Random music news for Tuesday, April 16, 2024

AI girlfriends are predicted to be a billion-dollar business. Discuss. Time for music news for April 16, 2024.

Grimes is hoping this weekend’s Coachella set will be better than last weekend. It wasn’t good.
Paris-based streaming service Deezer just deleted 26,000,000 songs. Here’s why.
Fake tickets on StubHub and Vivid Seats? You don’t say… (Via Rick J)
Who knew that Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine was such a fan of the Fonz? (Rick J again)
Another Live Nation lawsuit, this time over a shooting at the Beyond Wonderland festival last year.
Suno AI can is pretty impressive when it comes to generating songs. This is bad for musicians, right?
How’s this for a job: Rescuing lost master tapes from recording sessions.
KISS may end up having a street in NYC named after them.
Lots of praise for Udio, the new AI music-generator. It’s really good. (Via Bobby)
Sound therapy delivered via an app. Here’s how it works. (Bobby again)
There’s a new Lennon and McCartney song--but it’s not what you think. (Rick again)
And then there’s this. It sounds like The Beatles but is actually AI. How was this model trained?
There’s a new update of a book on the breakup of The Beatles.
Update on AM radio: BBC 4’s AM transmitters have been turned off just like most of continental Europe. The Americas, Australia, India, Spain, and Romania are still sticking with AM.
Led Zeppelin: Back on the charts again.