Random music news for Monday, February 2, 2026

February 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

A new idea for a Groundhog Day sequle: Every day we wake up an the Trump administration does something crazy. It’s our reality. Moving to music news for February 2, 2026…

Now that Nicki Minaj has gone full MAGA, proud Canadian Avril Lavigne has pulled her collaboration “Dumb Blonde” from streaming platforms.
The Canadian Live Music Association is demanding that Ontario do something to modernize live music policies.
The Courtney Love documentary debuted at Sundance. It sounds wild.
The Paul McCartney documentary, Man on the Run (his time with Wings), will get one-night-only cinema screenings.
One more: The doc on Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden’s “lost singer,” is coming soon. It features members of Metallica, Slayer, and KISS.
Heading to the JUNOS in Hamilton in March? You should check out this exhibition of the city’s musical contributions.
The Grammys have announced that there will be a tribute to Ozzy as part of this year’s broadcast. That’ll be the most rock featuring on a Grammy show in years.
A rarity for a Canadian artist: Blue Rodeo’s 1993 album, Five Days in July, has been awarded Diamond status in Canada, meaning that it has sold a million copies domestically.
Here’s a crazy fact: Up to 33% of all views on YouTube is to music videos.
Napster is continuing to pivot away from being a streaming music service. It’s got a new AI music creation feature.
AI-generative site Anthropic has been sued again by Universal Music Group for unauthorized training of its programs with copyrighted music.
Meanwhile, Live Nation/Ticketmaster was the subject of another US Government hearing. Kid Rock was there.
Still with the law, Diddy has hit 50 Cent and Netflix with a US$20 million lawsuit over the documentary, Sean Combs; The Reckoning.
“Grok is the most antisemitic chatbot.” Shocking, I tell you. Shocking.
Does your music listening room look like this?