Random music news for Saturday, July 25, 2026
A rogue OpenAI bot escaped its lab and hacked a rival AI on its own. Gee, who didn’t see that coming? Moving to music news for July 25, 2026.
- RIP Wayne Charvel, the luthier who built guitars for Eddie Van Halen.
- Remember D4vd, the rapper who was accused of murdering and cutting up his 14-year-old girlfriend? Well, there have been developments, and they’re pretty gruesome.
- What does “made with AI” really mean? Let’s take a look.
- Fascinated by the rise of Quebec’s Angine de Poitrine? Billboard has this story on their meteoric rise.
- Why are so many fans soiling themselves at concerts these days? The Guardian takes a look.
- The new reality with music festivals: Hazardous air quality. Not only that. Heat is a problem.
- Olympic Stadium in Montreal is undergoing hundreds of millions in renovations. When it reopens, will Celine Dion play a gig there?
- Spotify is moving deeper into music videos with a new chart and more.
- There’s a new sculpture honouring XTC in their hometown of Swindon.
- An Anthrax graphic novel? Yes!
- Rogers recently closed six AM radio stations, all of the news/talk/sports variety. Let’s dig into that.
- This is a deep dive: “The Financial Engineering of the Music Industry.”
- Why is Lizzo considered one of pop culture’s greatest flops?
- If you don’t like Apple’s Liquid Glass, there’s something coming. And you might want to look at the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8.
- A senior tried to strangle a fellow theatre-goer during a presentation of Queen’s We Will Rock Music musical because she wouldn’t shut up.
BONUS: Both William Shatner and his daughter Melanie have revealed they were both diagnosed with stage four cancer at the same time. Shat had a melanoma that had spread to his lungs and brain. She had breast cancer. The good news is that they’re now both cancer-free.
