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Pay for play, says MU
The UK Musicians' Union will press next month's TUC annual conference to back a move to give people a choice on whether or not they work for free.
"It is extremely unfair to put professional musicians into a situation where they are emotionally blackmailed into working for no fee and are asked to give their services to a good cause" Says the union."This is particularly unjust when others associated with the event, such as venue staff, lawyers and caterers, are being paid".
What would Sting, Bono and Sir Bob say?
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Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE (born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". He co-wrote "Do They Know...
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