Random music news for Thursday, May 1, 2025
If you’re a commuter, beware of “barebackers.” This sounds super-creepy. Music news for May 1, 2025, on the other hand, is just fine.
- A judge has ruled that the estate of Isaac Hayes can sue Trump for copyright–with one condition.
- There was a brawl in the VIP lounge for the first stop on the Beyonce’s Cowboy Carter tour.
- Katy Perry vs. her haters.
- The old Oasis vs. Blur feud is now part of a new comedy.
- Metallica is going to release a 15-disc version of their Load album.
- One of the leading candidates to lead the Catholic Church is known as the “Karaoke Cardinal.”
- The topic of former Mumford & Sons banjoist Winston Marshall came up in a White House press briefing the other day. Here’s why.
- A new book talks about the time Princess Di went to a gay bar with Freddie Mercury.
- Are you an indie artist who wishes you could upscale your music to spatial sound? Now you can.
- Why do legacy rock bands love music festivals so much? Let’s take a look.
- Does motherhood change the way women listen? That’s the theory.
- This artist had to die in order to start her career again. (Via Christopher)
- I love this. Moby has made 500 instrumental tracks available for free. He wants people to take them and use them for what they will.
- Willie Nelson turns 92 this week and shows no sign of stopping.
- “Music is losing a generation of young men.” Discuss.
BONUS: Pope Keef.
