Muse oppose ban on streaming sites

Muse have insisted that they oppose plans by their record label to stop licensing music to free ad-funded streaming services.

The Resistance group claimed that new audiences will be neglected if Warner Music decides to go ahead with the proposal.

"It's like taking your song off the radio, isn't it? You're instantly taking your song away from a group of potential listeners," bassist Chris Wolstenholme told BBC Newsbeat.

"The corporations are setting the rules on these things because they're clutching at straws. They've lost so much money on record sales because of the internet.

"I do sometimes feel that this whole restriction that's been set on how your music can get out there these days that doesn't ever really come from the bands. It's coming from the corporations behind everything."

Earlier this month, Warner Music's CEO Edgar Bromfman said: "Free streaming services are clearly not positive for the industry and as far as Warner Music is concerned will not be licensed."

Muse were recently confirmed to headline the T In The Park festival this year in Balado, Kinross.