Brexit stage left: will anyone make it to the BpopLive stage?

Both 5ive and Alesha Dixon have pulled out of the troubled anti-EU gig, leaving just East 17, Sister Sledge and Gwen Dickey – for nowHas there ever been a less enticing phrase in the history of live popular music than: “Brexit Live presents …”? Before you know anything about the gig in question – who’s playing, what the venue is and whether or not Mark Reckless will be beatboxing as the support act – those three simple words should act as a warning to m