Foreign musicians hoping to perform in the UK are running up against a slew of exorbitant new visa fees. “An act, whether one person or 50, requires a work permit, which is to cost £190 from tomorrow instead of £153. Then every member of a group also requires a work permit visa, the cost of which is rising from £85 to £200. Fees are waived if an organisation secures what is called permit-free festival status from the Home Office but the entertainment industry is fearful whether that will survive the introduction of a points-based system for visa applicants next year.”