Music industry
April 2026
US senators rebuke Ticketmaster for raising fees after hidden charge crackdown: ‘Bait and switch’
Richard Blumenthal says Ticketmaster acts like it has ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’ as records show company upping fees to avoid losses
March 2026
US man pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI
The Taylor Swift effect: US vinyl sales top $1bn for the first time since 1983
February 2026
Britney Spears sells rights to music catalog for undisclosed sum, say reports
- The big interviewReshona Landfair on her life after R Kelly: ‘I had to rebuild my entire self’
‘Tickets have become status symbols’: from Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, why is live music bigger and more expensive than ever?
Beijing condemns Dalai Lama’s Grammy win as ‘anti-China political manipulation’
UK hospitality firms demand more help with business rates amid questions over Heathrow discount
Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan on his lip-syncing downfall and Grammys comeback: ‘The truth will set you free’
January 2026
‘It’s a hospitality-wide problem’: night-time traders react to business rates relief plan
- First Edition newsletterWednesday briefing: Can we afford to be optimistic about grassroots music venues?
Is this man the future of music – or its executioner? AI evangelist Mikey Shulman says he’s making pop, not slop
Music executive LA Reid settles sexual assault lawsuit on day civil trial was due to begin
Bob Weir: a life in pictures
Ten years after his death, is David Bowie’s musical legacy at risk of fading from view?
December 2025
Oasis reunion and Taylor Swift vinyls fuel boom year for UK music industry
BPI figures show music lovers listened to equivalent of 210.3m albums by UK artists in 2025 in 11th consecutive year of growthCDs return to Christmas shopping lists as gen Z embrace ‘retro renaissance’
Demand for CD players rises 74% this year amid deluxe releases from artists such as Taylor Swift and Pink FloydMusicians are deeply concerned about AI. So why are the major labels embracing it?
‘We are truly doomed’: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard despair at AI clone appearing on Spotify
London’s O2 Arena announces funding for UK grassroots gig venues