Random music news for Tuesday, June 24, 2025

We were introduced to the shark in Jaws 50 years ago this summer. That shark is now in the public domain. As for music news for June 24, 2025…

Seventeen women and girls were assaulted at a French music festival by a man with a syringe.
Has Maine figured out how to deal with ticket scalpers once and for all? We’ll soon see.
Budweiser is boasting of “$0 spent on music rights” in an “iconic songs” campaign–and it won them a big advertising award. This may have been legal, but it still smells.
Has Roger Daltrey “lost it?” Hmm.
Motley Crue and Dolly Parton together at last.
Instagram has added Spotify song sharing.
Meanwhile, the US government isn’t so keen on Spotify’s bundling strategy.
French streamer Deezer is adding an AI tag to appropriate songs as a way of fighting fraud.
Does your day need changing? Try this music.
Bruce Springsteen says he has 83 unreleased songs from the Nebraska sessions. What will become of them?
Beware: Science says that using ChatGPT too much will make you dumb.
MAGAs have brought back this debunked Jack Black story. It’s just not true.
Anne Murray turned 80 and released a new album.
Is a divorce in Justin Bieber’s near future? The signs may be there.
The 40th anniversary of Live Aid is coming up next month. The BBC is going to rebroadcast it. CNN will also have this four-part series.