<p><strong>Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. </strong>In this week’s episode of The Price of Music, Steve and Stu get stuck into a late-year flurry of big news:</p><ul><li><p>&quot;This could be the death knell for small venues&quot; – enormous increases in business rates are coming for UK venues – Steve has a lot to say about how a seemingly-innocuous <a href="https://musically.com/2025/12/05/uk-parliamentary-committee-launches-inquiry-into-live-music-industry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">business rates policy point</a> in the recent UK budget may prove to have a devastating effect;</p></li><li><p>UK band Los Campesinos! have laid bare their streaming royalties – by <a href="https://musically.com/2025/12/08/los-campesinos-share-annual-revenue-numbers-for-one-of-their-albums/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">publishing some numbers for their 2024 album ‘All Hell’</a> – and it&#39;s fascinating (and sobering) info;</p></li><li><p>The UK government has launched an urgent major inquiry into how the country&#39;s live industry works – but why, and what are they trying to find out?</p></li><li><p>How safe is the music industry to work in for young people?</p></li><li><p>Stu&#39;s big number is 200 million – and there&#39;s a good chance you&#39;re one of them;</p></li><li><p>More evidence that the music biz might not be ready to truly deal with AI-music;</p></li><li><p>Christmas is coming, so for the heritage-rock-music fan in your life, what stocking-fillers are Mick Jagger and The Kinks selling?</p></li></ul><p><strong>And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our Patreon Superfans, Steve and Stu prop themselves at the bar to chat about:</strong></p><ul><li><p>In Spotify Wrapped, Stuart’s ‘listening age’ was a sprightly 20... so why is that?</p></li><li><p>And what is Steve&#39;s &#39;listening age&#39;?</p></li><li><p>Which of Steve and Stu are most anxious about next week&#39;s TPOM Christmas Quiz?</p></li><li><p>A veteran DJ thinks that phones are ruining dancefloors. His solution... is hardly less dystopian.</p></li><li><p>In Stu&#39;s quest to make up for insulting the whole of Australia (see last week&#39;s show...) he has news of something positive Olivia Dean is doing down under.</p></li></ul><p><strong>As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular</strong> – any questions you might have about how the music biz works!</p><p>Email us: <a href="mailto:thepriceofmusicpodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a><a href="mailto:thepriceofmusicpodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>thepriceofmusicpodcast@gmail.com</strong></a><a href="mailto:thepriceofmusicpodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a></p><p>See you next week!</p><p>Steve and Stuart</p><p>======</p><p>Support The Price of Music on Patreon:</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠</a></p><p>Follow Steve on X - @steve_lamacq</p><p>Follow Stuart on X - @stuartdredge</p><p>Follow The Price of Music on X - @PriceofMusicpod</p><p>For sponsorship opportunities, please email - <a href="mailto:⁠⁠joe@musically.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠joe@musically.com</a></p>

The Price of Music

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Los Campesinos! share their streaming money data (and it's... sobering); Could a new budget policy be "the death knell for small venues"?; And what are Steve & Stu's Spotify Wrapped 'listening ages'?

DEC 10, 202545 MIN
The Price of Music

Los Campesinos! share their streaming money data (and it's... sobering); Could a new budget policy be "the death knell for small venues"?; And what are Steve & Stu's Spotify Wrapped 'listening ages'?

DEC 10, 202545 MIN

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<p><strong>Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. </strong>In this week’s episode of The Price of Music, Steve and Stu get stuck into a late-year flurry of big news:</p><ul><li><p>&quot;This could be the death knell for small venues&quot; – enormous increases in business rates are coming for UK venues – Steve has a lot to say about how a seemingly-innocuous <a href="https://musically.com/2025/12/05/uk-parliamentary-committee-launches-inquiry-into-live-music-industry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">business rates policy point</a> in the recent UK budget may prove to have a devastating effect;</p></li><li><p>UK band Los Campesinos! have laid bare their streaming royalties – by <a href="https://musically.com/2025/12/08/los-campesinos-share-annual-revenue-numbers-for-one-of-their-albums/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">publishing some numbers for their 2024 album ‘All Hell’</a> – and it&#39;s fascinating (and sobering) info;</p></li><li><p>The UK government has launched an urgent major inquiry into how the country&#39;s live industry works – but why, and what are they trying to find out?</p></li><li><p>How safe is the music industry to work in for young people?</p></li><li><p>Stu&#39;s big number is 200 million – and there&#39;s a good chance you&#39;re one of them;</p></li><li><p>More evidence that the music biz might not be ready to truly deal with AI-music;</p></li><li><p>Christmas is coming, so for the heritage-rock-music fan in your life, what stocking-fillers are Mick Jagger and The Kinks selling?</p></li></ul><p><strong>And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our Patreon Superfans, Steve and Stu prop themselves at the bar to chat about:</strong></p><ul><li><p>In Spotify Wrapped, Stuart’s ‘listening age’ was a sprightly 20... so why is that?</p></li><li><p>And what is Steve&#39;s &#39;listening age&#39;?</p></li><li><p>Which of Steve and Stu are most anxious about next week&#39;s TPOM Christmas Quiz?</p></li><li><p>A veteran DJ thinks that phones are ruining dancefloors. His solution... is hardly less dystopian.</p></li><li><p>In Stu&#39;s quest to make up for insulting the whole of Australia (see last week&#39;s show...) he has news of something positive Olivia Dean is doing down under.</p></li></ul><p><strong>As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular</strong> – any questions you might have about how the music biz works!</p><p>Email us: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><strong>[email protected]</strong></a><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a></p><p>See you next week!</p><p>Steve and Stuart</p><p>======</p><p>Support The Price of Music on Patreon:</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠</a></p><p>Follow Steve on X - @steve_lamacq</p><p>Follow Stuart on X - @stuartdredge</p><p>Follow The Price of Music on X - @PriceofMusicpod</p><p>For sponsorship opportunities, please email - <a href="mailto:⁠⁠[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠[email protected]</a></p>