http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Live-music-regulations-set-to-become-law

The de-regulation of live music licensing is now all-but inevitable after lords approved the Live Music Bill in Parliament.

John King comments: Tourism and heritage minister John Penrose said: "This is just one step in what I hope will be a much larger process of removing burdens across all forms of regulated entertainment.

...Following our public consultation on this I hope to set out how we might take this forward in the next few months."