Music licence hike is bad news for weddings, club dances and nightclubs - Sunday People
Oct 2 2011 by Nigel Nelson, The People
MUSIC licences for discos and pubs are to be hiked by thousands of pounds.
The increase is bad news for fund-raisers, club dances, weddings, pubs and nightclubs.
It is good for Simon Cowell, whose Syco Music company has signed many top recording stars.
Bills for a typical wedding bash will soar from 30 to 380. Pubs which can now pay as little as 8 a night will have to fork out around 10,000 a year up front for a public performance licence.
The fee for nightclubs will zoom from 167 to a mind-boggling 6,667 for each event.
Clubs are expected to raise entry and drink fees to meet the costs.
Kate Nicholls, of the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, said: These increases are known as the Simon Cowell Tax because he will be one of the biggest beneficiaries.
The charges are collected by Phonographic Perform-ance Ltd on behalf of 5,750 record companies and 45,000 artists. Its income rose 12million to 143million last year.
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