Random music news for Tuesday, April 1, 2025
A self-cooling beverage? Does it work on beer? All of music news for April 1, 2025, is cool.
- Are we finally seeing a crisis in affordability when it comes to concert tickets? When Linkin Park has to downsize and AC/DC can’t sell out…
- This is fun: Music soundtracks featuring original music from fictional bands. (Via Danny)
- Interesting: A Turkish-based music dating app.
- WhatsApp is adding more music to the service.
- Here’s a roundup of the latest in the music-and-AI space, There’s a lot happening.
- Blue Rodeo is about to be honoured with their own Canada Post stamp.
- Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction got married. The wedding was very Gothy.
- A new Nirvana exhibit will open this summer in London UK.
- Billy Corgan is going on tour playing Smashing Pumpkins music–without the rest of the Smashing Pumpkins.
- There was a big renovation job at Abbey Road Studios. This is a little more than anything The Property Brothers could do.
- There was a GG Allin-like issue with a New Jersey cop. Ew.
- Kanye: Still crazy and still a Nazi.
- Rapper Sean Kingston (and his mom!) have been found guilty of fraud.
- Um…
- What’s YouTube worth? The latest estimate is US$550 billion. Google bought YouTube for less than US$2 billion twenty years ago.
BONUS: What’s with this trend of fake movie trailers on YouTube? Let’s explore that.
