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Random music news for Monday, July 7, 2025

These eyeglasses will subtitle your world in real time. This will be great for translation conversations. Music news for July 7, 2025, translates like this.

  1. An Oasis fan in Toronto wants their money back for one of the shows because of something Liam said.
  2. Zohran Mamdani has a real shot at becoming the next mayor of New York City. He once had a rap career.
  3. A Diddy comeback? Please, no.
  4. Missed the Ozzy/Black Sabbath finale on Saturday? You can recreate it in LEGO.
  5. Still no promised new music from Tool, but we do have this from A Perfect Circle. (Via Sean)
  6. There are rumours that Spotify and Netflix might partner up for concerts and an awards program.
  7. There are “no protections” against fake bands going viral on Spotify. This is concerning.
  8. Need to clone your voice? Now it’s easy with a program called LALAL.AI.
  9. On a related topic, movie voiceover artists are going to war with AI. Their jobs are in danger.
  10. There was one measure passed by the US Government last week that will benefit musicians, so that’s something.
  11. If you’re a horse racing fan, a horse named Swift Delivery just won its first win at Woodbine in Toronto. The owner is Travis Kelce. (From my horse racing buddies.)
  12. In the latest development in the world of drummer Zak Starkey…
  13. Music journalist Mick Wall suffered a second heart attack and is now facing eviction. Friends and fans are trying to help him out.
  14. Keith Urban did this lovely thing for a blind girl in the audience at one of his shows.
  15. Did you know that fake cell phone towers are a problem? Me, neither.

More music news? Go here.

BONUS: The latest in beauty pageants is “Miss AI.” Yes, it’s what you think.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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