Singer Tom Grennan has been the victim of an unprovoked assault whilst on tour in New York. The chart-topper has been hospitalised after a physical assault in New York City.

Another week, another songwriting lawsuit: this time it's against Justin Bieber and Dan & Shay. Both have been hit with a copyright suit that claims they borrowed the “core portion” of their Grammy-winning hit 10,000 Hours from a comparatively obscure 1980 song called The First Time Baby Is A Holiday. 

He's teamed up with good friend and interior designer Ed Godrich, together spending the last five years creating works deeply rooted in the 1990s rave and music scene.

Spotify dipped its toes in the waters of tips economies in April 2020 when it launched its 'Artist Fundraising Pick' feature. It enabled musicians to add a link to their profiles for fans to donate either to them, or to their chosen charities, though in reality, many artists we know held off declaring themselves as a fundraising pick, given the name of the feature implied it was raising money for an external cause.

An archive’s fabulous treasures, including a Gutenberg Bible, a Shakespeare first folio and the oldest known fragment of the New Testament are to be joined by Ian Curtis’ handwritten lyrics for Joy Division’s She’s Lost Control and a wealth of material that shines light on Granada TV. 

The verdict is in: Ed Sheeran has won his music plagiarism case against Sami Switch over his hit song Shape of You.“There’s only so many notes,” Ed Sheeran remarked yesterday in a video posted to social media as he was cleared over the copyright claim that threatened his reputation. 

Nominations for the industry's most prestigious awards for songwriting and composing have been announced across nine categories including Songwriter of the Year, Best Contemporary Song, Best Original Scores for Film, Television and Video Games, and the Rising Star Award with Apple Music. 

There’s only one thing rarer than a March heatwave in the UK and that’s a British group topping the US charts (e.g. someone who is not Ed Sheeran or Adele).