Spotify chaos as new global outage hits 20,000 Brits in the UK

Thousands of people around the UK have said that the Spotify website and app is not working after the streaming service suffered an outage today.

Currently there are more than 20,000 people who have been hit which appears to be mainly affecting the UK but there have also been minor outages in other European countries including Belgium and Poland.

So, don’t worry – it's not just you. Spotify really is down right now. According to users of the hugely popular music streaming service, Spotify is experiencing a number of technical difficulties, leaving listeners unable to tune into tracks or playlists.

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Down Detector, an independent website which shows the status of online services, showed that currently there are more than 20,000 reports that that Spotify isn't working.

And the X account Spotify Status which gives information on the streaming service wrote: "We’re aware of some issues right now and are checking them out!"

The outage in the UK began just after 1pm today and has quickly spiked to more than 20,200 people around the country and many have taken to social media to complain.

"Spotify is not responding, opens but not uploading albums, only playlists showing but they are not playing either," wrote one person on Down Detector website. Another person wrote: "I can't play music on my phone but I can on my laptop. Both premium apk."

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