Musicians hit out after report UK rejected visa-free EU travel

Anonymous source claims British government lied about failure to reach agreement over issue

The government has been called spineless" after a report it rejected a deal with the EU that would have given musicians visa-free touring on the continent, saving acts from expensive and potentially prohibitive post-Brexit bureaucracy.

The Independent reported that despite the government's claim Brussels had rejected an ambitious" reciprocal touring arrangement, an EU source said it was the UK that refused to accept European acts having 90-days of visa-free travel.