Random music news for Friday, November 28, 2025

Black Friday. Let’s be careful out there. Now for music news for November 28, 2025.

1. A judge says Live Nation/Ticketmaster is going to have to deal with an issue stemming from the November 2022 sale of Taylor Swift tickets. Swifties want their day in court.
2. Solomon Ray is a Christian singer at the top of those iTunes charts. The problem? He doesn’t exist. He’s totally AI. Cue the theological debate over the morality of this.
3. Meanwhile, iHeartRadio has launched what they call a “guaranteed human” program pledging not to use AI personalities or play AI music with synthetic vocalists.
4. Jeezus, AI will be the end of us all–somehow.
5. What the future for record labels? It could be “shifting sands.”
6. Are you watching the new version of The Beatles’ Anthology on Disney+? Here’s a review.
7. The Beatles broke up more than 50 years ago, so why do our opinions keep changing? Let’s look at that.
8. The mayor of Hamilton says that the city is ready for the JUNOS in March.
9. There has been a development in the weird case of Don Henley vs. a rare book dealer over some Eagles lyrics.
10. “Fade into You” by Mazzy Starr, one of the most beautiful alt-rock songs of the 90s, has now been streamed over a billion times on Spotify.
11. Let’s take a dive into how Xitter accidentally exposed all those MAGA accounts as off-shore fakes.
12. An interesting read: “What captures our attention in the algorithmic age?”
13. Selena Gomez’s mother had quite the scare with burglars at her home in LA.
14. Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver raised US$1.5 million for public broadcasting in the US with help from GWAR.
15. This metal band had four members. Three quit in the middle of a tour. (It’s a follow-up to the group who left their singer behind at a gas station.)

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