Random music news for Thursday, August 6, 2026
If you’re looking for a daily dose of cringe, here you go. (Via Tom) Now for some non-cringey music news for August 7, 2026.
- The funeral for Irish singer Gleb Hansard was held this week. A lot of musicians came out, including Bono. Take a look.
- RIP John Douglas, guitarist with Trashcan Sinatras. He was 62.
- System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan has been a hardcore Trumper for years, but he may have finally seen the light.
- Killers singer Brandon Flowers seems to be having an existential crisis about his music career.
- Why are vinyl versions of albums increasingly different from their digital versions? Let’s look at that.
- Susanna Hoffs of The Bangles kept an interesting list.
- Here’s an interesting twist to a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
- South Korea has reversed its attitude on AI-generated music.
- Cool trivia: There’s only one murderer with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and it’s a musician.
- So what’s going on with the Ozzy biopic? SHARON!
- The Eagles keep adding dates to their Sphere residency, although Don Henley is hinting that the band may retire.
- Here’s why Live Nation loves owning Ticketmaster.
- Has Disney gone metal?
- Who would buy a 80s-era used synthesizer for £400,000? Someone did.
- Universal Music just sold US$467 million worth of Spotify stock. About US$100 million should–SHOULD–filter down to artists. In theory, anyway.
BONUS: Here’s a fun game.
