Beat that … Michael Jackson has dominated UK record sales since his death last year. Photograph: Barbara Gindl/EPA “Music industry up 5% in 2009″, “Music piracy crisis ‘over’ as industry revenues rise to £3.9bn”, “Consumer spend on live music hit a record breaking £1.5bn”, screamed headlines the other day. Great news! So what have all [...]

‘It blows my mind that Jimmy Page wanted to play with us’ … Aerosmith. Photograph: Andre Csillag / Rex Features/Andre Csillag/Rex Features Corinne Bailey Rae, singer There have been so many amazing moments in my career so far: coming off stage to find Prince had been in the audience, playing for Nelson Mandela, being introduced [...]

Dizzee plays the main stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival, which along with other summer music events has helped boost sales. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA After five years of falling sales the music industry may finally have something to sing about, according to the UK’s music royalties collecting body. Strong showings from Susan Boyle, who entered [...]

Will.I.Am … ‘Michael wouldn’t have wanted it that way.’ Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/AP Finally, one man has the moral fortitude to turn down big money and protect Michael Jackson’s legacy – and it’s the auteur behind I Gotta Feeling. Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am, who collaborated with Jackson before his death, has criticised plans to release the [...]