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Your easy weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. Become a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Superfan of the podcast for free – and enjoy the exclusive weekly Lock-in bonus section!⁠⁠⁠⁠

This week...

→ Geese have been one of the big breakthrough rock bands of the last year. But now some of the marketing tactics that helped them cut through are under the spotlight…

→ Live Nation has lost a major lawsuit in the US that could see it forced to sell its Ticketmaster division. But is that likely to happen?

→ 739.1m - that’s how many streams the new BTS album got in its first week (and yes, this is an official, not-made-up number this time…)

→ There’s a big argument in the UK between the Music Venue Trust and collecting society PRS for Music, and it’s all about how royalties from concerts are collected and divided…

→ While we’re on the subject of live music in the UK, a new report from a parliamentary committee made some interesting recommendations for reforms…

And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our ⁠⁠Patreon Superfans⁠⁠, Steve and Stu prop themselves at the bar – and Steve's getting the first round in – as they discuss this week's bonus material:

• Steve shares a story about trying to bring artist Victor Jones to the UK and wonders if he could sleep in Steve's loft;

• "Industry Plants" – the music industry's "conspiracy theory", and a chance to reminisce about major labels using offshoots to appear independent.

• Almost-free-jazz: analysis of the UK parliamentary report showing that Jazz receives only 2% of Arts Council grant money, compared to 49% for Opera and 24% for Classical music.

• Physical Tickets: do you collect your paper ticket stubs?

• 75,000 AI tracks are now uploaded to Deezer every day.

• Vintage merch value: the prices of secondhand band t-shirts are soaring –  so what have Steve and Stu got in their wardrobes?

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