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MusicTank live music licensing showdown update
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 5 October 2009
The line up has been announced for the re-scheduled MusicTank debate on the infamous 696 form, and other live music licensing issues.
The evening will come in two halves. The first will focus on 696, and the other impacts of the 2003 Licensing Act on live music at a grass roots level. UK Music boss Feargal Sharkey, a vocal opponent of 696, will lead the proceedings, joined by Chief Inspector Adrian Studd, one of the people behind the police-penned form which is used by local authorities in London in their licensing of live music events, and not with controversy.
The second part will look at noise abatement issues, and will be led by Kent Davis, the landlord of a Birmingham venue recently hit with a noise abatement order. He will be joined by Lisa Lavia, head of the Noise Abatement Society.
Also on the panel for the live music debate will be Dominique Czopor, owner of Guildford venue The Boiler Room and founder of we:Live; Philip Doyle, licensing advisor to both the Home Office and DCMS select committee; Diane Baxter of the Musicians’ Union; Mark Duval, leader of policy development for local councils organisation LACORS; and musician and independent campaigner John King.
This all takes place on 13 Oct at the HQ of PRS For Music in London. Booking info is online at www.musictank.co.uk/events
