Random music news for Saturday, October 4, 2025
A friend of mine has a new business idea. Concert tickets are expensive but also in such high demand that people are willing to give an arm and a leg for them. The name of his new business is “Stumphub.” As for music news for October 4, 2025…
- When Bad Bunny (an American citizen) plays the Super Bowl halftime show, ICE agents will be there to deport people. Nope. Not fascist at all.
- Five things you may not know about Donald Trump’s TikTok deal.
- There’s a lawsuit in Australia involving a woman who was strip-searched by police at a music festival. The total cost could end up being US$150 million.
- And this woman and her fiance is suing over an assault at show in LA.
- If you’re a fan of Queen’s “We are the Champions,” there’s something of a mystery regarding how the song ends. Let’s investigate. (Via Sven)
- If you’re a fan of Judas Priest, there’s this mystery that’s yet to be solved. (Via Tom)
- And if you’re a fan of Metallica, you might as well stop asking about the mystery of no bass on ...And Justice for All.
- Behold the successor to the mighty Roland TR-808 drum machine! It’s the TR-1000.
- ABBA Voyage, the group’s avatar show, has sold 1 million tickets and grossed US$140 million,
- A Replacements biopic? It’s starting to look like it.
- There’s a new David Bowie doc coming that will explore the time he spent in Berlin in the late 70s.
- BREAKING: AC/DC concerts are loud.
- And the world’s Numer One DJ is…him again?
- This Welsh band got screwed by an AI-generated imitator. This is not good.
- The Cars are working on a new album, And yes, Ric Ocasek is still dead. But…
BONUS: This should be interesting. Quentin Tarantino has edited both Kill Bill movies into one film, It’ll appear in theatres starting December 5
