From nightmare ticketing to online abuse, being a pop fan is becoming miserable

The stress of trying to get Taylor Swift tickets this week led to feelings of anger and loathing. It’s all part of a music culture that feels increasingly greedy and combative

From Taylor Swift to Coldplay: how to avoid festival and gig ticket scams

Offers on Twitter and Facebook may be tempting – but experts warn over the risks of fraud

Money, Money, Money: the singers lifting economies with their vocals

From Beyoncé to BTS, the star power of popular music artists is helping to revive pandemic-hit countries

Music publishers sue Twitter for $250m citing Elon Musk’s copyright stance

Sony Music Group and Universal are among 17 publishers pursuing legal challenge against company

Sex Pistols, screens and big brands: Philip O’Ferrall on his vision for media venture Outernet

Executive behind controversial redevelopment of London rock’n’roll enclave has plans for New York too

‘It’s not a pop-the-champagne moment any more’: is the UK album chart broken?

Artists are hitting No 1, then dropping out of the Top 100 the following week. Industry figures ponder whether the chart is still a barometer of taste – or just a marketing ploy

London’s Roundhouse to train 15,000 young people in creative industries

Venue raised £8m in donations to build facilities for music, performance and production

AI songwriting is not a sin, says Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys

AI could help overcome writer’s block, suggests musician amid industry move to stop perceived threat of fake songs

David Attenborough, weed and ‘American apartheid’: the awesome mind of rapper Billy Woods

After absorbing the culture shock of moving to the US from Zimbabwe, and spending two decades toiling in obscurity, Woods has become America’s most feted underground MC

UK Eurovision entrant Mae Muller: ‘In our hearts and minds it’s Ukraine’s year’

The artist explains that she had been preparing to put out her debut LP – but is happy for now in ‘the biggest safe space on the planet’ with I Wrote a Song

My band got big thanks to the UK’s small venues. We can’t let them die out

Many of the venues that nurtured us have now closed. We’re donating £1 per ticket of our upcoming arena tour to preserve the rest – and it should become standard practice

Piano fever sweeps UK as online lessons and street instruments fuel take-up

Outdoor pianos, celebrity names and free tuition videos combine to get Britons tickling the ivories once more

Lords committee urges end to Brexit barriers for musicians and young people

Chair says small changes could make big difference to cultural and educational interests on both sides of Channel

‘He was so emotional’: the inside story of Ed Sheeran’s new album – and his US copyright trial

As he defends himself in a New York court, Sheeran is preparing to release Subtract, a stark album informed by grief. Its producer Aaron Dessner explains how it was made

HMV to return to flagship Oxford Street store after four-year absence

First HMV shop was opened in 1921 by British composer Sir Edward Elgar and closed in 2019