Random music news for Friday, March 7, 2025
Collectors are gonna collect. See? Here’s what I’ve collected for music news for March 7, 2025.
- Green Day: Not a fan of JD Vance.
- Billie Joe Armstrong: A BIG fan of minor league baseball.
- What’s this huge new deal signed by Liam and Noel Gallagher? Oh.
- A cybercrime outfit stole hundreds of Taylor Swift tickets, resold them, and was caught.
- An airline employee in Hong Kong was caught selling flight info by K-pop stars to fans.
- How is Gen Z able to afford concert tickets? The NYT takes a look.
- Ticketseller Eventbrite has had a rebrand and refresh.
- YouTube Music now has 125 million paying subscribers. That’s less than Spotify but very significant.
- And YouTube has a new semi-premium tier for $7.99 a month–but you’ll still get ads. (Via Peter)
- Google is being accused (again) for making it too easy for people to discover pirated content.
- Are we about to see a bunch of “mini-Spheres” built around the world? Maybe.
- No one wants to buy Diddy’s U$61.5 million mansion in Beverly Hills. The floors are probably too slick with baby oil.
- Nope. No can do.
- A Warped Tour-themed bar? Yep.
- Think encrypted audio on your cell phone is safe? Nope.
BONUS: An American prisoner execution by firing squad? Yes. It’s back. A guy in South Carolina chose it over lethal injection and electrocution.
