Random music news for Thursday, July 24, 2025
This could be the real sixth sense. It’s in our gut! Moving to music news for July 24, 2025…
- RIP George Kooymans, guitarist for Golden Earring. He was 77. (Via Tom)
- Why won’t Meta sign the EU’s AI Code of Practice? OpenAI, Microsoft, Anthropic, and others are already onboard.
- Who’s the new Who drummer if it’s not Zak Starkey? Ah.
- Slipknot released a 25th anniversary box set of their debut album with “blood-filled vinyl.” It’s already sold out.
- Some musicians are about to get a pay raise–in the UK, anyway.
- There could be some interesting action with ticketless Oasis fans outside the Wembley Stadium gigs.
- Burning Man is in financial trouble.
- Have you heard of Metallica Scholars? This is brilliant!
- Hey, where is the US$100 million raised by FireAid (the LA wildfire initiative) going? Oh, dear.
- Bob Marley does Vegas!
- This new Elvis Presley is getting some of the worst reviews imaginable.
- Did George Clooney kill Tenacious D over a Trump comment? That’s the claim.
- This Atlanta rapper has been sentenced to life in prison for rape and trafficking charges. His mom will serve time, too.
- This Christian MAGA singer has a gig scheduled for a national park in Nova Scotia. Local residents want none of it. (Via Sean)
- Wet Leg. A pledge. Armpit hair.
BONUS: North Korea and the Bee Gees, together at last. (Via Walter)
