brought in by "nu labour" scrapped, good good!
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    Saga LoutSaga Lout
    another ridiculous piece of legislation brought in by "nu labour" scrapped, good good!
    Pretty sure it pre-dates Labour.
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    Floyd MontanaFloyd Montana
    another ridiculous piece of legislation brought in by "nu labour" scrapped, good good!
    Pretty sure it pre-dates Labour.
    The clue is in the first line of the thread
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    Saga LoutSaga Lout
    another ridiculous piece of legislation brought in by "nu labour" scrapped, good good!
    Pretty sure it pre-dates Labour.
    The clue is in the first line of the thread
    Silly me! That's old age for you.
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    Saga LoutSaga Lout
    edited September 2011
    Why doesn't the f**king quote work on this bl**dy forum? Or rather, why does it randomly sometimes work and sometimes not?
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    Vinnie V.Vinnie V.
    Good news for original Musicians more places to play. But can we outlaw covers bands or at the very least Rubbish ones.
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