Random music news for Tuesday, June 3, 2025
There’s a radio single from deep space coming at us every 44 minutes. What might that be? Music news for June 3, 2025, doesn’t ask such meaty questions.
- New York City has a plan to deliver a living wage to musicians: Hike streaming prices by 50%.
- Meanwhile, in Germany, the government is considering a 10% digital tax on big tech companies like Meta and Alphabet.
- There’s more Oasis ticket drama for their shows in Manchester.
- Meanwhile, shouldn’t Liam and Noel have been rehearsing together by now?
- I know you’ll want to read this: “Why are concert tickets so expensive?”
- Meanwhile, in the UK, Tixel is the first ticketing company to introduce a £1 levy on tickets sold for gigs at venues with capacities of 5,000 or more. That money will be distributed to smaller venues so they can stay open.
- A Shakira show at Fenway Park in Boston was canceled just before showtime because the staging “fell apart.”
- Meanwhile, 77-year-old Iggy Pop played a show in London and was taken offstage in a coffin. (Via Christopher)
- Thom Yorke is ranting about AI, saying that it’s “theft.” He’s not wrong because…
- Meanwhile, record labels continue to talk to AI companies Udio and Suno about licensing music.
- There’s a new Black Sabbath mural in Birmingham.
- If you’re in BC, John Lennon’s psychedelic Rolls-Royce is on display again.
- Bono has reiterated that U2 is a democracy.
- This is fun: That time in the 70s Neil Young visited a record shop, found some bootlegs, and confiscated them. (Via Tom)
- If you’re REALLY into radio, you might want to look at this.
BONUS: There’s a new movie called Paradise Records that should appeal to anyone who’s ever gone record shopping. (Via Sean)
BONUS BONUS: Then there’s this new movie about a suicidal radio dude and…well, I’m not sure what that other thing is. (Sean again)
