What's next for pop and rock: a live music boom and a fight for the industry's soul
What's next for pop and rock: a live music boom and a fight for the industry's soul As part of our series on the future of culture post-Covid, our music critic foresees the culmination of a battle between artists and Spotify 10 March 2021 • 5:00am Live boom: a socially distanced audience for Frank Turner in London last year Credit: Patrick Gunning/Clapham Grand Covid-19 exposed fault lines in the popular music business. As the live sector ground to an economically devastating halt, one that threatened to destroy livelihoods, the recorded music sector enjoyed a streaming boom that patently f...