Blur frontman Damon Albarn has mentioned that Brexit has been a “travesty” in a brand new interview.
Talking to Channel 4, Albarn defined that Brexit has been a “catastrophe” for youthful musicians.
“Within the outdated days, pre-Brexit, you could possibly be a younger band and go over to Europe and play backside of the invoice at festivals. You wouldn’t be paid hardly something however the expertise was life-changing, whether or not you went on to do greater and higher issues sooner or later [or not]. That’s a stable basis for the remainder of your life,” Albarn mentioned.
“That form of creativity has very a lot been curtailed for folks on this island, as a result of it’s costly to go over there now. It’s not easy. It’s important to pay for visas and stuff that wasn’t mandatory [before]. It’s horrible,” he added.
Damon Albarn continued: “Brexit was a travesty and individuals are waking as much as that now, thank goodness, however it was a catastrophe. Spiritually, economically, simply garbage”
“Brexit is garbage”, he added, referencing Blur’s 1993 album ‘Fashionable Life Is Garbage’.
“Brexit was a travesty and individuals are waking as much as that now.”
Blur frontman Damon Albarn tells @MinnieStephC4 Brexit has been “a catastrophe for youthful musicians”, saying it is now costlier for them to tour in Europe. pic.twitter.com/rMaB6FrNtr
— Channel 4 Information (@Channel4News) Might 19, 2023
Again in 2018, Albarn claimed he felt “partly accountable” for the end result of the 2016 Brexit referendum. “The shock I felt that morning [of the referendum result] was indicative of the blasé perspective that we, as Remainers, had felt previous to that day. “There was an enormous and patronising assumption that the remainder of the nation felt the best way we did. In order that was my lesson,” he defined.
In 2021, the UK music trade spoke out collectively on how they’d 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. Because of this, artists trying to hit the highway once more after COVID discovered themselves on the expected “rocky highway” for the primary summer season of European touring after Britain left the EU.
The next yr it was claimed Brexit was “strangling the following technology of UK expertise within the cradle” with the quantity of British artists scheduled to carry out in Europe as a part of this yr’s pageant season falling by 45 per cent when in comparison with 2017-2019.
Earlier this week, Noel Gallagher referred to as Brexit a “fucking absolute unmitigated catastrophe” in a brand new interview.
