Life Coldplay refuses to announce world tour for environmental reasons The British band's refusal to tour shows the music industry is starting to take sustainability seriously, 21/11/2019
Life Billie Eilish to tackle climate crisis with 2020 green world tour The internationally acclaimed teen popstar has announced that her 2020 world tour will be eco-friendly. 30/09/2019
USA Gibson goes looking for the lost chord as the company files for bankruptcy Declining guitar sales and a flawed diversification four years ago have dragged the legendary guitar-maker into crisis. 02/05/2018
Cult 40 years of Joy Division It's 40 years since Joy Division made their live debut at Pips Disco in Manchester. Out of the industrial gloom of Northern England came one of Britain's most influential bands 27/01/2018
USA Spotify hit with $1.6 billion copyright lawsuit Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week sued music streaming giant Spotify for allegedly using thousands of songs without a license and compensation to the music publisher. 03/01/2018
Cult Morocco: Visa For Music showcases Africa and Middle-East artists The 2017 Visa For Music (VFM) has taken place in the Moroccan city of Rabat, Morocco. 17/12/2017
Morocco Spotlight in Rabat on African and Middle Eastern music The Moroccan city of Rabat is hosting "Visa For Music" 23/11/2017
Business Line Virtual Reality excites Cannes Lions festival At the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity there was a lot of discussion around evolving virtual reality technologies. 27/06/2017
USA Kiss frontman Gene Simmons wants to trademark "devil horns" gesture Kiss frontman Gene Simmon's bid to trademark the hard rock "devil horns" salute as his creation is being ridiculed 17/06/2017
Cult Former child prodigy JoJo is all grown up American singer-songwriter JoJo is back with a new album, ‘Mad Love’. 10/11/2016
Business Line Cheap oil and the music industry's digital revolution In this edition of Business Line we look in depth at the major oil producers attempts to stop prices falling and why they failed, plus the good news for the music industry from the digital revolution. 20/04/2016
USA Prog rock legend Keith Emerson dies, aged 71 Acclaimed keyboardist and leader in the progressive rock movement, Keith Emerson has died, aged 71. The Yorkshire-born musician was perhaps best 12/03/2016
USA 'Happy birthday' and the other top ten most lucrative songs in history 'Happy Birthday to You' tops the list of highest-grossing songs in history. From March it could be freely available to everyone. 10/02/2016
Culture Adele leads Brit Awards nominations Adele leads the 2016 Brit Awards nominations with four nods including the coveted Album of the Year for her multi-million selling album ‘25’. She is 18/01/2016
Cinema Nicholas Hoult stars in Britpop cult novel adaptation ‘Kill Your Friends’ is a dark comedy-thriller that takes a satirical look at the hedonism within the British music industry during the Britpop craze 03/11/2015
Culture WOMEX sets the pace for world music This year the Hungarian capital Budapest became the centre of world music as it hosted the World Music Expo. Bands from all over the world made 26/10/2015
Culture Wondaland artists use 'sound as a weapon' for Black Lives Matters Grammy award winning artist Janelle Monáe is making waves in the music industry with her sonic movement Wondaland. The collective are on a major 31/08/2015
USA 50 Cent files for bankruptcy Rapper 50 Cent has filed for bankruptcy in New York reporting debts and assets in the range of $10 million to $50 million. It comes two months 14/07/2015
Culture Global deal to distribute new music each and every Friday Friday July 10, 2015, signals another sea change in music. From now on, singles and albums will be released before the weekend, harmonising when 10/07/2015
