Where in the Licensing Act 2003 does it tell Licensing Authorities which licensable activity can be safely sacrificed, scapegoated, limited and generally misused as a bargaining tool to enable another licensable activity?

It is clear that live music (with all its benefits) is being treated by local authority employees as an expendable bargaining tool to placate those who complain (often not about live music at all) in order to enable alcohol (with all of its problems) to be sold.

Live showings of TV sport, and stand-up comedy, even when music is used, cannot be not misused in this fashion as this is not classed as Regulated Entertainment.

So "screaming and fighting drunkards from the pub late at night" will continue but we can all relax as they will have been deprived of live music.