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# “Day Without Music” Protest Declared Big Success
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/day-without-music-protest-declared-massive-succes/
- Published: 2015-05-27T10:20:18.000Z
- Updated: 2015-05-27T10:20:18.000Z
- Description: Can you imagine a Day Without Music? With a focus on the live sector, that's how music lovers in one EU country protested new taxes that they believe has crippled. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/05/day-without-music-protest-declared-massive-succes.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Music Business, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Ajit Pawar, Artist, Baltimore, Barry White, Bhopal, Continental Europe, European Union value added tax, Member of the European Parliament, Value added tax, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

**[![image from cdn.ipetitions.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08352212970d-150wi "image from cdn.ipetitions.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08352212970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Can you imagine a Day Without Music?** With a focus on the live sector, that's how music lovers in one EU country **protested new taxes** that they believe has crippled its club and concert scene.

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[![image from teezeria.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d11ab2b8970c-150wi "image from teezeria.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d11ab2b8970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

On May 20th, Spanish concert promoters lead "The Day Without Music" to protest the 21% percent VAT (Value Added Tax) on concert tickets.

Barcelona-based concert promoter Neo Sala, who launched the campaign, told [Pollstar](http://www.pollstarpro.com/NewsContent.aspx?cat=0&com=1&ArticleID=818353&ref=hypebot.com) that 98% of Spain’s clubs and concert halls observed the day of no music.

A petition to protest the tax, which promoters say cost 40,000 jobs and a 30% drop in concert attendance over the two years since the VAT increased from 8-21% , has collected 240,000 signatures.

"There are international artists who don’t include Spain on their tours or only go to one city,” Sala told Spanish paper El Pais. “It’s not worth it for them to come.

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