Random music news for Monday, June 8, 2026
Fast food places are always offering up new menu items. How do they know what we want? Predictions using consumer data! Now here’s some data in the form of music news for June 8, 2026.
- FACTOR has settled a lawsuit with Scotiabank over a $9.8 million cybertheft caper.
- Garth Brooks is rumoured to be considering selling his catalogue. The discussed price? Just US$2 billion.
- Ready for the World Cup? Here are the 20 best songs about football.
- On that note, how does FIFA determine what songs get played in the stadiums?
- And Susan Boyle (remember her?) has a new football song with Irn Bru.
- NXNE is coming up in Toronto this month. One of the big partners is Interac.
- MusiquePlus has relaunched–on TikTok.
- Looking for some new music magazines and fanzines? Go here.
- Another biopic project: Shania Twain.
- And a fictional TV show is being developed around the family story of Celine Dion.
- Scientists have figured out the mystery of “the pianist’s touch.”
- Just what today’s world needs: An online store with limited-edition Limp Bizkit merch. Yay.
- These commercial jingles were so popular that they were made into full songs.
- There’s no way you can play AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” on a single acoustic guitar. But if you use FOUR acoustic guitars…
- Doja Cat on Elon Musk: “A barrel-chested Ewok.”
BONUS: The New York Times went back over all of Elon Musk’s big claims and promises. Of 600-ish promises, only 19% have been successful.
