PRS for Music and Glastonbury

5th June 2015

PRS for Music represents over 110,000 songwriters, performers and music publishers. The society’s role is to ensure they get rightfully paid whenever and wherever their music is used.

Glastonbury is working more closely than ever with PRS for Music in 2015. Many of the songwriters from acts performing on the iconic Pyramid and Other stages this June are PRS for Music members. This makes Glastonbury an important platform for the society’s members, and allows their music to be heard and enjoyed by an audience of millions.

A proportion of each Glastonbury ticket sold goes back to the PRS for Music members, providing essential revenue for them to continue creating. This means the 135,000 Glastonbury festival goers purchasing tickets are directly contributing to the growth of the UK live music scene.

Visit the PRS for Music website to find out more.

This year, PRS for Music in conjunction with PRS for Music Foundation also partnered with Glastonbury on our Emerging Talent Competition. The winner, London singer-songwriter Declan McKenna, received the PRS for Music Foundation Talent Development prize which is £5,000 to use towards taking his songwriting and performing to the next level. The contest’s two runners-up, Newcastle’s Shields and Sheffield’s K.O.G. and the Zongo Brigade, also each received £2500 from PRS for Music Foundation.