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‘The kinetic energy is palpable’: Manchester embraces its first Brit awards

Event’s first venture outside London aims to recognise geographical diversity of UK’s music talent

The Guardian - UK

Mercury Prize award ceremony will return to Newcastle for second year

The award show was held at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena in October 2025 for the first time and will return to the venue again this autumn.

Evening Standard

UK recorded music market grows for an 11th consecutive year in 2025

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said British artists such as Olivia Dean and Lola Young led a British music revival over the past 12 months.

Evening Standard

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Oasis reunion and Taylor Swift vinyls fuel boom year for UK music industry

BPI figures show music lovers listened to equivalent of 210.3m albums by UK artists in 2025 in 11th consecutive year of growth

The Guardian - UK

Wild rodents, fascist warnings and a haunted carpet: Wolfgang Tillmans storms the Pompidou

As the Paris gallery prepares to close its doors for five years, the artist is let loose across all 6,000 sq metres of its public library with stunning – and chilling – results

The Guardian - UK

UK music streaming tops £1bn sales but AI threat looms, BPI finds

The increase was partly driven by platforms raising their subscription prices during the year.

The Independent UK

Female artists’ success helps arrest 20-year slide in UK sales of physical music

Physical release sales increased to 17.4m but the BPI says AI copyright exemptions put UK music industry at risk

The Guardian - UK

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Irish group win legal fight against UK Government over anti-Union views

AN anti-Union Irish group that were denied UK government funding because of their views have won a legal battle ...

The National (Scotland)

How to spot fake records: 10 tips to avoiding counterfeit vinyl

Looking for some new vinyl this Record Store Day? Here are 10 tips on how to avoid buying a fake by mistake.

What Hi-Fi?

JPMorgan banking strategy is challenging predatory lenders on their home turf: banking deserts

JPMorgan says its new banking model is now profitable, which could spell trouble for competitors looking to serve the unbanked.

Fortune

Manchester is the number one city in the UK for launching chart-topping groups

Manchester has been revealed as being the top destination in the UK for launching chart-topping groups.

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Leeds indie band English Teacher win Mercury prize

The band take home the £25,000 prize for their debut album, This Could Be Texas, beating artists including Charli xcx and the Last Dinner Party

The Guardian - UK

Mungo Jerry frontman hopes new anti-piracy tech stops artists losing out

Ray Dorset says band lost £23m in royalties but suggests fingerprinting software could help musicians

The Guardian - UK

Vinyl came back from the dead – and so did the bootleggers: inside the booming business of knock-off records

As LP sales boom in the UK, so has the illegal trade in poor-quality fakes. But the record detectives are fighting back

The Guardian - UK

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Vinyl records return to UK inflation basket for first time since 1992

Strong sales of Taylor Swift’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) help format make an impact, as air fryers also join list

Louder

"Once again the British government is trying to silence voices from West Belfast – once again it will fail!": Rising hip-hop stars Kneecap accuse the British government of trying to "silence" them after having funding blocked

“We’ve been blocked from receiving significant music funding because a Tory Minister doesn’t like our art”

The Guardian - UK

‘They’re really breaking through’: how women put the music business in a spin

Despite distressing reports about misogyny and male ‘banter’ in the industry, the Grammy nominations mark the start of a hopeful new era for female artists

Evening Standard

‘Young artists are facing a crisis’ – how do we keep London creative?

The cost-of-living crisis and an out-of-control rental market are wreaking havoc with London’s artistic community, but organisations across the capital are rallying to help

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The Guardian - UK

Women make the best pop stars – and it’s about time the industry recognised it

Too long demeaned and treated as playthings by executives, female artists are finally getting the attention they deserve, says culture writer Lauren O’Neill

Evening Standard

Miley Cyrus leads charge as female artists break singles chart record in 2023

Female acts topped the Official Singles Chart as either solo artists or in collaboration with other musicians for 31 out of 52 weeks last year

The Independent UK

Women dominated UK pop charts in 2023 as festivals and awards shows plagued by diversity rows

Seven out of 10 of the biggest singles in 2023 were by women, data from the Official Singles Chart shows, as UK industry bodies come under pressure to acknowledge the talent and success of female artists

The Guardian - UK

Female pop stars celebrate record-breaking year on UK singles chart

Women claimed an unprecedented 31 weeks atop the Top 40 and accounted for 48.5% of all songs that reached the Top 10 – plus seven of the year’s 10 biggest songs

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift and Rolling Stones drive Christmas surge in UK vinyl sales

More than 250,000 vinyl records were sold last week, the most since the turn of the century

The Guardian - UK

Brit awards extend best artist shortlist to 10 after 2023’s all-male lineup

Artist of the year and international artist of the year will each have 10 nominees, up from five this year

The Independent UK

Brit school for the North to open in Bradford following Government approval

The BPI – the representative voice for record labels across the UK – plans to open a new specialist creative college in around 2026/27.

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