Here’s a beloved industry that's due for disruption as we careen towards a cashless society: the humble busker. The boom in contactless payments in the U.K. is largely to blame. Currently, the country ...
One of London's biggest tourist hotspots is set to become a lot quieter after Westminster Council announced that buskers have been banned from playing in Leicester Square. The ban will come into force ...
Buskers have been banned from playing in a major London tourist spot after the council were taken to court over ‘nuisance performers’. Westminster City Council has suspended two busking performance ...
LONDON — For generations, street musicians have provided the soundtrack for Leicester Square, a tourist hub in London’s West End, where the likes of Rod Stewart and George Michael busked before ...
A busker playing the tin whistle at London Underground station had his money snatched away from him by a thief described as ...
LONDON — A city in central England says two buskers who plagued a suburb by repeating the same two songs have been banned from performing for two years. Birmingham City Council said today that the men ...
London’s street performers — the Brits call them “buskers” — are up in arms over a threat to their livelihoods. Their earnings have already taken a beating this year as the number of foreign visitors ...
Strumming his acoustic steel string guitar on a busy street in east London, Australian singer-songwriter Dan Tredget is a man on a mission. Strumming his acoustic steel string guitar on a busy street ...
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Buskers, musicians and muralists have been entertaining London for centuries. But now the capital has gone quiet and the future of their activities looks uncertain. By Alex Marshall LONDON — One ...