Ever since the EU Rental Directive was implemented in 1996, PPL’s partnership with performers has gone from strength to strength, with their voices now an integral part of the operation. Here, former Music Week editor Paul Williams looks back on the evolution of a crucial relationship...

In what turned out to be the last golden year for Britpop, the face of British music was radically transformed once again in 1996 when the Spice Girls unleashed ‘Girl Power’ onto an unsuspecting ...