The UK’s post-Brexit travel rules, which came into force at the beginning of the year, do not guarantee visa-free travel for musicians in the EU. Sir Elton described their meeting as “positive”. In a tweet, he added they “both agree that there is lots to be achieved by working together to find a solution to the problem, providing opportunities for the next generation of musicians to tour the EU without prohibitive red tape”. Mr Dowden said it had been “great” to speak to Sir Elton and his husband David Furnish about “growing the UK music sector”. He added on Twitter: “We had a v positive call where we discussed opportunities to help talented musicians tour both EU & rest of the world more easily.