Dozens of artists and music organisations urge PM to honour ticket resale price cap pledge

Dozens of artists have joined with music organisations to call on PM Sir Keir Starmer to honour his pledge to protect fans from online ticket touts. Music Week has reported on the secondary ticketing consultation, which includes a proposal to impose a price cap to prevent profiteering by touts in ...

Could Taylor Swift complete another chart double?

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The music industry mourns beloved radio plugger & Three Thirty Music founder Mel Rudder

Gregg Nadel promoted to president of A&R at Warner Records Group

Ivors Classical Awards honours Anne Dudley, Anoushka Shankar and Debbie Wiseman

TuneCore artists have now earned more than $5 billion

TuneCore has revealed that independent artists using the platform have collectively earned more than $5 billion since the company’s founding in 2006. “This marks a historic milestone and ...

Live Nation survey of 40,000 fans globally shows how music is 'defining culture'

Live Nation has released Living For Live, its largest global report to date. Based on a survey of 40,000 people across 15 countries, the report shows how people ...

Merlin promotes Charlie Lexton to CEO

Merlin has appointed Charlie Lexton as its CEO, effective January 1, 2026. Lexton has worked for the digital rights agency for global independent labels and distributors since its ...

Music Week Features

UK Music report values industry's economic contribution at £8 billion - but growth slows in 2024

British music hit another high note in the Grammy nominations - we must protect our headliner status

Amuse appoints Giorgio D'Ambrosio as CEO

Cris Lacy appointed as chair & president of Warner Records Nashville

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