How much should billionaires pay for music? What would you pay for unheard Oasis gig recordings? How many songs has Peppa Pig made? And when is it too early to listen to Christmas songs?

<p><strong>This week on The Price Of Music, we end up talking philosophically about the, erm, price of music (as well as the actual philosophical value of it)</strong>:</p><p>→<strong> </strong>If you were considering spending up to £1.6m on some unheard Oasis recordings at auction this month, well, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw98070pq999o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">we have some bad news for you</a>…</p><p>→ Chicago band The Empty Pockets have <a href="https://musically.com/2026/10/02/billionaires-can-buy-the-empty-pockets-new-album-for-285k/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">a special edition of their new album just for billionaires</a>. It’s a snip at just $285,000, with absolutely no extras compared to the $20 edition for the rest of us…</p><p>→ 1,300. That’s how many original songs have been released by <a href="https://musically.com/2026/10/06/peppa-pig-super-simple-songs-twinkle-twinkle/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the world’s favourite precocious, pink, porky pop star</a>…</p><p>→ When is it acceptable to start playing Christmas music? Well, people in the Philippines, Colombia and Barbados don’t care what you think: they’re <a href="https://musically.com/2026/10/02/christmas-music-is-already-getting-36-2m-daily-spotify-streams/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">cracking out the tinsel tunes already</a>…</p><p><strong>→ </strong>Is Elon Musk’s X a friend to the music industry? Not if you take <a href="https://musically.com/2026/09/30/ifpi-sees-x-as-a-significant-concern-for-the-music-industry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">the opinion of global labels body the IFPI</a>, which thinks it’s a piracy haven…</p><p>→ Some of Spotify’s biggest playlists are getting smaller – <a href="https://musically.com/2026/10/01/study-explores-the-impact-of-the-spotify-playlist-cleanup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">in terms of how many followers they have</a>. But this may not be a bad thing…</p><p>→ Next year’s Grammy Awards are going to be missing another huge K-Pop act. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5398kkx27ewo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Stray Kids have joined BTS in refusing to enter</a> – despite there being a dedicated ‘Asian Pop’ category for the first time. Or rather, they have refused to enter BECAUSE there is a dedicated ‘Asian Pop’ category…</p><p><strong>And in the specia