A US ruling, a new UK duty from 30 October, and the question working musicians keep asking
Britain's first R&B chart lands on 14 September. What a placing is worth to a working act
DCMS put a number on Brexit touring costs. Here's the maths before you take a German date
The UK festival season of 2026, ranked by what mattered to the people who played it
Five lessons working musicians can take from Mark Knopfler's fifty year career choices
Phase Two opens 26 August with a bigger cap, mixed dates and pencilled slots
A five month UK season, twelve stages at one site, and the paid backline work nobody has measured
How The Reytons hit Number One with no radio play, and what smaller UK acts can copy
What it covers, the five gaps it leaves, and the two suppliers gigging musicians choose between
How three artists structured their football club deals, and what a smaller act could realistically copy
Ben Marshall on why the hottest summer on record is quietly working in musicians' favour
Spotify's AI Persona badge lands in September. What it changes for working musicians, and what it misses
The 20% rates cut, the tax that is still open, and what to do before the Budget on 28 October
Country just sold out Wembley three nights running. UK function bands have a set list gap worth money
Twenty festivals fell, Glastonbury sat out, and demand held up. What UK artists should take from 2026
Central, motorway linked and rich in live band culture: why Nottinghamshire leads for wedding bands.
The music industry has always relied on a simple equation: reach more people, gain more fans....
"Live Nation and its subsidiary Ticketmaster had operated as an illegal monopoly across multiple sectors"
Your venue may have a noise limiter. Here's what it is, what it does, and why it matters for your wedding.
We're seeing something shift in the live music sector.
Meta just adjusted how music licensing works across Facebook and Instagram.
The festival line up crisis is no longer coming. It is here.
Live music is often one of the most exciting parts of the wedding celebration.
I've watched musicians pour everything into social media for years.
The music industry stands at a crossroads we've seen before—but never quite like this.
We've seen it hundreds of times.An artist with genuine talent.
We've watched something shift in how people experience music.
We've been watching something fascinating unfold.
We're watching the music industry transform at a pace we've never seen before.
We're watching the music industry reshape itself in real time.
We've watched the maths change for independent musicians over the past few years.
We need to talk about something the music industry doesn't want you to know.
The live music infrastructure in the UK has fundamentally changed.
Your Spotify stats are soaring. Your tour dates are empty.
The maths tells a story the industry doesn't want to hear.
The algorithm loved you. The venue stayed empty. We need to talk.
Something's happening in Birmingham. And it matters far beyond the Midlands.
Ireland just made something radical look obvious.
Football clubs move millions. The right song moves with them!
The backlash that never came.
Million streams. Four thousand pounds.The math reveals everything wrong with today's music economy.
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