Random music news for Thursday, October 16, 2025
Odd radio circles: Not my immediate group of friends, but something much larger. As for music news for October 16, 2025.
- MAGAs hate that Bad Bunny has been booked for the Super Bowl halftime show. Meanwhile, Adidas is loving it.
- Speaking of the Super Bowl, no Carlos Santana didn’t push to replace Bad Bunny.
- Now that there’s a peace deal over Gaza, Eurovision organizers have postponed a vote on whether Israel can participate in 2026.
- Could metal save the world from an environmental catastrophe? Maybe.
- Ticketmaster has a new global president. Saumil Mehta will lead the company’s “AI transformation.”
- Good question: Who’s responsible for labeling AI music?
- On that topic, there’s a lot of fake music on Spotify–and the number is growing. See?
- The Eagles will break the record for the number of shows at The Sphere in February.
- Shirley Manson and Garbage are very, very concerned about the state of the music industry. Here’s Shirley’s message.
- There are more concerns about Britney Spears’ well-being.
- Peppa Pig and Baby Shark, together at last–and on tour.
- One of my dad’s cars had one of these. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
- There’s a new “queer database” to help queer music talent get gigs. Details here.
- This new report really gets into the weeds of how Max Martin has been able to create so many hits. Download the report here.
- Another report: How musical tastes are used for marketing.
BONUS: The Frog Resistance in Portland. Go Kermit! (Via Sean)
