Sam Fender's golden circle ticket trouble; YouTube is no longer a 'value gap'; Making AI music inside AI chatbots; Celebrating Aussie music (and UK music); and Lily Allen's hallowe'en ticket terror!

It's a golden episode of TPOM this week, as Stu and Joe splash around in a whole load of fascinating facts and curious quirks from the last week in the music business, including: → Sam Fender already has one of the hottest tours of 2027 in the UK, but the ticketing has been sparking conversation for a couple of reasons… → We need to talk about Public Displays of Affection Down Under. But don’t worry, this isn’t something that’ll get you kicked off the bus or arrested… → 150 million people now pay to subscribe to... which online service? And why is that good news for the music industry and the artists you love? → Lily Allen won Halloween 2026 – or at least the music industry-referencing costume subcategory of it… → What’s more dystopian than generating music using Suno, an AI company that’s being sued by record labels? How about generating music using Suno from within Claude, the chatbot made by an AI company that’s being sued by music publishers?! → The Backstreet Boys famously told a flighty partner to quit playing games with their heart. But it turns out they’re bigger fans of hiring people to play games for them, in the esports world… → You’re My Scumbag. No, I’m not insulting you, dear TPOM listener, I’m referring to the latest viral song in Russia… And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our ⁠⁠Patreon Superfans⁠⁠, Stu and Joe prop themselves up at the bar – in this week's bonus material: • Joe has a surprising number of stories about pop stars peeing • What do you think of "Golden Circles" at stadium gigs? • GB Music launches – and what sort of music would we like on a British-only music radio station? (Plus: "How Pete Doherty’s Mega-Breakfast Predicted GB Music Radio") • Speaking of UK music taste – what are the best-selling albums of all time in the UK? Joe FORCES Stu to make his best-guesses • That Mega Beatles Discogs drop: it turns out there's actually some affordable records in there too - we take a scroll through the seller's shop • Meanwhile, back on Discogs, in September a copy of St. Pepper's sold for $15k – EMI Australia, in 1983, inadvertently made the rarest Beatles LP to ever exist... =================================== As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular – any questions you might have about how the music biz works! Email us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ See you next week! Stuart and Joe ====== TPOM online: ⁠http://tpom.uk/⁠ Support The Price of Music on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ThePriceofMusic⁠⁠⁠ Follow Stuart on X - @stuartdredge Follow The Price of Music on X - @PriceofMusicpod For sponsorship opportunities, please email - ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠