Random music news for Tuesday, December 13, 2022

I did not know that so much about swearing is universal. See? And, of course, everyone wants music news for December 13, 2022.

1. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s guitarist Nick Zinner must be really sick for the band to cancel their SNL appearance this weekend.
2. Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine has revealed he’s dealing with prostate cancer.
3. A rapper is going to jail for boasting about ripping off COVID relief funds.
4. Got a Peloton? When was the last time you heard a Kanye song? Yep, his music has been pulled.
5. And Ye has been banned from Clubhouse for his antisemitism.
6. Meanwhile in Indiana, the state calls TikTok “A Chinese Trojan Horse Unleashed On Unsuspecting American Consumers.”
7. Who’s in for a limited edition Tool fetus statue?
8. What’s the latest on the insane race to the UK #1 at Christmas this year? This.
9. Slaves, a pretty fine UK band, has changed their name to Soft Play.
10. There’s now a Hello Kitty electric guitar.
11. That’s one loooooong echo to be used on a recording. Too bad it was for an accordion.
12. Eternity is a K-pop girl band that doesn’t exist. They’re completely virtual: hyper-realistic non-human avatars made with AI.
13. Steve Aoki will become the first DJ to orbit the moon.
14. Remember all those celebrities involved with Bored Ape NFTs? Yeah, they’re wishing that they stayed away because here comes the lawsuits.
15. Russia is back to its old tricks when it comes to music piracy.
16. Ticketmaster had another fiasco in Mexico City with some Bad Bunny tickets.
17. And this happened. Again.

BONUS: Merry Xmas from Metallica and George Michael.