Random music news for Friday, May 9, 2025
Robots can now have a sense of touch. You know who loves this? Amazon. Here’s why. As for music news on May 9, 2025…
- Piers Morgan talked to Kanye. It didn’t end well for a weird reason.
- Bad news for TikTok: It was fined big by the government of Ireland for privacy violations. Good news for TikTok: The US ban has been pushed back for the third time. Details here.
- Members of the British music committee have signed an open letter in support of the UK trans community.
- YouTube Music is pushing a new sharing plan for its premium service.
- Check out how this Korn documentary is coming together. (The band has been around for 30 years now.) (Via Sean)
- Why are the acoustics in stadiums often so awful? Let’s take a look,
- Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are having a big flashy wedding in Venice. Which Grammy winners have been hired to sing? Let’s find out.
- The Blues Brothers are getting their own graphic novel.
- Robbie Williams has a new album. This review is brutal.
- The Sphere 1, Beyonce 0.
- This guy had one of the wildest jobs in music.
- And this guy, who invented the Tequila Sunrise cocktail (he did it for The Rolling Stones), has died.
- “Rock the Runway” is a Canadian music festival to be held at–you guessed it–at an airport.
- Here’s James Hetfield and a horse.
- This is a great history of album artwork.
BONUS: Trash panda? How about “hash panda?” The raccoon crackhead.
