Live music bill passes latest hurdle

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added: 22 Jan 2012 // by: newsdesk 

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MPs were presented The Live Music Bill - which is asking for smaller venues to be exempt from having to have an entertainment licence.

The controversial licences mean any venue, no matter how small, has to conform to a series of regulations, fill out loads of forms and pay a high fee to put on any form of live music.

Because of it, for many smaller bars, pubs and clubs the idea of putting on live music - and giving musicians somewhere to hone their skills - is currently out of the question.

It's taken almost three years of lobbying for the bill to get this far but despite it being on the agenda in Parliament if less than 100 MPs decided to show up for it it wouldn't have been debated.

But it did and was passed by the present politicians.

Next it will get a final consideration of amendments and if it gets through that hurdle can get royal assent and become law.

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Robin Gibb cancer battle latest

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added: 22 Jan 2012 // by: VVN Music 

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Robin Gibb is still in a fight for his life, undergoing an eight-week course of chemotherapy designed to treat his liver cancer.

Gibb was trying alternative therapies suggested by his wife, Dwina; however, it eventually became apparent that he needed to go back to a more conventional treatment. According to the Daily Mail, he has just completed the eight-week treatment of chemotherapy and had hoped to attend a charity event this past Wednesday night but was too ill. His spokesman, Mick Garbutt, told the paper "He would have absolutely loved to be here in person, but unfortunately that simply hasn't been possible with his health. It is true to say he is very unwell, but he's an incredible man and enjoys lots of support from his close circle of friends and family, and particularly from his wife Dwina. While he can still use his profile to raise awareness for issues close to his heart he will always do so."

In brighter news, Robin has written his first piece of classical music which will premier on April 10 in London. Written with his son, R.J., the piece salutes those who lost their lives on the Titanic. The April event will include a performance of the piece by the Royal Philharmonic along with a hologram showing the boat, the sea and the iceberg.
The album of the composition will be released on March 19. The pair have also written a memorial to the first world war although no premier date is scheduled.

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