Random music news for Monday, January 26, 2026
Do have a robot vacuum? The next-gen units will climb stairs. Music news for January 26, 2026, looks like this.
- Trump won’t be at the Super Bowl so Green Day won’t get a chance to insult him in person .
- Oh, dear. Did Nvidia train its models on material pirated from Spotify by Anna’s Archive? This would be very bad.
- Almost 13 million people showed up to see a Bruno Mars concert on Roblox within the game, Steal a Brainrot.
- The Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry” has now been streamed a billion times on Spotify.
- Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath put a guitar up for auction. It sold for £50,000 . Money goes to a cancer charity.
- Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon still fascinates. There’s a new doc on the album coming up. Watch a trailer. (Via Sean)
- Francis Buchholz, the original bassist for The Scorpions, has died at the age of 75. (Via Tom)
- Melissa Auf Der Maur, the Montreal-born former bass player with Hole and Smashing Pumpkins, has a memoir. She’s going on a book tour that will include two Canadian stops.
- Oh, Nicki Minaj. Are you inviting ICE to your house?
- This should be everyone’s next bit of band merch.’
- And if you’re a guitarist, you might want to look at one of these things for practice time.
- A very spooky house once owned by Jimmy Page is now open to the public.
- And Julio Iglesias is dealing with abuse allegations from two former employees.
- The latest Rush reissue is for Grace Under Pressure. It ain’t cheap.
BONUS: Most of Canada today.
