Busking in central London is "slowly becoming non-existent", a musician has said, amid a warning that the loss of established performance pitches is forcing some some to give up their careers and is ...

When you tell people that you busk for a living, you can usually count on receiving three questions in response: "How much money do you make?", "What's the most popular song?" and "Do you need a ...

Buskers are filling Liverpool Street station with the sound of music to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Transport for London (TfL). A series of special events is running to celebrate the milestone, ...

Cllr Heather Acton, Westminster City Council Cabinet Member for Public Protection and Licensing, explains why licensing busking in central London is essential. A street performer in Covent Garden.

Plans to introduce licences for street performers on Notting Hill’s Portobello Road have been labelled “counterproductive” by the Musicians’ Union. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is ...

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The future of busking is here. In a new initiative spearheaded by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan called Busk in London, the UK capital will introduce contactless payments for street performers in ...

Musician Fabio Tedde has been busking on the London Underground for an impressive 20 years and has no plans to stop. He's one of more than 200 buskers registered through Transport for London's ...

To perform on the streets of London, you’ve got to have talent, determination and nerves of steel. Consider then, the amount of moxie that drummer Alba Villarig Alegre must have. A Spanish émigré who ...

Busking has been paused in Trafalgar Square while the Christmas market is on [BBC] Busking in central London is "slowly becoming non-existent", a musician has said, amid a warning that the loss of ...