The Latest Breaking News from Spotify

Spotify down for thousands of users worldwide

The audio streaming giant denies allegations of a security breach

Al Jazeera · Apr 16, 2025

Spotify running again after users around world report problems

Audio streaming app confirms service restored following more than five hours of disruption

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2025

Spotify goes down: Widespread outage affects streaming service app and website

The Spotify app and website were down today. If you missed it, here's a look at what happened and the issues to watch out for.

Laptop · Apr 16, 2025

Spotify was down — what happened during the major outage

Spotify was down for thousands of users, leaving them to sit quietly with their thoughts.

Tom’s Guide · Apr 16, 2025

Spotify is down for users around the world – but a fix is on the way

It seems Spotify is having playback issues

What Hi-Fi? · Apr 16, 2025

Spotify down: App not working amid major outage

‘Something went wrong,’ message shown to user reads

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025

‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?

As a new book skewers Spotify’s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without it

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2025

Spotify was down –here's everything we know about its huge outage

Spotify was down for many in one of its biggest outages – here's how the four-hour debacle played out.

TechRadar · Apr 16, 2025

OpenAI can’t afford to ignore Hollywood’s warning

OpenAI’s Hollywood misadventure is reminiscent of an earlier dispute between the media industry and Silicon Valley.

Fortune · Apr 15, 2025

On stage but out of the spotlight − the quiet struggle of being an opening act

I grew up playing in a lot of different bands, and my bandmates and I always held onto the belief that if we could just open for a more established act, it would pave the way to more success.

The Conversation · Apr 15, 2025