Wanna know who REALLY hates AI? Human psychics. They're sick of AIs taking readings away from them. Shouldn't they have seen that coming? On to music news for November 2, 2026.
- Since we've already broached the subject, there's this: Spotify wants to be your personal AI music agent.
- Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan, has been hospitalized after a medical emergency.
- Global vinyl sales are getting a big boost from K-pop fans. It also helps that K-pop artists release multiple versions of the same album.
- Speaking of K-pop, the Brazilian government is pissed off at StubHub and four other resellers regarding tickets for some upcoming BTS shows.
- Sam Fender is having a major bot problem when it comes to selling tickets to his upcoming tour.
- If you're a U2 fan getting revved up for the new album, check out this interview which took place in an interesting location.
- Back to the Beginning, the final show with Ozzy and Black Sabbath, has a soundtrack to the concert film that's now in theatres. Dolly Parton shows up.
- Good question: Whatever happened to the live concert bootleg?
- Celine Dion's Paris residency is over. It brought in US$125.5 million over just 16 shows.
- There is a big legal fight over who has the rights to a 1962 demo tape by The Beatles.
- It's hard to leave the stage, maybe the time has come for these music legends.
- YouTube's next upgrade could see videos requiring 30% less data.
- Fun fact: If you were to trick out Apple's new M5 Ultra Mac Studio, it would cost US$29,799.
- The largest stadium in the world is about to start construction in Vietnam. When complete,Trong Dong Stadium will seat 135,000 people.
- I don't like Russell Brand for a lot of reasons. This just reinforces things further.
- Let's end with this wonderful story about Patrick Stewart and Sting.
BONUS: "Sunlight as a service." It's a thing from space.
