Intercourse Pistols’ Glen Matlock has opened up about how the federal government have “made a proper cock-up” of Brexit.
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Matlock made the feedback whereas showing on BBC Breakfast this morning to debate his new single ‘Head On A Stick’ from his upcoming album, ‘Penalties Coming’. The album is launched April 27 through Cooking Vinyl.
Discussing his new single, Matlock stated: “It’s coming from an album known as ‘Penalties Coming’… and I feel there are some penalties coming for the individuals who characterize us,” Matlock stated of the present Tory authorities.
Requested if he had the identical quantity of anger as in the course of the punk years, Matlock replied: “Otherwise. I’m furious. I’m furious, as a musician, in regards to the lack of our motion in 27 nations and the way it’s hamstrung us.”
He went on to say the Tory authorities have “made a proper cock up of issues” with Brexit, including: “I want to see their heads – metaphorically – on sticks”.
When the BBC host pushed again on Matlock’s feedback, the musician added: “I do know the BBC must push the federal government line slightly bit…I can’t see any (advantages). And many individuals can’t see any.”
He concluded: “The EU provided our authorities a means round it… and our authorities turned it down.”
You possibly can see a clip of the interview right here:
Glen Matlock(Intercourse Pistols): “The govt. have made a proper cock up of issues & I want to see their heads metaphorically on sticks.. I am furious, as a musician, in regards to the lack of our motion in 27 nations.. I do know the BBC must push the govt. line slightly bit”#BBCBreakfast pic.twitter.com/FM5XL8OtwN
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Final 12 months, the UK authorities had been warned once more that musicians and crew “might discover themselves unemployed en masse”, after a listening to on the Home Of The Lords revealed the harm already being attributable to Brexit on these wishing to tour Europe.
NME was invited to the listening to led by business insiders and the #CarryOnTouring marketing campaign the place the influence that new post-Brexit touring guidelines had been having on the lives and jobs of UK musicians and street crew was revealed in stark element. Music followers had been inspired to put in writing to their MPs to demand motion.
In 2021, the UK music business spoke out collectively on how that they had primarily been handed a “No Deal Brexit” when the federal government failed to barter visa-free journey and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew. Consequently, artists making an attempt to hit the street once more after COVID discovered themselves on the anticipated “rocky street” for the primary summer season of European touring after Britain left the EU – discovering that the problems of Brexit are “strangling the following era of UK expertise within the cradle”.
Figures from the UK music business additionally spoke to NME about how the primary summer season of post-pandemic touring has proven that the problems of Brexit are “strangling the following era of UK expertise within the cradle”.
As main touring throughout the continent returned after a two-year break because of the COVID pandemic, artists, managers, and extra instructed us of how the “nightmare” of recent pink tape noticed artists struggling resulting from “Brexit fuck-ups and a scarcity of presidency management” – with White Lies making headlines as one of many main acts pressured to cancel dates in Europe resulting from their gear being held up.
A examine on the time by Finest For Britain – a gaggle “pushing for nearer relationships with Europe and the world” – confirmed that the variety of British artists scheduled to carry out in Europe as a part of this 12 months’s pageant season had fallen by 45 per cent when in comparison with 2017-2019 (pre-Brexit).
Touring apart, UK unbiased artists and labels are additionally experiencing the devastatingly “outrageous” influence and “spiralling prices” of sending music merchandise and merchandise to Europe within the wake of Brexit – resulting in extra big losses of earnings.
