Random music news for Tuesday, November 18, 2025

What’s so special about the number 6,174? This. Cool, no? Now let’s try some music news for November 18, 2025.

1. Nicki Minaj has been recruited by Trump people to help promote a military invasion of Nigeria. Wait–what?
2. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift is being very, very silent. Why?
3. A Limp Bizkit concert in Estonia has been cancelled because Fred Durst once made some pro-Russian comments. FAFO, Freddy.
4. US Thanksgiving means football. Eminem is going to produce the halftime show for the Lions game on November 27.
5. Meanwhile, Linkin Park will be part of a special wrestling event.
6. Pete Townshend wants to use AI to help complete unfinished songs.
7. Another music book is on the way. This one tells the story of The Alan Parsons Project.
8. Coldplay went to great lengths to record every show on the Music of the Spheres tour. Check it out.
9. In crime news, the man accused of murdering the music supervisor of American Idol and her husband has been ruled too incompetent to stand trial.
10. Russia’s Doomsday Radio station has gone off the air. It was a Ukraine drone strike.
11. This UK radio chain is using AI traffic reporters.
12. This is how Jimmy Page autographs books. And Trump is upset with Biden’s Auto-Pen? (Via Tom)
13. Here’s a trailer for what looks like a cool doc on the Boston alt-rock scene. (Via Danny)
14. There’s a new tourist attraction for music fans in Wichita, Kansas. Uh, okay. (Via Tom)
15. If he has his way, Dave Mustaine says the last Megadeth gig will be on the moon.

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BONUS: John Cleese canceled shows in Jerusalem and Tel Aliv because he’s being accused of anti-Israel bias on social media. I think it’s because someone remembered this.