Random music news for Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Not an April Fool’s joke. Claw King lets you participate in a eight player battle royale featuring lobsters. Let’s try some music news for April 1, 2026.
- Pussy Riot staged a protest at the Manhattan headquarters of a tech company called Ubiquiti, accusing them of aiding and abetting Russian war crimes.
- The Rolling Stones might have their American visas revoked because they said some nasty things about Melania Trump. That is not a headline from The Onion.
- Eminem is suing a swimwear company called “Swim Shady” over copyright infringement.
- The estate of Bob Marley is suing a cannabis brand for using the name “Marley.”
- Queen is being sued by a rock photographer even though he’s dead.
- And the Drake-Universal defamation lawsuit just keeps on going. Here’s the latest.
- Survey: When it comes to band merch, fans want more than just t-shirts.
- It looks like Erasure has played its last show. (Via Rick J)
- Why does Bob Dylan need a Patreon page?
- We can now buy an iPhone 17 Pro with a piece of Steve Jobs’ turtleneck embedded. Only US$10,000, too.
- Suffer from motion sickness? Maybe this Samsung phone will help.
- Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldinho has started a record label.
- SoundCloud has a new feature for artists to reach their superfans with exclusive releases.
- Like a lot of people, I thought Web 3.0 was going to be a thing. Nope.
- In this survey, 15% of American say they’d be okay working for an AI boss. Nope.
BONUS: Everyone needs a hobby, I guess. (Via Tom)
Erasure story turned out to be incorrect (to put it generously) – and their official Instagram account has countered it : https://www.instagram.com/p/DWi9_pfAb9s/