General Election comment - MMF, FAC, FFA

05 July 2024 - Press release

David Martin, CEO, Featured Artists Coalition
Congratulations to the new Labour government. Although we offer commiserations to our Artist in Residence, David Rowntree, and to Tom Gray, who were both standing for election, the FAC will now look forward to working with a new influx of MPs.  It's especially important that we can pick up on unfinished business from the previous Parliament, and quickly deliver the much-anticipated reforms to music streaming alongside greater support for the live music ecosystem. Music and culture should play a key role in the UK's future success, so it's vital that the foundations of our business are reset on a sound and artist-friendly footing.

 

Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive, Music Managers Forum
This should be a watershed moment for the music industry, and we look forward to helping the new Labour government deliver their manifesto commitments on international touring and online ticket touting, both areas on which the MMF has led through the #LetTheMusicMove and FanFair Alliance campaigns. For the sake of artists and fans, we all want to see quick progress on both these issues.  We also hope to see a renewed focus to progress the discussions on creator remuneration as part of the ongoing economics of streaming work at DCMS, and to ensure that creators' voices are centrestage in all discussions around AI. 

 

Adam Webb, Campaign Manager, FanFair Alliance
I'm personally delighted to see Sharon Hodgson get re-elected. Through her chairing of the APPG on Ticket Abuse, Sharon has been instrumental in keeping the issue of ticket touting so high on the political agenda. The Labour Party manifesto reiterated their commitment to capping ticket resale prices and protecting fans from exploitation, and everyone involved with FanFair Alliance will now look to support the new government in achieving that goal as quickly as possible.