Random music news for Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Radio signals from an exoplanet! Yay! Aliens? No. Damn. But as a consolation, here’s music news for September 29, 2026.
- Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack was arrested at a pro-Palestine protest in the UK.
- Netflix has postponed the debut of the documentary on notorious pedo Gary Glitter, saying that “new legal information” has become available.
- Singer Michael Kiwanuka reveals he suffered “severe brain injury” from a stroke.
- Did you see what Todd Rundgren said about Taylor Swift? “The apotheosis of mediocrity.” He thinks she has “ruined music.”
- British singer Sam Smith is facing another copyright infringement claim, this time over his song “Dancing with a Stranger.”
- If you registered to buy Oasis tickets for 2027, beware. There’s a scam afoot. Anyway, they instantly sold out all 42 shows on next year’s tour.
- FanFair Alliance, a UK organization campaigning for fair ticket prices, released some interesting new data about reseller Viagogo.
- In March, a dude pleaded guilty to scamming streaming music services of US$8 million by using a bot to play his AI songs. Now his lawyers say he shouldn’t have to go to jail.
- The San Jose Sharks used the music-generating program Suno to come up with a goal song for the 2026-27 season. Fans revolted. It’s gone.
- Sarah McLachlan and Riley Green will be our performers at the 2026 Grey Cup in Calgary.
- Guitar Center, the big music chain in the US, is in financial trouble. They may be rescued by this nuclear engineer. (Via Sean)
- Another band has taken out a restraining order against a former guitarist (and his girlfriend).
- The Sphere in Las Vegas is already upgrading its tech. This is what they’re doing now.
- If AM radio does die, America’s Federal Communications Commission has a lot to answer for.
- If you miss cassettes, check out this display at the KaDeWe department store in Berlin.
BONUS: And speaking of cassettes…
