UK Hospitality says the £49 million-a-year increase could be “potentially devastating” and force venues to close GETTY IMAGESGenerations have grown up experiencing the fun, fear and occasional humiliation of dancing at their local disco. However, DJ nights are under threat after copyright holders announced a 130 per cent increase in the cost of playing recorded music at events. UK Hospitality says the £49 million-a-year increase could be “potentially devastating” and force music venues to close. Kate Nicholls, chief executive of the trade group, said: “Hospitality businesses are already being bombarded with constantly increasing costs. This additional massive cost is not going to help, it is only going to force more and more venues out of business.

Source: The Times March 22, 2019 00:00 UTC