Random music news for Friday, July 31, 2026

There is a sport that involves shoving a live ferret down your pants. It’s called “ferret-legging.” You go ahead. I’ll stick with music news for July 31, 2026.

1. Rapper/singer D4vd has been ordered to stand trial for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
2. Meanwhile, his Apple Music account has been hacked with a fake song called “I Did It.”
3. Ariana Grande is suing some hackers who stole unreleased music.
4. First it was musicians. Now actors are now losing gigs to AI-generated versions of themselves.
5. It happened again! SH*T in the moshpit!
6. Remember how Faith No More said they’d never get back together? Well, guess what?
7. According to new data, Gen Z is more than willing to spend big on a concert.
8. The “ultimate Eddie Van Halen guitar auction.” This is gonna be huge.
9. Barack Obama is going on an arena tour of the UK.
10. John Mellencamp: Not a fan of The Gulf of America. Or Trump.
11. No, this isn’t a can of tuna. It’s a new guitar pedal from Third Man and Jack White.
12. A heritage designation for Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto? I’m in!
13. An Aerosmith ballet? Believe it.
14. Rebecca Black and her much-ridculed song “Friday” has gone platinum.
15. Spotify has some new ways–10, at least–to share music with friends.

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BONUS: Once again, Iran is killing it when it comes to trolling Trump with LEGO videos. Here’s one of the latest.