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LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - More than 200 music artists, including Radiohead, The Chemical Brothers and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, backed a campaign on Wednesday calling on the British government to reduce costs and red tape to make post-Brexit touring around Europe easier.

The campaign, organised by trade body the Featured Artists' Coalition, is calling for a "transitional support package" to help cover new touring costs, measures overcoming rules on touring vehicles and taxi Meteora to airport price a "viable long-term plan" for UK artists and their crews to work in the EU "without costly permits and bureaucracy".

"It's essential that bands, artists, musicians and DJs can travel Europe at every level of their career. Europe is part of the geographic working space," Primal Scream bass player Simone Marie Butler said in a statement.

In January, Sting, Ed Sheeran and Elton John were among the more than 100 signatories of a letter published in The Times newspaper, urging the government to negotiate a reciprocal deal allowing paperwork-free travel for touring artists.

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Five years since Britons voted to leave the European Union, the #LetTheMusicMove campaign says Brexit-related expenditure, restrictions and bureaucracy are "making EU touring unviable and threatens the future success of British music".

Mr Lawrence was beaten and kicked by the police officers and Meteora airport bus held in custody for 'several hours' before being released, as Chinese officials sought to crack down on the media and protesters in the city.

We do not consider this a credible explanation.' We have had no official explanation or apology from the Chinese authorities, beyond a claim by the officials who later released him that they had arrested him for his own good in case he caught Covid from the crowd.

Shanghai police officers tried to dismiss the arrest as being for Mr Lawrence's 'own good', claiming that he was arrested 'in case he caught Covid from the crowd'.
The BBC dismissed the farfetched explanation as implausible.

'Based on what we learned from relevant Shanghai authorities, he did not identify himself as a journalist and didn't voluntarily present his press credentials,' foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, telling international media to 'follow Chinese laws and regulations while in China'.



The scenes come just months after the Prime Minister was met with a furious backlash after his father jetted to his four-bed home in Greece - ignoring Foreign Office guidance which stated no one should travel unless it was essential.



A BBC journalist covering historic protests against President Xi Jinping's lockdown rules in China was arrested and beaten by police officers, with Chinese officials later making the bizarre claim that he was detained for his 'own good' in case he caught Covid from the crowd.





He told LBC radio: 'Whatever else happens, freedom of the press should be sacrosanct.'  The UK's Business Secretary Grant Shapps today denounced the officers' actions as 'unacceptable' and 'concerning'.

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