Bracing for Brexit: U.K. Music Industry Making Plans to Prepare for Chaos -- With Live ...
(WorldNews Music)

LONDON — When Imogen Heap announced that she was canceling a leg of her fall European tour due to the `extreme uncertainties of traveling throughout the [European Union], so soon after Brexit,` it brought attention to one of the most pressing issues facing the live-music business. The English singer-songwriter wasn`t the only one concerned. In the past few months, other touring acts have canceled or turned down bookings to ensure they don`t get stuck in the red-tape nightmare many Europeans are anticipating, as the United Kingdom inches closer to pulling out of the European Union on Oct. 31. `We have made sure our European acts are not booked into a U.K. tour in November and vice versa...