Random music news for Saturday, March 1, 2025
The Price is Right is celebrating 10,000 shows. How many kids spent how many sick days watching the show? Probably a few more than those who will read music news for March 1, 2025.
- Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson are on Jeffery Epstein’s just-released contact list. So was Donald Trump, Naomi Campbell, and Prince Andrew.
- The Cranberries are suing Universal Music, saying they’ve been ripped off for royalties.
- What is the music industry going to do about AI? Here’s another look.
- Paul McCartney has a new book. It’s a memoir on the Wings era.
- The sons of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley are recording together.
- TikTok is losing users to Instagram Reels and YouTube shorts.
- Interested in who’s listening to podcasts these days? There’s a new audience report.
- Wait: Songwriting is a lucrative side hustle? What?
- Katy Perry is going into space. Seriously. She’s got a seat aboard Blue Origin.
- Video games have been very good to this man’s music.
- BTS has an unwanted kisser problem.
- All of Tekashi 6ix9ine stuff that was seized by police is up for auction.
- Amazon has revealed Alexa+ voice assistant. It’s free if you’re a Prime subscriber.
- Billy Joel fall down go boom.
- Not music related, but I’m 100% behind this.
BONUS: Has Siri gone anti-Trump? (Apple says it will fix this “glitch.” Props to whatever programmer snuck this in.)
