So much so that it's actually kind of a trope in the UK music industry [1]. A lot of the most famous British musicians from the 70s and 80s were "on the dole" r

So much so that it's actually kind of a trope in the UK music industry [1]. A lot of the most famous British musicians from the 70s and 80s were "on the dole" receiving welfare before they made it big. [1] https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/horace-trubridge/class-and-the-arts_b_8647352.html https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/horace-trubridge/class-and-...