It’s what the business has spent years crying out for: a live music show, in primetime, screened by the nation’s biggest broadcaster.

The programme in question - Sounds Like Friday Night - debuts on BBC One at 7.30pm this Friday (going head-to-head with Coronation Street on ITV1), live from the BBC Television Centre, opening an exciting new window of opportunity for the biz.  

“The industry has constantly pushed the BBC to do more for music - and we want ...