Kim Kardashian doc signals Arte Distribution’s move into music and pop docs

Report highlights inequality in licensing and policing of London’s Black and South Asian music events

UK-based organisation Black Lives in Music (BLiM) has launched a new report titled Race Equality in Music Event Licensing (REMEL) – which it says is “the most comprehensive investigation to date into how licensing and policing shape the fortunes of Black and …

Racial bias in London music licensing, report says

Genres including Afrobeats, hip-hop and R&B are routinely flagged as "high risk", a report finds.

Film shot in secret of Iranian arts scene hits UK festival

Shot in secret in Tehran, “The Friend’s House Is Here,” screened at the London Film Festival, is a “love letter” to young Iranian artists navigating war and political restrictions, its directors told AFP.

Revealed: Sam Fender is set to headline Glastonbury Festival next year

The thousands of music fans who have secured coveted tickets to Glastonbury Festival next year face an anxious wait to find out which stars will perform.

Beckham to play Irish gigs with his band The Breakers

Cruz Beckham has announced he is going back on tour with his band, The Breakers, and will play Dublin and Belfast in the coming days.

Cruz Beckham to play Dublin date while on tour with band

Beckham and his band, The Breakers, will support The Reytons at Dublin’s 3Olympia

Cruz Beckham and band bringing tour to Dublin

Cruz Beckham has announced that he is going back on tour with his band, The Breakers, and will play a gig in Dublin later this week.

Who Owns An Orchestra When It Goes Away?

Harmonium, founded by pianist and conductor Jeffrey Kahane after he stepped down as the Philharmonic’s music director earlier this year, begins its orchestral life Friday at the Lila Cockrell Theatre. Its emergence poses an unusual question: when an orchestra…

How Bob Dylan’s Trip to London Inspired ‘Girl From the North Country’

In an exclusive excerpt from his new book Bob Dylan: Through the Open Window historian Sean Wilentz dives into the formative trip abroad that inspired the artist's most searing anti-war song and also his most haunting ballad

Top Music Business Schools: Billboard's 2026 List

Billboard’s Top Music Business Schools 2026 list highlights the next generation of industry leaders at colleges and universities across the world.

Engelbert Humperdinck says he ‘went through hell’ rejecting 'casting couch' advances early in career

Engelbert Humperdinck says he endured a casting couch culture among London music industry agents while trying to break into the music industry.

Sultry Sunday Salon: Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection (1984)

Good Morning, ONTD. Today, we are going to once again time travel to 1984, the age of the British Music Invasion and the coining of the "Blue Eyed Soul" genre, with British musicians like Paul Young. Annie Lennox, and others who quoted their sources back then…

The nominees for the UK Music Video Awards 2026 have been announced

The UK’s biggest pop promo award ceremony is back – including a Best Styling Award presented in association with Dazed

Report quantifies Brit Awards boost for new host-city Manchester

When the Brit Awards moved out of London for the first time in their history this year, it was a big deal for the UK music industry (not to mention hoteliers in the new host city, Manchester). The post is from Music Ally.

The 18 best London concerts and gigs in October 2026 with Jack Harlow, Overmono, TOMORA and more

Time Out music writer Georgia Evans picks out the most unmissable live music in the city this month

AI Companies Are Raising Millions From Music Taken Without Permission

In this guest post, former U.K. Music CEO Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, OBE, lays out a plan for the music industry to fight AI taking music without permission.

Irish blood, English headstart in the battle of the bands

It was easier for second-generation Irish bands to get ahead in the UK, despite Michael Lowry’s Féile efforts.

Beautiful Olivia Newton-John Photographed by Jeremy Fletcher at Clareville Studios in London, 1971

The iconic 1971 photoshoot of Olivia Newton-John, captured by music photographer Jeremy Fletcher at Clareville Studios in London, highlights...

FanFair Alliance and Viagogo clash over Manchester ticket listings

Campaigning organisation the FanFair Alliance has published a report targeting Viagogo, on the eve of the Labour Party conference. The post is from Music Ally.

Parajumpers Celebrates 20th Anniversary With 20 Artistic Collaborations

Outerwear specialist Parajumpers conscripted 20 creatives from all over the world to reinterpret its signature Gobi jacket for its 20th anniversary.

Global Launches Ad-Free Radio on Global Player

Global, the media & entertainment group, has today (23rd September, 2026) announced the launch of Radio Plus, giving audiences more choice and a new way to enjoy the same great live radio from the UK’s best-loved music brands, just with [...] The post Global …

Jorja Smith 'very grateful' as she bags independent music prize

The singer reflected on her "crazy" journey as she collected the prize for best independent track.

UK roundup: National Album Day, Sheffield study, Official Charts Pro

There’s plenty going on in the UK this week, starting with the upcoming National Album Day, which takes place on 17 October. The organisers have published the list of albums that are getting limited-edition re-releases for this year’s event. The post is from …

UK startup snares $20m to recreate gigs with ‘hyper-realistic’ digital avatars

Unit1 hopes to offer cheaper version of shows such as Abba Voyage, showcasing living and dead artists in any venue The former chief executive of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s entertainment group has obtained a near-£15m investment for his UK music tech startup that h…

British Rapper Sway DaSafo, UK Hip-Hop Pioneer and First Unsigned MOBO Winner, Dies at Age 44

North London rapper Sway, the first unsigned artist to win a MOBO Award, has died aged 44. Fellow musicians and his label paid tribute, while no cause of death was disclosed.

Sway, influential UK rapper, dies aged 44

He was the first unsigned artist to win Best Hip-Hop Act at the MOBO Awards

Amazing Photographs of Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis Taken by Kevin Cummins in 1994

In 1994, legendary British music photographer Kevin Cummins captured a series of raw, intimate, and now-iconic photographs of Liam and Noel ...

David Bowie – The Shel Talmy Recordings (2026)

The David Bowie estate is going back toward the beginning of the late singer’s career, focusing on his early days as a blues interpreter with a famous British producer. The Shel Talmy Recordings collects 22 recordings the then-unknown musician recorded with p…

Search Launches for the UK's Next Generation of STEM Innovators

The National STEM Festival expands internationally for the first time, seeking young innovators from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland LONDON, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Across the UK, teenagers are thinking about extraordinary solutions to pr…

UK roundup: Diversity survey, Music Venue Trust patrons, Marshall tour

There’s a flurry of news from the UK music industry today, starting with umbrella body UK Music’s launch of its latest workforce diversity survey. The post is from Music Ally.

Photos from the sweaty chaos of Field Maneuvers

The Norfolk-based festival returns with a few more frills, as photographer Chester McKee captures the chaos of its 13th edition

These 5 artists are the future of UK Ug

As the great Oscar Wilde once wrote: rumours of the UK Ug’s death have been greatly exaggerated

AIM boss: ‘Independent music is the economic canary in the coal mine’

Yesterday’s AIM Connected conference in London saw the UK indies body’s CEO Gee Davy call on the government to provide more support for the sector, particularly its role in discovering and breaking new talent. The post is from Music Ally.

EXCLUSIVE: Jay-Z 'Facing Huge Fine' After Breaking UK Concert Curfew by Just Six Minutes

Jay-Z is now facing a huge fine after breaking the UK concert curfew by six minutes.

22 Plays and Musicals We Can’t Wait to See This Fall

Including Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Broadway debut and the return of ‘Spring Awakening’ and ‘In the Heights.’

Rising Gen Z Pop Singer Turns Out to Be Middle Aged Man After Release of Album Titled “Fake Girl”

"I felt like I was played." The post Rising Gen Z Pop Singer Turns Out to Be Middle Aged Man After Release of Album Titled “Fake Girl” appeared first on Futurism.

Denmark Street is getting a new music-themed hotel by Universal Music

British music culture will be celebrated across the building, set to open this year

Crawley – Welcome to Music Town, UK

Proud parents David and Victoria Beckham wrap their arms around son Cruz after his 'amazing' Reading gig as his fashion designer mum praises his edgy look in backstage clip

David and Victoria Beckham were at the front of the crowd watching their youngest son Cruz perform at Reading festival with his band The Breakers over the weekend.

Applications open for Help Musicians & DJ Mag’s Electronic Music Award 2026

The 12-month accelerator returns to provide funding, guidance and in-person development opportunities for early-career electronic music artists

Fear Factory Premiere “Roboticist” - First New Single Featuring Vocalist Milo Silvestro

Fear Factory’s brand new single “Roboticist” has officially arrived online. The track’s premiere coincided with a major sci-fi milestone, going live at precisely 2:14am EST on August 29th. In the fictional ‘Terminator‘ universe — a franchise that has heavily …

Charli XCX electrifies Reading Festival with era-spanning set

It marked the British singer's first UK festival gig since releasing her latest album Music, Fashion, Film.

Jorja Smith finds love in the club

The English artist made her name with thoughtful pop-R&B. On <em>What Are the Odds</em>, she pulls her dancier roots to the surface.

Charli XCX slips into a bikini and drinks white wine as she passionately kisses her 1975 drummer husband George Daniel during Lake Como getaway

Charli XCX and her husband George Daniel enjoyed a boozy boat ride across Lake Como and were spotted packing on the PDA on Wednesday.

New Trailer For James Mcfvoy's CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' Sees Two Scottish Rappers Con Their Way Into the Music Industry

Magenta Light Studios has released the final US trailer for California Schemin’, the feature directorial debut of James McAvoy, and this true story looks like one hell of a ride. McAvoy also executive produces and co-stars in the film, which turns the bizarre…

Ezra Collective share new instrumental track, “Jubilee Feeling”

Ezra Collective have released "Jubilee Feeling", the third preview from their upcoming album, Here Because Of Hope, due in September.

‘The Voodoo Thing’

One afternoon around 1990, as a teenager working my after-school job in an optometrist’s basement office, I was listening to a local college radio station when the DJ, needing a break, decided to play the entire B-side of a record. I had never heard anything …

Celebrating the unsung heroes of Black British music with Escaping Babylon author, Jesse Bernard

Earlier this year, author, filmmaker and DJ, Jesse Bernard, presented an intimate history of Black British music in his latest book, Escaping Babylon. Ahead of his appearance speaking to Nate Agbetu at this weekend’s We Out Here festival, he sits down with Ro…

Westside Cowboy – It Goes On (2026)

2026 may have been a pretty depressing year in many aspects but one thing is for sure – the British music industry is in rude health. This year, bands like Mary in the Junkyard and Man/Woman/Chainsaw have built upon their burgeoning live reputation to deliver…