More than a quarter of UK musicians lost all EU work since 2021, report finds

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• Average tour earnings down 45%, with nearly three-fifths of musicians saying touring in Europe is no longer viable More than a quarter of British musicians have lost all their work in the European Union since 2021, according to new research.
• The report by European Movement UK, a cross-party campaign group advocating closer UK-EU relations, found that nearly half of British musicians had experienced a reduced amount of work in the EU since 2021, while more than a quarter had stopped working there altogether.