Random music news for Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Stat of the day: At about age 23, we start smiling and laughing less. The typical four-year-old laughs 300 times a day, a 40-year-old less than four. That being said, I hope you get some pleasure out of music news for July 21, 1015.

1. A Canadian woman died at the Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium. (Via Tom)
2. It is now a criminal act in Russia to search for Pussy Riot’s videos online.
3. Pete Davidson will NOT star as Joey Ramone in The Ramones biopic. It’ll be…Ryan Gosling? (Tom again)
4. Metallica saved the Tomorrowland festival. Here’s how.
5. Still with Metallica, let’s take a look at the behind-the-scenes video effort for their shows.
6. Five Finger Death Punch has done a Taylor Swift. Here’s what that means.
7. Chris Martin is having fun with the Coldplay Kiss Cam since…well, you’ve heard about it.
8. Alice Cooper has some advice for Liam and Noel.
9. Meanwhile, nice one, Liam.
10. Friends of Chris Cornell have formed a group called King Ultramega to help raise money for charity.
11. Katy Perry almost fall down go boom.
12. The guy who composed the theme for Tomb Raider has been sent to jail for 16 months for fraud involving a COVID loan.
13. Charlie XCX has married the drummer of The 1975.
14. Cool! This woman can sing two notes at once.
15. Cool! You can buy Tom Petty’s place.

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BONUS: This Coldplay cam strikes again.