Random music news for Saturday, January 10, 2026

The numbers are in: 2.5 million people turned out for a New Year’s Eve party on Copacabana Beach in Rio. It’s a Guinness World Record. As for music news for January 10, 2026…

1. There will be a class action suit against Ticketmaster in Quebec. Details.
2. Meanwhile, Live Nation and Ticketmaster are trying to get an FTC resale lawsuit dismissed.
3. Kari Krome of The Runaways has finally managed to get a settlement in the case against the estate of the awful Kim Fowley.
4. A robot the size of a grain of rice? Yes. And it can dance.
5. Spotify has a new feature that lets you share what you’re streaming in real-time.
6. Still with Spotify, the platform is going crazy for video podcasting.
7. Triumph has expanded their 2026 reunion tour.
8. If you see any weird online video of Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson, be careful. It’s not him; it’s AI.
9. Fender, the guitar maker, has entered the home audio space.
10. Miss the iPod nano? There’s this able replacement.
11. Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones is selling off a bunch of his gear. Interested?
12. Sorry, Killers fans. No new album until at least 2027.
13. When Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow had their divorce “conscious uncoupling,” she got fired from a movie.
14. This was a rare honour for the Goo Goo Dolls.
15. There was a fight over Jimmy Buffett’s Key West recording studio. It’s been resolved.

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BONUS: “The Genghis Khan Song to Send all Genghis Khan Songs.”