Founder members of the campaign and representatives of the various sectors of the creative touring industry — artists, agents, lawyers, logistics and trade bodies, all at the same table.
A freelance multi-camera vision director/engineer for 30+ years, Tim has worked worldwide with artists including Lady Gaga, Madonna, Rihanna, The 1975, Peter Gabriel, Meatloaf, Arcade Fire and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He started the petition to highlight the very real threat to touring professionals' livelihoods after Brexit.
A multi-media arts practitioner for over 35 years and multi-agency owner for 20, booking and managing artists across the UK and Europe — pan-globally booking over 300 artists, from breaking acts to Grammy winners. Former national chair of one of the UK musicians' sections for 8 years.
CEO of Devo Agency, the UK's first public affairs devolution agency, described as "the most influential woman" in public affairs. Over 30 years' experience redefining public affairs practice and increasing lobbying transparency, and has coordinated many cross-party campaigns including the Fair Pint Campaign.
Guitarist in Pendulum and a freelance session musician whose client list includes Faithless, Natalie Imbruglia, Tinie Tempah, Kim Wilde, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Anastacia and Mylene Farmer. He is a music producer for countless TV shows on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, S4C, RTL and Channel 7 Australia.
Brexit is a disaster for British musicians and crew, but ironically will be a bonanza for musicians and crew with EU passports. Why pay visa fees and deal with a mountain of red tape when you can simply hire someone on the continent? It will be the death knell for many British people who work in the creative arts.
Sarah has been working in the cultural sector since 1996. After co-founding the pop culture magazine The Gap — now the oldest print pop culture magazine still published in Austria — she launched the international music label P.A.M. Records in 1998 and ran it as an active musician until the early 2000s.
After co-founding the literary newspaper Volltext in 2002 and the music magazine TBA in 2006, she developed and launched Waves Vienna, now the largest showcase festival and conference in Central and Eastern Europe, which she still runs as director. In 2022 she took over co-project management of the Austrian Music Export Office and co-management of the Vienna Club Commission.