Randy Blythe has been protesting a shift in Canadian law that will charge international touring artists $425 per band member per performance. This is a substantial raise in cost, as the original fee was a one-time payment of $150. "For some insane reason the Canadian government has decided to enact absolutely ridiculous fees for foreign touring acts to enter their country. To tell you the truth, this will not affect a band the size of lamb of god that much- promoters make enough money off of us to figure this expense into the cost of bringing us to Canada- we do very well there, & fill every venue we play. But for smaller acts who wish to tour Canada, those just getting their start, this will make it absolutely impossible- smaller booking agents can’t afford $425 per band member per show to bring in acts from outside Canada. I have absolutely no idea why they would do this, since touring bands already have to pay taxes out the wazoo in Canada anyway. Now they will not be able to come, the venues lose money, the fans don’t get to see shows, the businesses around the venues lose money, the government will get NO TAX instead of their normal cut from touring artists, & most important the music & arts scene suffers. WTF? It makes zero sense. If yer Canadian, you might want to check out this petition one of your countrymen started. " - Randy Blythe You can sign the Petition started by Canadian Carlyle Doherty in the following link. https://change.org/en-CA/petitions/canadian-government-don-t-ruin-live-music-with-425-00-charge-per-international-artist-per-performance-in-canada
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 23:55:48 +0000
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