Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximize their income and reduce their touring costs. This week, rumors about …

Wild weekends in the south of France Having travelled to the area for years, I finally made it to the Limoux carnival last winter. What took me so long?! Every weekend from 25 January until 6 April, you can watch dancers and musicians parade around the medieval square of this …

Nobody works harder to franchise out its stuff quite like Sony. After Spider-Man’s supporting cast repeatedly proved to be a live-action bust, the company’s now turning to adapting PlayStation games to TV and the big screen. From current hits like Horizon and Helldivers to the now-shelved Gravity Rush and Days Gone, it seems anything’s viable …