Random music news for Saturday, August 23, 2025
Do you pay attention to Rotten Tomatoes warnings? Are they still reliable? Let’s look at that. Music news for August 23, 2025, is rated 100% fresh.
- Rapper Sean Kingston is going to jail for 3 1/2 years for his involvement in a US$1 million fraud scheme.
- DJ Trump. He’s terrible.
- This will counteract things. Tom Morello has released a 65-song anti-Trump playlist.
- Meanwhile, Kid Rock (a hardcore Trump supporter) is upset with Gavin Newsom’s recent social media trolling of Trump. More butthurt.
- Michael Jackson apparently gave Donnie Osmond some “offensive career advice.”
- If you have to head to the US for any reason, be aware that phone searches at the border are at an all-time high. Time for a burner phone.
- We still don’t know how much money was raised for charity by the Ozzy/Black Sabbath event, Back to the Beginning. But we do know that it contributed £28 million to the local Birmingham economy.
- Slash is taking a stab at being a movie producer.
- A Split Endz encyclopedia? Yes.
- The Weeknd broke a concert ticket gross record previously held by Beyoncé and Bruno Mars.
- Spotify keeps going after “EeveeSpotify,” which allows users to avoid subscription feeds. But the site keeps popping back up.
- Interested in health wellness? Try a rave. Wait–what?
- On Robbie Williams’ upcoming new album, there’s a song called “Morrissey.” This should be good.
- BTS Happy Meals at McDonald’s? Yep.
- Oh, so THAT’S how it’s done. Good to know.
BONUS: Limp Bizkit vs. the drone in Turkey.
