Music stars slam U.K.'s 'shameful' failure on EU touring rules

Dozens of U.K. music stars including Elton John, Ed Sheeran and conductor Simon Rattle say musicians have been ‘shamefully failed’ by the British government, which has left them facing post-Brexit restrictions on touring in the European Union. In a letter published on Wednesday in the Times of London, more than 100 musicians including Sting, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and Roger Daltrey of The Who, along with the heads of major arts institutions, said the new U.K.-EU trade deal that took effect on January 1 has “a gaping hole where the promised free movement for musicians should be.”