Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise last week, from Charli xcx, Holy Fuck, Flea, Thom Yorke, Shy One, George Riley, Sophia Stel + Mura Masa…
Pulp are set to play the Adelaide Festival, which has been embroiled in controversy since it axed Palestinian Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fatta from its programme. Jarvis Cocker has revealed Pulp planned to pull out in protest, but will now perform after the Abdel-Fatta decision was reversed…
Rusty Santos pulls from psych folk, outsider pop and spiritual songwriting, but never in a way that feels archival. His music sits slightly askew, shaped by unusual tunings, soft dissonance and a sense of curiosity about sound itself. New single ‘Are You A Portal’ leans into that suspended feeling…
Kneecap were back in court yesterday, with UK prosecutors wanting the High Court to reinstate criminal charges for alleged terror offences against band member Mo Chara, which were dismissed last year on a legal technicality. The band said the hearing was “a waste of public time and public money”…
Legal reps for The Police were in court this week in a dispute over how Sting shares his publishing income with former bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. Lawyers for Summers and Copeland revealed they plan to expand their claims, arguing Sting owes well over £8 million in unpaid royalties…
A US appeals court has upheld a ruling that rejects music industry convention regarding how the termination right in American copyright law works - in a way that majorly benefits music creators. The ruling has been hailed by songwriter groups as an “enormous victory for the creator community”…
As 2025 ended and 2026 began we had the customary flurry of stats from various music industry sources, providing some insights on revenues and trends across the music business. Here are five of the more interesting numbers..…
The European Union will this year draft a new Digital Fairness Act that seeks to “strengthen protection and digital fairness for consumers”. The music industry has published an open letter urging EU lawmakers to introduce new pan-European regulations for ticket touting as part of that process…
With the Christmas break now well and truly over and forgotten, here are five key developments in the music business since the last CMU Daily of 2025, including X suing the music publishers, a judge dismissing Salt N Pepa’s UMG lawsuit, Lucian Grainge’s memo, and TikTok and Spotify developments…
AI will remain a major talking point in the music industry throughout 2026. Pretty much all the big copyright questions and disputes relating to generative AI remain unanswered and unresolved. However, as major labels sign a flurry of AI deals, future disputes are likely to be within the industry…