A LANCASHIRE folk group is making a television appearance this Sunday speaking out about a threat to live music.

Members of folk group Trouble At'Mill, a three-piece who hail from Gregson Lane, can be seen playing their new single and speaking out about the Licensing Act 2003 on this Sunday's Politics Show.

The new law, which came into force in November 2005, meant that pubs or clubs that wanted to host live music had to pay extra cash in order to get a licence.

Critics slammed the new licensing laws saying they made it more costly and complicated for pubs and clubs to host live music.

In response to the new law Graham Dixon, of the folk trio, launched a petition against the bill in 2002.

Mr Dixon got a staggering 113,000 people to sign up and was approached by the Politics Show following a discussion by Government ministers last week which said the new law was having a negative affect on live music.

He said: "The new laws have been detrimental to live music since it came in.

"All pub entertainment has to be covered by a pub licence but before that pubs did not have to get one if they were having a solo artist or duet on.

"This puts people off because they don't want to pay the extra money for the licence because it's just more cost.

"Hopefully ministers will see sense and repeal it.

"We are quite well established but the problem is for younger bands who can no longer progress from practicing in the garage to their pub because there is this barrier."

The interview was filmed this week at Worden Arts Centre, Leyland.

While Mr Dixon claims he is not politically motivated his new single, Lancashire Hero, is about the horrors faced by local lads out in Afghanistan and Iraq.

This single is performed on the show, which goes out at midday on BBC1.