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Random music news for Thursday, May 29, 2025

What’s Labubus? Oh, GAWD! NO! Best stick to music news for May, 29, 2025

  1. Cool! A radio show about radio!
  2. The first-ever FM radio transmitter lives!
  3. Wait: How does the future online shopping depend on AI and music? Oh.
  4. Spotify says it now has 100 million paying subscribers in Europe.
  5. “Live Nation is devouring live music.” Discuss.
  6. ABBA’s Voyage avatar show in London has been going for three years now and there’s no end in sight.
  7. The worst people at gigs are the kids with their phones, right? Nope. It’s these people.
  8. The King of Sweden gave Queen an award.
  9. Ye and Bianca are still together. She’s still going naked out in public.
  10. How’s this for a segue? “How music executives are caring for their mental health.”
  11. Meanwhile, country start Dierks Bentley has created The Broken Branches Fund to help with mental health issues in Nashville.
  12. This is fun: Phil Collins’ son Nic (also a drummer) tries to be Neil Peart. (Via Rick J)
  13. A startup called Lickd wants to shake up how artists get sync deals with big brands.
  14. On that topic, another music licensing company has got some heavy hitters for investors.
  15. Apple has acquired a video game studio.

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BONUS: The beatboxing nun of Brazil.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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