Musicians protest against government's AI proposals

More than 1,000 musicians have come together to release a silent album protesting against the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright law, which will make it easier to train AI models on copyrighted work without a licence. The project coincides with the Make It Fair campaign, which launched today (February ...

Sam Fender has biggest opening week of 2025 as People Watching passes 80,000 sales

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Killing Me Softly With His Song singer Roberta Flack dies aged 88

Myles Smith: 'I don't want to make music that's just cool'

Music Support CEO Joe Hastings: Making mental health support a constant, not a crisis response

Sabrina Carpenter surpasses Manic Street Preachers in the albums chart

Sabrina Carpenter has made a return to the top of the albums chart this week with Short N’ Sweet, which has racked up 23,379 sales so far. The ...

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Inside Fraser T Smith's Future Producer Academy

Fraser T Smith is on a mission to “rebalance the lack of true cultural and economic diversity within the music industry” through The Future Producer Academy. The ...

Abbey Road Equalise festival returns for its sixth year

Abbey Road’s annual Equalise festival will be taking place this year for six days between March 3-8. The festival, which supports the next generation of female and ...

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Abbey Road Studios' diversity scholarship programme returns for 2025

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