Random music news for Friday, October 24, 2025

“AI is not a reliable source of news: study.” Well, duh. Music news for October 24, 2025, is generated by a real, reliable human.

1. RIP David Ball of Soft Cell and The Grid. He was 66.
2. Here’s a provocative question: “Are concert tickets too cheap?” Discuss.
3. Conservatives are still mad that Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl halftime show. There’s a petition to have him replaced with…country singer George Strait. It has about 60,000 signatures.
4. YouTube has a new version of its “likeness detection tool” that’s supposed to help weed out AI deepfake versions. This one will work with musicians. This video explains how it works.
5. This might come in handy: An AI tool that creates customizable music contracts. Indie artists might be able to save on lawyers’ fees.
6. Spotify has an interesting patent. It’s a feature that generates personalized mash-ups.
7. There’s a special concert coming up celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Doors. Billy Idol and Perry Farrell are confirmed.
8. Lizzo has been sued for copyright infringement of a song–but her song hasn’t even been released.
9. Kanye may be having money problems. He just sold his Wyoming ranch back to the original owners for US$14 million.
10. If you’re a podcaster, there’s a cool new toy that you might want: The Zoom PodTrak P4next.
11. And if you need sound effects for your podcast, there’s a new version of Beatoven.ai.
12. How many people does it take to write a song? If it’s rock or Latin, one will do.
13. A book on the history of Coachella? Yes.
14. A documentary on Iron Maiden’s original singer Paul Di’Anno? Yes.
15. A strike by Broadway musicians that threatens to shut everything down? Yes.

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