Stop venues charging commission on visiting bands' merchandise sales.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Bands, especially smaller and upcoming bands, create their merchandise wholly independently and sell as a very important revenue stream. It is totally unfair for venues to charge them a commission.

Some venues around the country charge visiting artists a commission fee, sometimes as much as 30%, for selling tour merchandise when they play at these venues. Many smaller bands survive on the sale of these items and I believe it is wholly unfair and immoral to rob artists of this revenue. Bands don't take a share of bar takings so why should the venue take a share of merchandise?

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about arrangements for selling merchandise at venues are a matter for individual venues, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

21 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
25 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Oct 2022

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