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Music Week
Welcome to Music Week
California Love: Artists and music companies show support for LA • In the wake of wildfires in Los Angeles, the music industry unites with fund-raising efforts, a star-studded benefit gig and Grammys tributes
Secondary chance: Ticket touts face UK ban with price cap plan • As the government launches a consultation on secondary ticketing, campaigners welcome proposals that could end profiteering and boost live music
FOR THE RECORD • SOME OF THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM THE PAST MONTH IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS
SPOTLIGHT SHINING A LIGHT ON MUSIC'S BIGGEST NAMES • Following previous roles as Ivors Academy chair and Featured Artists Coalition co-CEO, Crispin Hunt has just been elected president of the PRS Members’ Council. As the former Longpigs frontman gets started supporting fellow songwriters, he outlines priorities including AI regulation, unearthing UK talent and fixing the data problem…
START ME UP • THE NEW COMPANIES DRIVING MUSIC’S FUTURE
DIGITAL DISCOURSE • Deviate Digital CEO Sammy Andrews guides you through the ever-changing tech world…
IN POD WE TRUST • INSIDE THE BEST MUSIC PODCASTS
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL/CELESTE • As we await the hit British spy thriller series’ second season, we take a look at the track that shaped its title credits…
RISING STAR • Meet the industry’s brightest new talents…
POSTS OF THE MONTH
POZER • “It’s all gas, no brakes,” says Pozer, the Croydon-raised artist who, last year, made history by becoming the first UK rapper to have his first two singles chart together. Now, as he gears up for a global takeover with his blend of Jersey club, UK drill and grime, he tells us how he got here…
ESSENTIAL INFO
KEY RELEASES
INCOMING • This month, Banks releases her brilliant new record Off With Her Head, featuring collaborations with Doechii, Sampha and more. Here, she talks independence, Tap Music Management, and why lyrics about soup are fine…
THE PLAYLIST
TASTEMAKERS • The industry’s favourite new sounds
MAKING WAVES • THIS MONTH'S HOTTEST BRAND NEW ACT
HOTSHOTS
THE EXTRA MYLES • At a time when the scrutiny around domestic breakthroughs has scarcely been greater, Myles Smith’s success shines out as a beacon. Ahead of picking up his Rising Star award at this year’s BRITs, where he is shortlisted in three further categories, Music Week gets an audience with the industry’s hottest property as he bares his soul, joined by Sony Music UK & Ireland CEO & chairman Jason Iley, RCA co-presidents Glyn Aikins and Stacey Tang, manager Eric Parker, Sony Music Publishing’s David Ventura, and more. What follows is a story that busts open the mechanics of breaking an artist and touches on pop, the art of songwriting and maximising the power of creating an emotional connection…
ROLE CALL MEET TEAM MYLES SMITH
THE Music Week INTERVIEW • Not content with being the drummer in influential all-female punk band Bratmobile and helping spawn the riot grrrl genre, Molly Neuman’s mission in independent music now finds her leading the charge at Downtown-owned distribution company CD Baby. In the wake of the news of Virgin Music Group’s acquisition deal for Downtown Music Holdings, Music Week gets an audience with the LA-based executive and winner of International Woman Of The Year at the Music Week Women In Music Awards 2024…
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