Beyoncé sells $400m+ of tickets; How much money is Oasis making from merch?; Spotify wants a billion subscribers; Hayley Williams surprise-releases songs; and Cardi B’s "full-on cheese experience"...

This week, Steve and Stuart find out that they both went to see Oasis last week, but try not to spend the whole show talking about it; and instead get stuck into all this:

• Beyoncé’s tour is the most successful country tour of all time; 

• Steve and Stu both go to watch Oasis - but what did they think?;

• Stu’s Big Number: Spotify wants One. Billion. Subscribers; 

• Tomorrowland festival gets 74 million viewers on Tiktok; 

• Hayley Williams lets fans who buy her hair dye listen to her songs first;

• and Cardi B has “a full-on cheese experience” with “drippy cheese” (Stuart’s words, not Cardi B’s)

And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our Patreon Superfans, Steve and Stu chat about:

• Steve and Stu check out the Oasis merch (official and unofficial); 

• They compare their experiences of seeing Oasis at Wembley - and which member of Oasis looked “a bit glum”?;

• How much do ticket holders spend in total when they go and see Oasis?

• They find a few more interesting points in Spotify’s earnings call – what does the company say about AI and music?

• Steve recounts when his label released Elastica’s debut album and what happens when no-one can agree on the track listing 

• (They also further explore the world of “drippy cheese”)

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Steve and Stuart

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