The U.K. electorate has voted to leave the European Union in a shock referendum result which has captured the world’s attention.
The #Brexit and #EUref hashtags trended through the night as artists, celebs, thinkers, world leaders and many others shared their thoughts on the unfolding event.
U.K. Votes to Leave European Union
A victory for so-called Brexit campaigners sees the U.K. depart from the 28-state economic and political union, which was formally established in 1993.
For the music industry, the outcome of the national vote carries huge consequences and has the potential to impact on everything from touring to record sales to copyright legislation. One thing is certain: the industry will be dealing with a new national leader by October. In the hours after the nation’s votes were counted, the prime minister David Cameron announced his resignation.
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— Disclosure (@disclosure) June 24, 2016
Heartbroken to hear the news.
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) June 24, 2016
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Sad sad day https://t.co/yRnetyrczK
— lily (@lilyallen) June 24, 2016
Heartbroken #EUref
— Woody (@Woodythedrum) June 24, 2016
Don’t forget, this all started because spineless @David_Cameron wanted to keep his job. What a legacy, Dave! #EUref
— Woody (@Woodythedrum) June 24, 2016
I just assembled a ham radio and collected 3 days worth of kindling. #brexit
— el-p (@therealelp) June 24, 2016
Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups.
— Alison Moyet (@AlisonMoyet) June 23, 2016
Feel so terrible for the millions of jobs linked to the EU that ppl are going to lose in the coming weeks / months — #EUref
— Luisa Zissman (@TheLuluLife) June 24, 2016
#EUref lesson for us all in debate between globalization, local control, and fragility of international institutions https://t.co/pXtuevX8YM
— Kevin Rudd (@MrKRudd) June 24, 2016
Biggest world change since USSR fall. We enter period of huge uncertainty, worldwide. All our lives affected.#EURef
— John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) June 24, 2016
This might be a good weekend to go to Glastonbury… #needahug #EUref
— Dermot O’Leary (@radioleary) June 24, 2016
None of us #Remain are hoping #Brexit is disastrous.
How fucking stupid would that be? We’re all on the same ship.
Float, do.
Absolutely do— Alison Moyet (@AlisonMoyet) June 24, 2016
Scotland will seek independence now. Cameron’s legacy will be breaking up two unions. Neither needed to happen. https://t.co/4MDj7pndcq
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 24, 2016
Well millennials. We’re really really fucked.
— lily (@lilyallen) June 24, 2016
No matter the outcome, #Brexit polls demonstrate how quickly half of any population can be convinced to vote against itself. Quite a lesson.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) June 23, 2016
No one ever said that the majority know what they’re doing. All the more reason for the rest of us to stick together.
— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) June 24, 2016
Brexit feels like 19th century thinking is making a devastating come-back…
— MDSLKTR (@modeselektor) June 24, 2016
Viva la resistance.
— Johnny Marr (@Johnny_Marr) June 24, 2016
Incredulous, sad, scared and angry…cannot take this in.
— ed simons (@eddychemical) June 24, 2016
Dear @David_Cameron, it’s time to resign. #Brexit
— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 24, 2016
Grim, grim news for uk
— DJ Yoda (@DJYodaUK) June 24, 2016
Listen to Portishead today. It’s sad and British.
— DJ Yoda (@DJYodaUK) June 24, 2016
Worst of all outcomes: Very narrow victory. England votes out, Scotland in. Boris in debt to Farage. Rancour and division ahead.
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) June 24, 2016
What the hell is going on?
— BASTILLE (@bastilledan) June 24, 2016
We assume that Trump can’t win because the idea of him getting a majority vote is insane…Ask Great Britain how faith in logic worked out.
— HEALTH (@_HEALTH_) June 24, 2016
such a sad day—— the remain campaign simply didn’t have a leader that could speak to the people. Gutted
— L-VIS 1990 (@lvis1990) June 24, 2016