All Episodes

TMT:103 Kat Kennedy & Tim Parry On 40 Years Of Big Life

TMT:102 Sarah Slater On Running Ticketmaster UK & The Battle Against Touts

TMT:101 Chris Wright On Co-Founding Chrysalis & Building The BRIT Awards

TMT:100 Chris Dempsey On Take That’s Record-Breaking Touring Triumphs

TMT:99 Jeremy Marsh & Marc Marot On The New Landscape For Labels

TMT:98 Peter Rudge On The Rolling Stones & 50 Years In Live Music

TMT:97 Tim Vigon On Managing The Streets & The Importance Of Band Chemistry

TMT:96 Pat Carr on Why Marketing Remains Essential To the Music Biz

TMT:95 Lucy Noble On The British Airways Arc & The Opportunity For Mid-Sized Venues

TMT:94 John Giddings On 50 Years Working On Live Music’s Frontline

TMT:93 Emma Banks On Life As A Super-Agent

TMT:92 Michael Adex On Managing Aitch & Building The NQ Empire

TMT:91 Guy Moot on The Art Of Publishing A&R & The Importance Of Songs & Songwriters

TMT:90 Dan Chalmers on How The Music Biz Learned To Love YouTube

TMT:89 Martin Talbot On Why The Charts Still Matter

TMT:88 YolanDa Brown LIVE On Why UK Music Is Back In The Big Time

TMT:87 Miles Leonard on Helping Coldplay To The Top & Getting Into The Arena Business

TMT:86 Alastair Webber On Fair Deals For Songwriters

TMT:85 Kamille On Being A Top Hitmaker & Why Songwriters Still Need More Support

TMT:84 Frank Turner On Making Touring Work For Grassroots Artists & Venues

TMT:83 Jeremy Lascelles On Building A Game-Changing Indie Music Company

TMT:82 Catherine Marks On The Threat To UK Studios & Recording Olivia Rodrigo In A Day

TMT:81 Adam Harris & Callum Read On The Return Of Guitar Music

TMT:80 Chris Price On How To Get On The BBC Radio 1 Playlist

TMT:79 Tommas Arnby On Mananging Yungblud & Why Rock Is Finally Back

TMT:78 Liz Goodwin On The Secrets Of Modern Music Marketing

TMT:77 Sybil Bell On Independent Venue Week & Why Venues Matter More Than Ever

TMT:76 Aly Gillani On Why Bandcamp Is Music Retail With A Difference & Why AI Is Banned On The Platform

TMT:75 Sumit Bothra On What Artist Management Really Looks Like in 2026

TMT:74 Alex Hannaby On The Unstoppable Rise Of Country Music Around The World

TMT:73 Ben Mortimer On How To Break New Artists & The Role Of Majors in 2026

TMT: Biggest Music Industry Stories Of 2025

TMT:72 Zena White On Building The World’s Coolest Indie Label

TMT:71 Paul Lennon On Negotiating The Music Industry’s Big Deals

TMT:70 Alexi Cory-Smith On The Catalogue Sales Boom

TMT:69 Cam Blackwood Live On The Catalogue Sales Revolution

TMT:68 Craig Logan On Being a Music Entrepreneur

TMT:67 Nadia Khan On Powering Change In The Music Industry

TMT:66 The Charlatans Frontman Tim Burgess On Being A Musicians’ Champion

TMT:65 Henry Semmence & Simon Wills On Building A Label Services Giant & Surviving Utopia

TMT:64 Rich Castillo On Indie Labels’ Big A&R Opportunity

TMT:63 Fraser T. Smith On Producing Adele & Keeping Music Human

TMT:62 Josh Mateer On SoundOn’s A&R Revolution

TMT:61 Matt Riley On CMAT’s Big Breakthrough & What’s Next For AWAL

TMT:60 Jo Charrington on Discovering Sam Smith & Breaking Olivia Dean

TMT:59 Jack Garratt on Artists’ Struggles & The Lessons The Music Industry Needs To Learn

TMT:58 Mark Orr On Taking The K’s To No.1 & Building A Modern Indie Success Story

TMT:57 Madeleine O’Gorman on Pendulum’s Big Comeback & Working With The Legendary Michael Gudinski

TMT:56 David Martin On Saving Grassroots Music & Why The Fight For Streaming Reform Must Continue

TMT:55 Alistair Norbury On Taking Kylie And Rick Astley To New Heights, Plus Catalogue Acquisitions Done Right

TMT:54 Grace Meadows On How To Promote Positive Mental Health in the Music Industry

TMT:53 Tom Connaughton on Indie Distribution’s Big Moment & How Spotify Changed The Music World

TMT:52 Cliff Fluet On The Future Of AI & Why The Music Biz Must Embrace Technology

TMT:51 David Massey On Bringing Oasis To America & The Future Of Major Labels

TMT:50 Jim King on Turning BST Hyde Park Into A Blockbuster Event and The Secrets Of Festival Success In 2025

TMT:49 Alison Howe on Running Glastonbury’s Epic TV Coverage & Curating Later's Line-Ups

TMT:48 Geoff Ellis On Promoting Oasis & Dominating The Scottish Live Industry

TMT:47 Johan Lagerlof On Being The Founding Investor in Abba Voyage And Buying The Avicii Catalogue

TMT:46 Kim Frankiewicz On Fighting for Songwriters and Hanging Out with Michael Hutchence

TMT:45 Jamie Oborne On Managing The 1975 & Keeping The Spirit of Independence Alive

TMT:44 Jin Jin On Writing Smash Hits & How Songwriter Contracts Need To Change

TMT:43 Roberto Neri On The 70th Ivor Novello Awards & What Songwriters Need to Succeed

TMT:42 Jon Collins on How The Grassroots Levy Will Reshape The Live Biz, Plus The Big Misunderstanding Over Dynamic Pricing

TMT:41 Tony Harlow on How to Break More UK Superstars & The Future For Major Labels

TMT:40 Robert Horsfall & Sonia Diwan On AI's Big Legal Challenge and the Battle for Better Artist Contracts

TMT:39 Craig Jennings on Breaking Bring Me The Horizon & Why Rock Is Still a Big Noise in 2025

TMT:38 Megan Ogleby-Page on Running Record Store Day & How Vinyl Came Back From The Dead

TMT:37 Louis Posen On What it Means to be Punk and founding Hopeless Records

TMT:36 Nick Stewart on Why Artists Struggle To Make Streaming Pay, Signing U2 and Not Signing Joy Division

TMT:35 Dr Charisse Beaumont on the Music Industry’s On-Going Diversity Problem and Why The Biz Needs to Take a Stand Against Trump’s DEI Rollback

TMT:34 Kate Nash on Why OnlyFans Pays Better than Spotify, Getting F*cked Over, & the Constant Fight for Change in the Industry

TMT:33 Steve Tannett on Marshall’s Rock Revolution & What He Learned from REM & Miles Copeland

TMT:32 Kwame Kwaten on The Future of Artist Management, and Working With Legends (Michael Jackson, Prince & Mick Jagger)

TMT:31 Peter Leathem on PPL’s Blockbuster Revenues, A Transformative JV with PRS and Keeping Madonna's ‘Sex’ Book Under Wraps

TMT:30 Sammy Andrews on the Music Industry’s Tech Revolution, and Her Most Successful Campaigns (The Prodigy, Annie Lennox & More)

TMT:29 Luke Pritchard of The Kooks on the TikTok Ban, Better Care for Young Artists, Connecting with a New Generation of Fans, and Being Naked In Front of Mick Jagger

TMT:28 Ruth Barlow (LIVE at ESNS) on Indie Labels Battling the Majors for Market Share, the Industry Response to the LA Fires, Partying with Adele and Risking Arrest Over Radiohead’s ‘Guerrilla’ Gig

TMT:27 Andy Saunders on Creation Records’ Golden Years with Alan McGee, the Best PR Strategy for Crisis Management, and Working with Tony Blair and Alistair Campbell on Labour’s ‘97 Election Campaign

TMT:26 Julie Weir on the State of Rock Music, Signing Bring Me The Horizon, Rebooting Music For Nations, and How British Rock can Fight Back Against US Domination

TMT:25 Steve Homer on Why Concert Tickets Are So Expensive, the New Grassroots Levy, His Views on Dynamic Pricing, & Watching Nirvana on Top Of The Pops with Kurt Cobain

TMT:24 Miranda Sawyer on Britpop beyond Blur Vs Oasis, the Continued Importance of Music Journalism, the Power of Kate Nash’s Bum and the Greatness of British Pop Music As Export

TMT:23 Mark Davyd on How the Arena Ticket Levy Will Work, the ‘Cultural Disaster’ of Losing Grassroots Venues, Booking Oasis on Their Debut Tour, and Taking on Simon Cowell

TMT:22 Shabs Jobanputra on How His Refugee Background Influenced His Career, Breaking Everyone from So Solid Crew to Baby Shark, US Labels Poaching UK Artists, and Walking Away from Signing Amy Winehouse

TMT:21 Lucas Keller on the UK’s Producer and Writer Talent, What the Majors are Not Doing for Songwriters, Being Travis Kelce’s Agents and Why A&R’s Shouldn’t Have Side Hustles

TMT:20 Robert Swerdlow on Protecting Artists, The Digital Entertainment Business Vs The Music Industry, ‘The Algorithm of The Soul’, Managing The La’s, Michael Kiwanuka, and Little Simz, and Getting Artists in the Big Brother House

TMT:19 Gee Davy on the AI Licensing Battle, UMG Buying PIAS, TikTok vs Merlin, and the Latest from the Streaming Remuneration Group

TMT:18 Caroline Elleray and Mark Gale on Signing Coldplay, Using Data for A&R, the Rise of UK Songwriters, and Almost Managing Oasis

TMT:17 Karen Emanuel, Women in Music Awards Businesswoman of the Year, on the Future of Vinyl, Innovation in Music Formats, and being a Female Business Owner in the '90s

TMT:16 Mike Smith on the Decline of Major Label A&R, Publishing vs Record Labels, Signing Blur, and Trying to Leave the Industry

TMT:15 Jo Twist & Sophie Jones on David Joseph leaving Universal, Updates from the Streaming Creator Remuneration Group, Why British Artists are Struggling to Break Internationally & Partying at the Labour Party Conference

TMT:14 Olivia Hobbs on Going Viral on TikTok, Artist Embarrassment around Social Media, Neurodiversity in music, and Not Exploiting Superfans

TMT:13 Alex Hardee on Getting Liam Gallagher back to Knebworth, Dynamic Ticket Pricing, How Streaming is Rigged, and Why Agents Have To Be More Professional These Days

TMT:12 Ben Wynter on Dynamic Pricing, Making a Stand on Joe Rogan, Why the Music Biz Is Going Backwards on Diversity, and Partying with Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland

TMT:11 Alan Edwards on The Impact of the Oasis Revival, PR Mastery, and Touring with Spice Girls, Bowie, and Motörhead

TMT:10 Helen Thomas & Jeff Smith on Curating Radio 2's Playlist, Revamping the Presenter Lineup, and Reviving ELO

TMT:09 Dave Bianchi on Breaking UK Acts Internationally, the Next ‘Alt’ Music Movement, and What US Labels Really Think About UK Labels

TMT:08 Darcus Beese on Rising from Intern to Island President, Independent Labels Resetting the Industry, How Ed Sheeran Got Away, & Lessons Learned From Amy Winehouse

TMT:07 Nina Nesbitt & Vicky Dowdall on Fair Pay for Songwriters, Successful Manager-Artist Relationships, Motherhood in Music, and Karaoke with Justin Bieber

TMT:06 Tara Richardson on Launching a Management Company, Attitudes to Mental Health, Top Artist Traits, and Pub Quizzes With The Last Dinner Party

TMT:05 Daniel Glass on Universal's Early Days, Hustle Culture, Physical vs. Digital Sales, and Growing Artists Into Arenas

TMT:04 Annabella Coldrick on Managers' Evolving Roles, the Fight for Fair Pay in Streaming, Renegotiating Contracts, and New Music Industry Baddies

TMT:03 Tom Kiehl on UK Music's Pre- and Post-Election Strategy, the Impact of a New Government, Post-Brexit Challenges, and Uncovering Portsmouth's Music Scene

TMT:02 Ferdy Unger-Hamilton on AI Lawsuits, independent label success, the future of A&R, and partying in Bono's hotel room

TMT:01 Lorna Clarke on Glastonbury, the BBC vs commercial radio, nurturing new talent & eating curry with Paul McCartney