Sixx AM - who issue their second album Prayer For The Damned on April 29 - say: "We are a lucky band, grateful to have all had success prior to the creation of Sixx AM.

"We have always been vocal about artists' rights. We stood with Taylor Swift when she spoke up about the absence of royalty payments to artists by Apple Music.

"We chose today to speak up about how YouTube unfairly pays artists and labels an estimated 1/6 of what it's competitors Spotify and Apple pay and why this must be addressed.