Here’s a beloved industry that's due for disruption as we careen towards a cashless society: the humble busker. The boom in contactless payments in the U.K. is largely to blame. Currently, the country ...

Tensions between London buskers and residents have reached a boiling point, after locals insist they are fed up of hearing ‘Sweet Caroline’ on repeat. Fed up businesses and residents in Leicester ...

One of London's biggest tourist hotspots is set to become a lot quieter after Westminster Council announced that buskers have been banned from playing in Leicester Square. The ban will come into force ...

Many major towns and cities have busking musicians belting out some tunes so that the gracious public can show their appreciation by throwing loose change into an open guitar case or weather-worn hat.

Some famous British musicians — George Michael, Rod Stewart, Ed Sheeran — started as buskers. So it's no wonder hundreds of hopefuls are... London Underground Calling: Buskers Audition To Play On The ...

LONDON — For generations, street musicians have provided the soundtrack for Leicester Square, a tourist hub in London’s West End, where the likes of Rod Stewart and George Michael busked before ...

LONDON — A city in central England says two buskers who plagued a suburb by repeating the same two songs have been banned from performing for two years. Birmingham City Council said today that the men ...

London’s street performers — the Brits call them “buskers” — are up in arms over a threat to their livelihoods. Their earnings have already taken a beating this year as the number of foreign visitors ...

Strumming his acoustic steel string guitar on a busy street in east London, Australian singer-songwriter Dan Tredget is a man on a mission. Strumming his acoustic steel string guitar on a busy street ...

That's because the competition has really heated up. Once the province of every amateur accordion player and karaoke crooner, busking in many places now requires a permit. In Paris, where there are ...

Buskers, musicians and muralists have been entertaining London for centuries. But now the capital has gone quiet and the future of their activities looks uncertain. By Alex Marshall LONDON — One ...