Random music news for Saturday, September 19, 2025

This is cruel and dystopian. These toilet stalls won’t give out toilet paper until you watch an ad first. No such problem with getting music news for September 19, 2025.

1. Irish rap group Kneecap has been banned from Canada for their controversial political views.
2. America finally woke up to Oasis. Check this out. (Via Rick J)
3. It’s not just music that causes earworms. It happens with video games, too.
4. Even though governments are cracking down on secondary ticket sellers. StubHub’s stock market IPO raised US$800 million, giving it a market evaluation of US$8.6 billion.
5. “Why curation deserves a place in the music economy.” Discuss.
6. Is Soundcloud training AI with music on its platform? That’s the concern.
7. There’s a new “music social streaming app” called Airbuds. It’s already been downloaded 15 million times.
8. I gotta get me a pair of these instant language translation Apple AirPods.
9. And Meta’s new smart glasses are out. What could possibly go wrong?
10. At least one company is trying to bring back 80s-style boomboxes–but with a modern twist.
11. David Gilmour is “happy to leave the Pink Floyd catalogue in other hands.”
12. Toronto’s famed El Mocambo has launched a concert series supporting Canadian charities. It’s called Music That Moves.
13. And the bloody-near-immortal Lee’s Palace in Toronto is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
14. Report: Next year, Justin Bieber will be the highest-paid performer ever at Coachella, collecting a cheque for US$10 million.
15. And why are Coachella tickets going on sale so early? Because they didn’t sell out the last couple of years, and need extra time to sell 250,000 tickets.

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BONUS: Agree or disagree? (Via Leonard)