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Lola Young is taking legal action against Messy co-producer Carter Lang in a row over songwriting credits
By Will Simpson published
"We will not allow Lola’s reputation and integrity to be called into question," says Young's legal team

“It’s shocking”: Cardiff band decry the fact AI ‘band’ trained on their music overtakes them on Spotify
By Will Simpson published
Holding Absence tell their listeners to “oppose AI music”

“A sick way of looking at it”: Jack Antonoff on Michael Rapino’s comments about ‘underpriced’ concert tickets
By Will Simpson published
Make it illegal to resell at a profit, he says

“The concert is underpriced”: Live Nation CEO seems to suggest that gig ticket prices are too LOW
By Will Simpson published
“They beat me up if we charge $800 for Beyoncé” moans Michael Rapino

“Live entertainment should be accessible to all of us”: US trade body sues Ticketmaster
By Will Simpson published
US consumers could have been swindled out of billions

“It’s policing black music”: Lizzo speaks out on the ‘racist’ origins of sampling law
By Will Simpson published
“The first time people started sampling was... who? It was rappers in the '80s and '90s. They were sampling records because they didn't have access to big studios"

Deezer report that it’s now receiving over 30,000 fully AI-generated tracks every day
By Will Simpson published
That's nearly a third of the total

"The revolution has begun": New streaming platform launches promising fair compensation for artists
By Will Simpson published
Coda claims that its algorithm “comes from the crowd, not the cloud”
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