The 696 Form compels licensees who wish to hold live music events in 21 London Boroughs to report to the police the names, addresses, aliases and telephone numbers of performers, and most worryingly, the likely ethnicity of their audience. Failure to comply could result in fines or imprisonment. We believe this places unnecessary and frankly Orwellian powers in the hands of the Metropolitan Police, an institution which does not have the best record of racial fairness. The 696 form can only serve to deter the staging of live musical events - a positive form of activity in London and all cities - stifle free expression and quite possible penalise certain genres of music and ethnic audiences. It is an intrusion too far.


Online petition: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Scrapthe696/

More info:
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 28240.html

http://www.met.police.uk/events/forms/form_696.doc

Surely this only applies to rappers?

If this form was around earlier, Dimebag might not have died.



Therefore I'm all against it.

Lev wrote:If this form was around earlier, Dimebag might not have died.



Therefore I'm all against it.

makes no sence

Erm, yeah it does.

Lev wrote:Erm, yeah it does.

He died in America and was shot by a white man. The police won't care about a white crowd, you berk. This thing is just to alert police when there is a mass gathering of black kids.

Lev wrote:If this form was around earlier, Dimebag might not have died.



Therefore I'm all against it.

Dimebag died because of a mad man and lack of security. The venue knowing the personal details of all the band members and the general race of the crowd wouldn't have changed a single thing.

If anyone has done much gigging in the underground they will know how difficult it is to have a line up for most nights confirmed over two weeks in advance. It's gonna make life very difficult for underground musicians.
It will also inundate venues with un necessary admin work meaning small time venues, which the underground thrives on, will not be able to run a business properly and risk closing.
This would also mean that every musician who wants to play in London will have to be registered with the police. (that means most of you bands on this form)
It would also mean that any and every musical event is subject to racial discrimination by the police.

If anyone cares about live music (which I would imagine every one who joined this 'music form' does) would take note of this, and hopefully sign it.

Lev wrote:If this form was around earlier, Dimebag might not have died.

another reason to sign the petition then!!!


is this just in london then?

Good, maybe more bands can come and play birmingham or nottingham then, where it should be easier to arrange

im confused

meluaz wrote:im confused

There's a bill that would require venues to basically warn police if the crowd is going to be black london hoods. Lev got confused and tried to be edgy by implying he's happy that dimebag is dead, but failed. Everyone else is happy, but little do they realise it will only drive rappers up North.

Well i actually think BC has a fair point, as futile as signing an online petition is i'm going to anyway.

From what I understand, I'll sign up to the petition.

I'll sign up purely because I have no idea what the fucks going on.

Immortalicide wrote:is this just in london then?

Good, maybe more bands can come and play Birmingham or Nottingham then, where it should be easier to arrange

If it gets passed in London then it wont be long before other cities like Birmingham implement it. Then you will be really fucked!!

Bastard Child wrote:

Immortalicide wrote:is this just in london then?

Good, maybe more bands can come and play Birmingham or Nottingham then, where it should be easier to arrange

If it gets passed in London then it wont be long before other cities like Birmingham implement it. Then you will be really fucked!!

since reanimator went quiet, its been wank anyway!!!