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“They represent rent paid, instruments bought and careers sustained”: PRS has distributed nearly £275 million in 2025
By Will Simpson published
That’s up 4% from last year

“I know how important it was for her”: Donna Summer is inducted posthumously into Songwriters’ Hall Of Fame
By Will Simpson published
Summer co-wrote I Feel Love and her run of 70s hits

Olivia Rodrigo explains why she loves playing her custom Ernie Ball Music Man St Vincent Goldie signature model
By Ben Rogerson published
She also discusses her Rock & Roll Hall of Fame performance of a White Stripes song and duetting with The Cure’s Robert Smith at Glastonbury

How Wendy Melvoin’s bass playing became the “secret weapon” on Sombr’s 12 to 12
By Ben Rogerson published
“It doesn't matter what bass Wendy plays because it's just always going to sound like Wendy”

"I’m like, ‘That was me!’”: Maya Delilah on what it's like to be a young female guitar player
By Ben Rogerson published
“It is still so male-dominated,” she says of the guitar world

Who run the world? Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter is highest grossing solo tour of the year
By Will Simpson published
But overall Coldplay come out on top

Roxette’s It Must Have Been Love isn’t what you thought it was, says the man who wrote it
By Ben Rogerson published
And did you know that, long before it appeared in Pretty Woman, it was released as a Christmas song?

“It’s Mariah as you’ve never heard her before”: Carey’s grunge album to finally get a release next year?
By Will Simpson published
It’s set to drop in second half of 2026, according to The Sun
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