Random music news for Saturday, June 27, 2026
How has AI reshaped internet culture? This deserves a look. So does music news for June 27, 2026.
- Ooo, this is interesting. Music AI companies Suno and Udio are in trouble for using real music to train their models and are now being sued. The law firm on the side of the plaintiff is the same one that extracted a quarter of a trillion dollars from the tobacco industry.
- Are you concerned that your music may haven used to train AI? Try this tool.
- Spotify is being sued by some artists, alleging the platform favours major label releases over indie music.
- Spotify is now offering AI voiceovers for ads and commercials. Great. There goes my voiceover work.
- The company that owns the rights to Rush’s music is up for sale–again. And it was sold.
- Jack White’s wife, Olivia Jean, has filed for divorce, citing “inappropriate marital conduct.”
- The Offspring created “the biggest moshpit to a Taylor Swift song.” Wait–what?
- Report: The US music market is diversifying beyond English-language music with Spanish music leading the way and then Korean. Cue the conspiracist theorists and their Great Replacement Theory.
- This is a brand new type of auction for vinyl collectors: Rare acetates.
- An album shelved by The Deftones leaked online. The files have been taken down, but it’s already out there.
- Ever wonder what goes into a Gorillaz show? There’s a documentary on the subject.
- That Madonna biopic? Yeah, it’s dead.
- Lizzo’s new album tanked badly. What happened?
- Want to get into the live music business? Toronto’s Great Hall is up for sale.
- Did Oprah spill some sensitive tea about Whitney Houston?
BONUS: How’s all that looksmaxxing going for you dude? Oh. Hah.
