Random music news for Monday, July 27, 2026

Do your kids love Frozen 2? Someone says that the film should be rated R. Music news for July 27, 2026, is, at best, PG-12.

1. Why would anyone break into an opera singer’s home and stab him 73 times? I sense a new episode of Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry on the horizon.
2. Why would anyone want to rob an Iron Maiden bar at an Iron Maiden festival?
3. The trial involving rapper D4vd is getting more gruesome by the moment. Here’s the latest.
4. I completely understand this about The Great Digital Fatigue Burnout: People are becoming quieter and more guarded online.
5. The Oasis documentary, Don’t Look Back in Anger, will debut at the Venice Film Festival in September.
6. The next artist to get the documentary treatment? Lily Allen.
7. Would you agree to a blind date with a fellow festival-goer? The set-up will happen at the gig itself. Here’s your chance to find out.
8. WhatsApp now offers more sharing of music via Spotify and Apple Music.
9. Speaking of Spotify, what happens if music videos become the next big thing on the platform?
10. Code in the new version of iOS could let Apple brick your financed iPhone if you miss a payment.
11. YouTube Music is growing. And fast. Very fast.
12. Johnny to reunite with the Sex Pistols? The chances of that are “minus infinities.”
13. In one of his first official acts, Andy Burnham, the UK’s new Prime Minister, cut business taxes for live music venues, clubs, and pubs by 20%. About 32,000 establishments will benefit from this.
14. Good. Nice one.
15. Does this jukebox pirate suck? I’m torn.

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BONUS: Did you ever hear the story about the time in 1977 when an alien took over British TV for seven minutes? Here’s what happened.