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I’ve written a tour diary for this great newspaper for many years now, and many of my columns have been based around my regular gigs in mainland Europe, solo and with my band. Those tours will come to an end if this country leaves the EU without a deal, and to say I am sad and angry about that is an understatement.
Incidentally, I choose to take advice on the matter from my trade union, the Musicians’ Union, rather than from Tory politicians or right wing bots who dismiss everything which doesn't fit their tiny myopic world of red-faced insular Daily Express nonsense as “project fear.”
The following paragraphs are written in accordance with that advice.
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