Random music news for Monday, August 11, 2025
Someone keeps stealing, flying, fixing, and returning this guy’s plane. On to music news for August 11, 2025.
- Wanna guess who was an early adopter of AI? Jeffrey Epstein. Release the Epstein files!
- Diddy is already planning a comeback show at Madison Square Garden.
- Remember the Mike Tyson/Jake Paul fight earlier this year? Tyson is now facing a copyright lawsuit for unauthorized use of a song.
- It’s official: 2025 is the summer without a Song of the Summer–except for this.
- Gorillaz are celebrating their 25th anniversary with this exhibition in London.
- Sometimes it takes a really long time to get the right take for a song. Or not. See?
- “Music discovery is broken. Can it be fixed?” Discuss.
- Testament played a show in Bogota when the power went out. Here’s what happened next. (Via Tom)
- Remember the music store in Wayne’s World? It’s going out of business, but… (Tom again)
- “Stomp-clap” is a thing in music. Where did it come from? (Via Andrew)
- Have you been targeted by IT scammers from North Korea? Watch out.
- The Jeff Buckley biopic debuted in 120 theatres over the weekend and grossed a respectable US$400,000.
- What’s Instagram all about now? That’s a good question.
- Rapper Rick Ross has a swimming pool the size of a small ocean.
- If you’re bringing a young child to a concert, bring ear protection for the little sprog. Otherwise, you might get called out like this.
BONUS: South Park is really having a moment. Co-creator Matt Stone joined Primus on drums for a King Crimson cover at an LA show.
