“Policing alone cannot fix this issue”

Sadiq Khan has spoken of the need to “listen to the experiences of women and girls”, in the wake of controversial plans to put plain clothes police officers in nightclubs. The government were widely criticised when the plans were first mooted in March, as part of plans to help protect women in the wake of …

Paul McCartney, Kate Bush and more sign letter calling on Boris Johnson to fix streaming economy

Some of the UK’s biggest musical stars have signed a new open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for a reform to the streaming economy – see it in full below. The letter, from the Musicians’ Union in association with the Ivors Academy and the #BrokenRecord campaign, says that the law around streaming revenues …

Watch BTS cover Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’ for ‘MTV Unplugged’

BTS have performed a slew of songs for their highly anticipated MTV Unplugged appearance. The special performance premiered on MTV earlier today (February 24) and was filmed in South Korea. The performance included several songs from their November 2020 album, ‘BE (Deluxe Edition)’, as well as a soaring rendition of the ‘Fix You’ by Coldplay. …

Grant and RUNN converge on self growth with new single, ‘Fix It’ – Dancing Astronaut Grant and RUNN converge on self growth with new single, ‘Fix It’

by: Farrell Sweeney Feb 16, 2021 Grant and RUNN have come together for their second collaboration, transfixing with emotive new single, “Fix It.” The track follows the duo’s 2019 release “Contagious,” lifted from producer and multi instrumentalist Grant’s four-track EP, Wishes. RUNN takes listeners on a journey centered on trying to fix the parts within …

Music industry feel they’ve been dealt a “No Deal Brexit”, but call on government to “take it seriously and fix it”

With the row over who is responsible for the Brexit touring fiasco between the UK and the EU rumbling on, artists and music industry insiders are calling on the UK government to take swift action to rectify the situation. After Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal failed to secure visa-free travel for artists wishing …

Richie Hawtin on Income Equality in Dance Music: “We’re Trying to Fix a Problem That We’ve Lost Control of”

Fabled techno producer and music entrepreneur Richie Hawtin recently opened up about the lack of income equality between DJs and producers in dance music.  In a new interview with Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst for their “Interdependence” podcast, Hawtin delved into a number of timely issues in EDM, including crucial changes to the economic infrastructure of live DJ sets. …