A look at musicians taking to social media, birthing a new style of busking that has given music genuinely exciting artists ...

From Sir Rod Stewart to the late George Michael, many world-famous singers started off their career busking to gathered crowds at Leicester Square. But the popular tourist space in London's West ...

But, in the main, they serve only to remind lunchtime strollers why the people whose songs the buskers are singing are famous. Simply, they’re better. It is no accident that Ed Sheeran is a ...

A new book explores a hundred years of busking history through interviews with musicians, both famous and obscure. It's called "Down On The Corner: Adventures In Busking & Street Music," and it's ...

Rod Stewart and the late George Michael are among the famous names who started their careers busking in central London, including in Leicester Square. Since April 2021, entertainers in London's ...

It said it would explore grounds of appeal and even appropriate revisions to the busking and street entertainment licensing regime, such as pitch locations and terms and conditions. Many famous ...

Sam Rendina was busking in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, when he noticed a stranger welling up. He was performing the 2017 track Supermarket Flowers when he spotted the man was visibly overcome with ...

Workers at Global Radio complained that they are “plagued“ by noisy and poor-quality buskers in the world-famous square and have to wear headphone or even go into a cupboard to get their work ...

Buskers have long been polarizing in big cities. Some see whimsy in a cover band in subway stations; others would rather keep it out of public spaces. In one London square, at least, the critics ...