Listen to every track we featured in CMU’s ‘Approved’ slot in 2025 in our Spotify playlist wrapping up all our featured ...
As 2025 ended and 2026 began we had the customary flurry of stats from various music industry sources, providing some ...
The European Union will this year draft a new Digital Fairness Act that seeks to “strengthen protection and digital fairness ...
With the Christmas break now well and truly over and forgotten, here are five key developments in the music business since ...
AI will remain a major talking point in the music industry throughout 2026. Pretty much all the big copyright questions and ...
A Roundhouse show by Primal Scream last week was criticised over controversial images shown during a performance of their song ‘Swastika Eyes’, which critics say were antisemitic. On the back of that ...
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from Together For Palestine, Sasha Keable, Sean Trelford, Deca OTA + Sex Mask ‘LULLABY’ by Together For Palestine, featuring Amena, ...
MIT has published the results of its study into the carbon emissions of live music in the US and UK, part of an initiative backed by Coldplay. The academics behind the study say their stats and report ...
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are among the artists boycotting Spotify, though that didn’t stop AI-generated covers of their songs appearing under the artist name King Lizard Wizard. Those have now ...
Kneecap are suing Vince Gasparro, the Canadian MP who announced they were banned from the country in September. The group confirmed legal action was underway after it emerged the Canadian government ...
ECSA, representing songwriters and composers across Europe, has called for more transparency about the big AI deals now being announced by the majors. Writers need to know various things about those ...
The UK government has announced plans to introduce new laws banning for-profit ticket touting and capping the commissions that can be charged on face value resale. Numerous politicians, artists, ...