Random music news for Thursday, July 3, 2025

This man says he “fell” butt-first onto an air hose. Yes, he claims to have “fallen” onto it perfectly. And here’s what happened. (Via Larry) Moving to music news for July 3, 2025…

1. New prediction: The recorded music industry will be worth US$110.8 billion by 2032.
2. Is music journalism still relevant? That’s an excellent question that’s explored here.
3. Amazon has launched an Oasis merch store. The reunion tour starts tomorrow.
4. On that topic, here’s a summary of every post-breakup/pre-reunion Gallagher feud 2009-2025.
5. A kid was invited onstage to play with Green Day, but instead of launching into “Good Riddance,” he started playing…oh, dear. Naturally, Liam Gallagher had to comment.
6. Some early Black Sabbath demos are finally going to be released.
7. Are you a musician addicted to social media? Then you’d better read this.
8. The “pure” songwriter is disappearing. That’s a problem. Here’s why.
9. Have you heard about the Nothing Phone? It’s the antidote to the smartphone.
10. Katy Perry almost fall down go boom onstage.
11. Spotify had this to say on the tenth anniversary of its Discovery Weekly playlist.
12. There will soon be a new way for Canadians to livestream concerts in Canada via VEEPS. (Via Olie)
13. A new Prince book called Prince: A Sign o’ the Times is coming in September.
14. Instagram will now let you share music from Spotify with your posts.
15. This cloud company is blocking crawling by AI bots unless they pay compensation to artists.

BONUS: This hoodie is wired for sound, but not for the purposes you may think. Cool.