With so many people these days ditching cash for contactless payments, there may be times when they reach into their pocket for a few coins to tip a particularly impressive street performer, only to ...

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.

Ever felt bad that you had no change to offer a busker (or secretly relieved)? Well, that's all about to change, as London is introducing contactless payments for its buskers. We know, we're afraid of ...

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 ...

Buskers have been banned from playing in a major London tourist spot after the council were taken to court over ‘nuisance performers’. Westminster City Council has suspended two busking performance ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Here’s a casualty of the cashless society you might not have previously thought of: the humble street ...

Busker Lyle Rickards entertains a group downtown. Street performers have "lost a lot of ground in Asheville,” he said. // Watchdog photo by Starr Sariego By John Reinan, avlwatchdog.org Asheville ...

Toya Delazy showcases her Afrorave sound in London and faces mixed reactions from South African netizens back home.

Mike Yung posted up Monday afternoon at a Brooklyn subway stop to do what he has done for decades — sing a love song. As he crooned his way through Ed Sheeran's latest single, "Eyes Closed," with ...

A busker set up to play some songs on a busy street and had no idea what impact he would have on someone’s day. Singer Sam Rendina filmed himself performing the hit Lewis Capaldi track Someone You ...