Random music news for Thursday, July 16, 2026

Music news for July 16, 2026, is from all over.

1. Like her hero Donald Trump, Nicki Minaj apparently doesn’t pay her bills, either.
2. Police are offering a US$15,000 reward for information about the body of a newborn baby found in a porta-pottie at Electric Forest festival.
3. Guns N’ Roses have launched a fundraising campaign for a suicide prevention organization.
4. If you’re a musician, then you know the SM58. Here’s a history of rock’s most popular microphone.
5. A new study says that global recorded music sales will blow past US$56 billion in the next few years. China will be the number two market.
6. Spotify just got a little more AI-y. It wants you to talk to it.
7. Google has been accused (again!) of training its AI on books by real people without permission.
8. More live music troubles in the UK: All the Heritage Live festivals have been canceled due to low ticket sales despite signing artists like Eric Clapton, Christina Aguilera, Lionel Richie, Scissor Sisters, and Richard Ashcroft.
9. A Fleetwood Mac residency at The Sphere? Maybe.
10. About bloody time: Some automakers are FINALLY bringing back physical buttons to infotainment systems.
11. There was a fight at a Hillary Duff concert? Yep.
12. Here’s another reason why we can’t have nice things.
13. System of a Down vs. Oasis: The feud is back.
14. Forget smart watches, smart glasses, and smart rings. Welcome to smart tattoos.
15. Samsung may have cracked one of the issues that plague foldable phones.

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BONUS: Hairy croissants? No, thank you.