Why Boris Johnson will ignore Elton John and break his Brexit promise to touring musicians

n the face of it, an alliance of Elton John, Simon Rattle, members of Oasis, Queen and The Who, and so many other stars, should be making No 10 very nervous in the row over the horror of post-Brexit touring permits.

Midge Ure, the Ultravox frontman, even warned the UK is heading “back to the 1970s” – a phrase to make any government shudder – when “touring in Europe was a nightmare”.