Setlist

Setlist episodes:

• 04.12.2024

  MPs want to see action on musicians’ income

  On this week's show we discuss the warning from UK politicians that there need to be “tangible steps to improve musicians’ remuneration and performer rights” by this time next year, and Blur drummer Dave Rowntree’s class action lawsuit against PRS...

  
• 03.29.2024

  Make big shows fund grassroots music, politicians told

  On this week's show we discuss UK Parliament's Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee's hearing on the grassroots live music crisis, and the Nirvana logo legal battle's return to court. SECTION TIMES 01: Grassroots live music crisis (00:08:13) 02: News in brief (00:17:09) 03:...

  
• 03.24.2024

  Is Manchester's nightlife at risk?

  On this week's show we discuss the ruling in the long-running noise dispute involving Manchester's Night & Day that allows the venue to continue running club nights but potentially puts other nearby venues at risk, plus the BPI’s legal threats...

  
• 03.15.2024

  US politicians want TikTok to sell up or be banned

  On this week's show we discuss proposals voted through the US House of Representatives this week to force TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the video-sharing app or face a ban in country, and the UK Labour Party's pledge to introduce...

  
• 03.08.2024

  Apple blames Spotify for €1.8 billion fine

  On this week's show we discuss the €1.8 billion fine Apple has been ordered to pay by the EU following an investigation into claims of anti-competitive behaviour made by Spotify, and Live Nation's explanation of why everyone else in the...

  
• 03.01.2024

  UK music revenues are back to their CD peak (sort of)

  On this week's show we discuss the news that UK music retail revenues are back to where they were at the peak of the CD era in 2001. So long as you imagine that no time has passed in between....

  
• 02.26.2024

  The music business in 2024

  In this special edition of Setlist, Andy Malt and Chris Cooke dive into topics covered in CMU's latest series of masterclasses, which look at the music business in 2024. We talk through key trends in streaming, copyright, AI and more....

  
• 02.16.2024

  When arts funding and politics collide

  On this week's show we discuss questions and potential legal action over the politicisation of arts funding, as Kneecap are denied money by the British government and Arts Council England issues new guidance for anyone thinking of being controversial, plus...

  
• 02.09.2024

  AI developments cause celebration and concern

  On this week's show we discuss new developments on AI in the EU and UK that have given the music industry cause for both celebration and concern, and the commercial radio industry's anger as BBC Radio looks to give music...

  
• 02.02.2024

  Universal and TikTok accuse each other of “bullying” and “greed”

  On this week's show we discuss Universal and TikTok’s big bust up that has seen the major label’s music removed from the social network, the damning report on the “boys’ club” music industry and how it holds women back, and...

  
• 01.26.2024

  Apple Music’s “spatial audio bonus” favours major labels

  On this week's show we discuss how Apple Music's "spatial audio bonus" will benefit major labels to the detriment of independent labels and creators, the report finding that on average two grassroots music venues per week closed down in the...

  
• 01.19.2024

  The new certification for “respectful” AI companies

  On this week's show we discuss the new certification for "respectful" generative AI companies that get permission before training their models on copyrighted content, redundancies at Pitchfork as its team is merged with men's magazine GQ, and more. SECTION TIMES 01: AI...

  
• 01.12.2024

  Major label bosses put the spotlight on superfans

  On this week's show we discuss the start-of-year memos from the bosses of Universal Music and Warner Music, both of whom put the spotlight in super-serving superfans, plus the ASA ruling against Viagogo's advertorial pieces in the NME, and lots...

  
• 12.15.2023

  Spotify’s about-turn on threats to quit Uruguay

  On this week's show we discuss Spotify’s change of heart on shutting down in Uruguay, the latest easyJet lawsuit against a musician - this time PC Music-signed producer Easyfun - and more. SECTION TIMES 01: Spotify (00:04:45) 02: News in brief (00:13:37) 03: Easyfun...

  
• 12.08.2023

  Grassroots venues need ticket levy to survive

  On this week's show we look at calls for government support for the grassroots live music industry following the closure of music venue Moles and the announcement that the Nozstock festival will shut down after its 2024 edition, plus the...

  
• 12.01.2023

  Sony Music tells US politicians to act on AI loopholes

  On this week's show we have a good old chat about Sony Music exec Dennis Kooker's call for a US-wide publicity right through which artists can protect their voices and identity in order to stop the unauthorised cloning of their...

  
• 11.24.2023

  Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists

  On this week's show we've got a big round-up of Spotify news, in particular the company's confirmation of changes to the way it pays out (or doesn't pay out) royalties. We also discuss plans for an MSG Sphere venue like...

  
• 11.17.2023

  Stability AI exec resigns over fair use claim

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, the resignation of Stability AI's VP Of Audio Ed Newton-Rex over the tech company's position that the training...

  
• 11.10.2023

  Competition law concerns over Spotify’s royalty plans

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, competition law expert (as well as musician and label owner) Amelia Fletcher's letter to Spotify boss Daniel Ek...

  
• 11.03.2023

  Tech companies say fair use trumps copyright in AI

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, big tech companies' insistence that training AI on existing content constitutes fair use under US copyright law, and...

  
• 10.27.2023

  Spotify plots changes to the way it pays out royalties

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, Spotify's plans to change the way it allocates revenues to individual tracks and catalogues each month, and the...

  
• 10.20.2023

  Managers criticise Universal's Pandora royalty switch

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, artist managers criticise Universal Music over a change it made to the way it pays Pandora royalties to...

  
• 10.14.2023

  Easy Life agree to change their name for an easyLife

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, British band Easy Life agree to change their name following legal action from owner of the easyJet airline...

  
• 09.25.2023

  Musicians and songwriters draw AI red lines

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week. On this edition, the call for "consent, respect and remuneration" to be central to the development of music AI platforms and...

  
• 09.18.2023

  The call for a UK ticket touting ban

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including a call from the FanFair Alliance campaign group against ticket touting for the introduction of legislation to ban the for-profit...

  
• 09.11.2023

  Is Deezer’s new streaming model really artist-centric?

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Deezer’s announcement that it is making changes to the way it allocates revenues to tracks later this year, and claims...

  
• 09.04.2023

  The looming decision on Brixton Academy’s future

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the newly announced licensing hearing to decide the future of London’s Brixton Academy venue nine months after it was closed...

  
• 08.29.2023

  YouTube’s three principles for music and AI

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including YouTube’s three new AI music principles published alongside the launch of a new YouTube Music AI Incubator, plus questions from...

  
• 07.31.2023

  Were the 1975 right to speak out in Malaysia?

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the debate surrounding comments made by The 1975’s frontman Matty Healy on stage in Malaysia regarding the country’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws,...

  
• 07.24.2023

  The questions raised by TikTok's Warner deal

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including TikTok and Warner Music’s “first-of-its-kind partnership” – a licensing agreement that involves both the Warner Music record company and music...

  
• 07.17.2023

  FAC steps up its campaign against music venue merch commissions

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the stepping up of the Featured Artists Coalition’s 100% Venues campaign, which encourages music venues to allow artists to sell...

  
• 06.19.2023

  The music industry finally sues Twitter

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Twitter being sued by a consortium of music publishers for hosting “countless” videos that contain unlicensed music, and the alliance...

  
• 06.12.2023

  Just how eco-friendly is Coldplay's world tour?

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Coldplay’s update on their work to reduce the environmental impact of their live shows during the first year of their...

  
• 05.29.2023

  How a 1980s Prince photo impacts on AI

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the US Supreme Court ruling on a long-running copyright dispute between the Andy Warhol Foundation and the photographer Lynn Goldsmith,...

  
• 05.22.2023

  Fans and bands rally to save London’s Brixton Academy

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including news that more than 20,000 people have made representations to Lambeth Council in support of the Brixton Academy as the...

  
• 05.09.2023

  Ed Sheeran wins another song-theft legal battle

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Ed Sheeran’s victory in another high-profile headline-grabbing song-theft legal battle – this time over whether or not he ripped off...

  
• 04.24.2023

  Universal hits out at AI generated music

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Universal Music latest call for streaming platforms to play their part in ensuring that generative AI tools are not infringing...

  
• 04.17.2023

  Live at Wide Days 2023

  A special edition of the show recorded live at Wide Days in Edinburgh. CMU’s Chris Cooke is joined on stage by Clara Cullen from Music Venue Trust, Toni Malyn from EmuBands and Silvia Montello from AIM. As Setlist returns after...

  
• 02.27.2023

  Hybe defends buying into K-pop rival SM Entertainment

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Hybe CEO Park Ji-won’s defence of his company’s recent acquisition of shares in rival SM Entertainment after its management hit...

  
• 02.20.2023

  Scottish festival boss hits out at proposed alcohol sponsorship ban

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the boss of Scottish live music firm DF Concerts' proclamation that any ban on alcohol brands sponsoring shows and festivals...

  
• 01.30.2023

  Live Nation faces tough questions in US Congress

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Live Nation and Ticketmaster coming under fire from both sides of the political spectrum, as the US Senate Judiciary Committee...

  
• 01.23.2023

  Music industry hits out at BBC Introducing cuts

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including the campaign against proposed cuts to BBC Music Introducing, which gained momentum last week after a plethora of music industry...

  
• 01.16.2023

  Universal boss calls for “artist-centric” streaming model

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge's confirmation that a big old rejig of the way streaming monies are allocated to individual...

  
• 01.09.2023

  Top five artist gripes in 2023

  In the first episode of the Setlist podcast for 2023, CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke look at the five key complaints that musicians have about the modern music industry as we go into the new year, including streaming royalties,...

  
• 12.19.2022

  The music business review of the year 2022

  In this final edition of the Setlist podcast for 2022, CMU's Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last year. That includes: the ongoing economics of streaming debate, the resurgence (or not)...

  
• 11.21.2022

  MPs ask for an update on the "complete reset of streaming”

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including last week's Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee hearing, which saw music industry experts and representatives updating MPs about...

  
• 11.14.2022

  Drake and 21 Savage ordered to destroy fake Vogue cover

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Drake and 21 Savage being sued by magazine publisher Condé Nast for trademark infringement over a fake Vogue cover that...

  
• 11.07.2022

  Has music copyright “never had it so good”?

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including former Spotify economist Will Page's claim that “music copyright has never had it so good”, with – by his calculations...

  
• 10.31.2022

  Noise complaints still threatening live music

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Manchester music venue the Night & Day Café continuing to fight against a Noise Abatement Notice served by Manchester City...

  
• 10.24.2022

  How much will promoters lose from the Festicket collapse?

  CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including confirmation from Festicket's administrators that a number of the promoters who worked with the collapsed ticketing company are insisting that...