Random music news for Saturday, May 16, 2026

You probably knew this already, but I’ll tell you again: Your car is spying on you, and it’s only getting worse. Let’s move to music news for May 16, 2026, shall we?

1. What kind of madness can we expect from Eurovision 2026? Let’s take a look.
2. The World Cup Final on July 19 at MetLife Stadium will feature a halftime show with Madonna, BTS, and Shakira. Chris Martin is also involved.
3. And in case you missed it, Alanis Morissette, Michael Buble, and Alessia Cara will perform at the first World Cup game in Toronto.
4. The Guardian ran this great story on Canadian sensations Angine de Poitrine. They’re 333-year-old time travellers. Who knew?
5. A System of a Down show in Toronto was fined $900 for making too much noise. But there’s more to the story.
6. Pink Floyd is getting a new commemorative coin from the Royal Mint.
7. Algorithms are fine, but there’s why we still need human gatekeepers for music.
8. These are the best campus and community stations in Canada. Give them a listen of you can.
9. It sounds like it really sucks to work at Meta these days.
10. Snap says that 31% of 13-15-year-old users are “using AI to be creative.”
11. AI data centres will be the death of us. See? (Via Larry)
12. How should AI licensing work with music? Here’s another take on the situation.
13. Jack Anton of has some views on AI and music, too. He published them on Instagram.
14. Tencent Music, the giant Chinese streamer, took down 250,000 AI songs and reviewed another 600,000.
15. Interesting: “Spotify streams generate 1.5x more listening time than YouTube.” (Via Bobby)

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BONUS: Five Cat Death Punch. That is all. (Via Sean)