Random music news for Friday, May 2, 2025
Elon Musk says he’s in when it comes to the internet “experiment” of having 100 men fight a gorilla. If it happens, I’ll be cheering for the gorilla. Now on to music news for May 2, 2025…
- RIP Jill Sobule, singer of “I Kissed a Girl,” the first openly gay song to break into the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. She died in a house fire at the age of 66.
- Wanna know what was bloody essential during the big blackout in Portugal and Spain this week? Old-fashioned radio.
- The US House of Representatives has passed the TICKET Act, which is aimed at clamping down on ticket fees and misleading pricing. It’s now headed to the Senate. Fun fact: There’s a carve-out for “ticket procurement services.” Translated, that means ticket resellers like StubHub and VividSeats are exempt. See what a little lobbying can do?
- Has Coachella passed its peak? There are signs…
- British band Kneecap is having a bad, horrible, not very good week.
- “The music industry wants solutions. But do listeners see problems?” Discuss.
- This is interesting. Apple has a new website called “Snapshot” that’s supposed to help with music discovery.
- Hey, Spotify! Are you gonna launch your Super Premium tier or not?
- Why did System of a Down’s Toxicity album suddenly disappear from Spotify?
- Paris-based streamer Deezer announced its Q1 results. They’re very small compared to Spotify, but they’re hanging in there.
- The latest company to launch an AI program? Meta. It’s called Meta AI, of course.
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show is headed back to theatres for its 50th anniversary. Get the rice and start making toast.
- Apple TV+ will debut Bono’s Stories of Surrender on May 30.
- This book about interviews with big make rockers looks interesting.
- What’s going on with the folding iPhone? Let’s take a look.
- These earbuds are designed specifically for listening to podcasts. Let’s see what makes them different.
BONUS: Damn. I wish the Warped Tour was coming to Canada.
