ARTISTS from across the country, backed by figures such as The Proclaimers and Irvine Welsh, are to hold a day of protest against a change in licensing law branded a "tax on art".
A petition against licence charges for free and small-scale artistic and cultural events, prompted by the Criminal Law and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, has nearly 19,000 signatures.
Glasgow City Council is temporarily delaying the implementation of the Act, due to come into effect on Sunday, and Edinburgh has agreed to exempt small, free to enter public events from Public Entertainment Licences (PEL).
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