<p><strong>Your easy weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. </strong><em>Become a </em><a href="https://www.patreon.com/12218634/join"><em>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</em><em><strong>Superfan of the podcast for free – and enjoy the exclusive weekly Lock-in bonus section!</strong></em><em>⁠</em></a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>This week... </strong>Steve&#39;s back from Austin, Texas and has plenty of stories to tell about SXSW. Plus Radiohead, BTS, and, erm, Salt &#39;n&#39; Pepa – all in this week&#39;s TPOM:</p><p>→ Radiohead&#39;s Ed O’Brien has revealed the band will do ‘<a href="https://musically.com/2026/03/18/radiohead-plan-to-play-20-shows-each-year-no-more-no-less/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">20 shows each year: no more, no less</a>’.</p><p>→ Steve&#39;s fresh (kind of...) back from SXSW in Austin, Texas, and here&#39;s what he saw... (plus: his travel nightmare, in full!)</p><p>→ Annoyed that Spotify doesn’t really understand you? <a href="https://musically.com/2026/03/16/new-zealanders-will-soon-be-able-to-edit-their-spotify-taste-profiles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">It’s testing a feature</a> where you can give its algorithm a shove in the right direction…</p><p>→ Last week a huge<a href="https://musically.com/2026/03/18/global-recorded-music-revenues-grew-6-4-in-2025-to-31-7bn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Global Music Report</a> revealed how much money the industry made from recorded music last year. (Spoiler: it was a lot)</p><p>→ Good news for artists: the UK government has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/actors-musicians-writers-welcome-uk-u-turn-ai-copyright" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">u-turned on its plan</a> for how AIs can be trained on music.</p><p>→ 300 million people (reportedly) watched K-Pop’s biggest stars BTS in their livestreamed comeback</p><p>→ <a href="https://musically.com/2026/03/17/uk-music-publishes-black-music-means-business-economic-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Black Music has contributed £24.5bn out of the £30bn</a> made by the UK music industry over the last 30 years.</p><p>→ Big Nostalgia Tour Bingo: Salt-n-Pepa, TLC <strong>AND</strong> En Vogue are hitting the road together…</p><p><strong>And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/12218634/join" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">⁠⁠<strong>Patreon Superfans</strong>⁠⁠</a><strong>, Steve and Stu prop themselves at the bar – and Steve&#39;s getting the first round in – as they discuss this week&#39;s bonus material:</strong></p><p>→ We hear more about SXSW from Steve, including his band tips...</p><p>→ Are Kiss and Tina Turner about to receive the ABBA Voyage treatment?</p><p>→ And is the virtual avatar show experience the only way we&#39;ll see The Smiths back onstage (and how would they programme Morrissey&#39;s grumpy ad-libs?)</p><p>→ What did Steve &#39;n&#39; Stu think of last week&#39;s (great!) Picture Parlour interview?</p><p>→ Could the 6Music Dads turn into a national community of local gig assistants?</p><p>→ Why is Belgium and the Nordics the hot new place for artists to break?</p><p>===================================</p><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>TPOM online: <a href="http://tpom.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">http://tpom.uk/</a></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>