
UK grassroots venues "going over a cliff" without urgent government action or investment from arenas
NME attended the launch of Music Venue Trust's annual report at Parliament – laying out simple government steps to save venues and demanding new arenas support the rest of the talent pipeline

Ed Sheeran pays tribute to Jamal Edwards with powerful SBTV freestyle
Sheeran honours his longtime friend and early champion with an emotive freestyle filmed at Stamford Bridge

Here are the UK's best-selling singles and albums of 2022
For the first time since year-end charts were introduced, the top 10 singles were all by British artists

Cradle Of Filth hint Ed Sheeran collaboration could finally be on the way
The band had previously begun working on a track with the pop star but hadn’t finished it

Online ticket touts ordered to pay £6.1m or face jail
Peter Hunter and David Thomas Smith were previously prosecuted and jailed in February 2020

Most-streamed UK Christmas Number Ones of all time revealed including songs by Ed Sheeran and Queen
The Top Three songs don't even mention Christmas...

Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain and Lewis Capaldi and more acts share their Spotify Wrapped 2022 stats
"1 BILLION?!?! how is that actually possible??"

Spotify Wrapped: here are the artists, songs and albums Australians streamed the most in 2022
Taylor Swift was the most-streamed artist in Australia for the second year in a row, while Harry Styles, Drake and Ed Sheeran also feature prominently in this year’s lists

Spotify Wrapped 2022 launches – revealing your most streamed artists and songs
The most streamed artists in the UK and around the world have been revealed, as well as the opportunity for users to discover their own lists

Ed Sheeran's 'Full Circle' tour documentary to premiere in Australia this week
The documentary features footage from the popstar's 'Mathematics' world tour, spotlighting his performances at London's Wembley Stadium earlier this year