Brexit Festival Round 3

The original idea had been to put Sigma, The Electric Swing Circus, Ella Eyre and others on stage on May 8. But acts started pulling out once they learned that they got booked to play at a political rally. Bpop Live had to move to a later date, June 19, as it stands. The second lineup included 5ive, Alesha Dixon, East 17, Sister Sledge and Gwen Dickey.

The same thing happened, and they pulled out after finding out about the political scope of the event.

Throughout these developments, Leave.EU, which has endorsed the event, pointed out that it wasn’t a political rally. That has changed with the new lineup.

A statement on the campaign organization’s Facebook page reads: “Move over Glastonbury – third time’s the charm for Bpop Live! Leave.EU has been told that an incredible new lineup is coming together for Bpop Live version 3.0, the must-see concert and rally which will be the exclamation point on the Leave campaign!

“They will be joined on stage by more surprise performers and speakers including Nigel Farage, Liam Fox and Kate Hoey.” All three speakers are politicians.

Speaking of Brexit, UK trade body BPI conducted a survey among its members, with 68 percent of the 148 participants voting to remain.

Additionally, 282 names from Britain’s creative industries have signed an open letter urging the British public to do the same. Among the signees are David Joseph (CEO & Chairman of Universal Music UK), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) and Ed O’Brien (Radiohead). Katie Melua, Jessie Ware, Imogen Heap, Rudimental, Paloma Faith, Editors and Franz Ferdinand are among the artists who want to remain.

Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive BPI & BRIT Awards, said that the majority of BPI members “believe that remaining in the EU is critical to their business and that leaving would risk harming their future prospects.”

The UK referendum on the question of staying or leaving the EU is to take place June 23.