Ed Sheeran doesn’t need to get richer – Spotify must change
Sir Paul McCartney and Kate Bush are the latest stars to join the war on streamers. It's time a radically new business model was put to work
20 April 2021 • 1:16pm
Enough is enough: Sir Paul McCartney has signed a letter from the Musicians' Union demanding fair pay for artists
Boris Johnson’s musical preferences aren't known to extend much beyond a fondness for The Clash and The Beatles, but even he would have been shocked by the letter that thudded onto the doormat of 10 Downing Street this morning.
Over 150 of the world’s leading musicians have written to the Prime Minister demanding reform in the music industry. Luminaries from Sir Paul McCartney, Roger Daltrey and David Gilmour to Kate Bush, Kano and Annie Lennox want Johnson to shake up the law on royalties paid from music streaming so that artists stop being “exploited”.