Category: Music industry

‘Tickets have become status symbols’: from Harry Styles to Taylor Swift, why is live music bigger and more expensive than ever?

Styles is playing a record 12 nights at Wembley stadium and 30 at Madison Square Garden, as demand for big artists soars – and audience expectation along with itSelling out a venue such as London’s O2 Arena used to...

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‘It’s a hospitality-wide problem‘: night-time traders react to business rates relief plan

Gyms, pharmacies, restaurants and cafes and convenience store owners question why only pubs and live music venues should get help Pubs and live music venues to get support after business rates backlashWaterstones boss defends...

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AI, bot farms and innocent indie victims: how music streaming became a hotbed of fraud and fakery

Fraudsters use fake artists to juice royalties from streaming services – but real musicians are getting blamed. Might they be better off without Spotify et al?There is a battle gripping the music business today around the...

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Don’t let under-18s join pop bands, says leading songwriter after Liam Payne’s death

Guy Chambers among industry figures calling for changes in wake of former One Direction star’s tragic deathUnder-18s should not be pushed into pop stardom, one of the UK’s leading songwriters has said, in the wake of...

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