Late last month, Reading & Leeds Festival boss/Festival Republic MD Melvin Benn hailed 2022 as being one of the company’s “busiest years” ever. And it seems he’s not alone in ...
Sam Fender will play Newcastle’s St James’ Park on the June 9 2023, becoming the first Geordie musician to headline the 55,000+ capacity stadium.
He said: “Ever since I ...
UK record labels invested £494.8 million supporting artists’ careers and development in 2021 through A&R, marketing and promotion – more than double their investment in 2016.
The new figures have ...
The Mercury Prize last week unveiled a shortlist featuring several debuts and first-time nominees, including Nova Twins (pictured at the shortlist announcement at the Langham Hotel in London), Wet Leg ...
It’s the 30th anniversary of the Mercury Prize, so the award could do with a decent shortlist to mark the occasion.
Arguably, it’s managed just that with today’s announcement ...
We’ve welcomed an icon to the cover of Music Week this month - Elton John, alongside his award-winning management team David Furnish and Rachael Paley.
The August issue lands this ...
A Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) petition calling on PRS for Music to reconsider its recently announced funding cuts to PRS Foundation has accumulated more than 1,000 signatures.
Artists, songwriters and ...
Thanks to the comprehensive BBC coverage of this year’s Glastonbury, several artists reached big audiences via TV and iPlayer.
Based on Music Week’s charts analysis by Alan Jones ...
Running down that clock: In the fifth frame of its renaissance, inspired by its use in multiple episodes of the fourth season of Netflix’s hugely popular Stranger Things sci-fi/horror series, ...
Ending a run of 24 consecutive weeks in which leadership of the album chart has changed hands, Harry’s House is No.1 for Harry Styles for the second week in a ...
