Amazon push may help Tom Grennan beat Wham! to UK Christmas No 1
Grennan’s It Can’t Be Christmas is one of many Amazon-exclusive singles in recent festive chart races
‘It’s game over for facts’: how vibes came to rule everything from pop to politics
From voters picking up ‘bad vibes’ to the Brat girl summer, vague instincts now make the world go round. Does this represent a crisis of seriousness or has it always been feelings that make us human?
Snap out of it: Manchester club joins growing trend to ban phone cameras
Nightclub director says they ‘really want the music and experience to be at the forefront’, following in the footsteps of Berlin’s club scene
Kate Bush joins campaign against AI using artists’ work without permission
Singer-songwriter follows Paul McCartney and others in speaking out as ministers consider opt-out system
Music tells the story of our lives – and trusty old Last.fm does it better than gaudy Spotify Wrapped
The music tracking site runs a reduced service these days, but still offers an alternative to AI-generated slideshows and made-up genres that’s useful – and genuinely revealing
Paul McCartney warns AI ‘could take over’ as UK debates copyright laws
Former Beatle speaks out amid fears the rise of AI threatens income streams for music, news and book publishers
‘Hatsune Miku has a special part in my heart’: the 16-year-old pop sensation who does not exist
Miku is a ‘Vocaloid’ – a holographic avatar that represents a digital bank of vocal samples – and performs sellout tours for thousands of very real mega-fans
For now, let’s revel in Bluesky’s promised land and kid ourselves it’ll never get like X
Watching the numbers migrate from Elon Musk’s toxic platform is addictive, but the best social media is finite
Beatles for sale: new home sought for Abbey Road recording console
Current owners hope to attract musicians who want to work with desk used to make fab four’s celebrated album – after it previously failed to sell
From Rupert Murdoch to Thom Yorke: the growing backlash to AI
Media mogul and leading artists join fight to stop tech firms using creative works for free as training data
Helen Mirren: it’s so sad Kurt Cobain died before GPS was invented
The Oscar-winning actor has made the latest in a series of references to the Nirvana frontman and the technological advances he didn’t live to see
‘The most important DJ in the UK’? Live streamer takes music to streets
DJ AG has built a huge audience by inviting performers such as Skepta to join him in London and elsewhere
Thom Yorke and Julianne Moore join thousands of creatives in AI warning
Statement comes as tech firms try to use creative professionals’ work to train AI models
‘I’m empowering my song to go and make love with different people’: Imogen Heap on how her AI twin will rewrite pop
Known for her wild “Imogenation”, Heap has always reworked pop with tech, but her new data-mining project is her boldest yet. She explains why ‘you can’t stop progress’
Three-armed robot conductor makes debut in Dresden
German city’s Sinfoniker says aim is not to replace humans but to play music human conductors would find impossible