Random music news for Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Even hardcore MAGA people are coming around to the idea that the Trump assassination in Butler PA was staged. About time. Moving to music news for April 22, 2026…
- Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple as of September 1.This is a big deal. Get to know the name John Ternus. Tim Cook was about supply chains. Ternus is a hardware guy.
- Let’s repeat this again: Deezer says that AI-generated songs make up almost half up all new uploads.
- Still with AI, Amazon plans to invest another US$25 billion in Anthropic.
- Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Iceland, and Slovenia are not participating in Eurovision because they’re boycotting Israel’s inclusion. However, a large group of artists are pleading to keep the competition non-political with this open letter.
- Quince, the fashion brand, has been sued by Universal Music for US$10 billion for unauthorized use of music in the company’s social media posts.
- Scorpions cancelled a tour of India due to a medical emergency within the band.
- Meanwhile, Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls has been diagnosed with a couple of serious illnesses.
- Poland and Switzerland don’t want Kanye to visit.
- Russia’s record labels are under tremendous financial strain. Gee, I wonder why.
- There’s shortwave, medium wave (AM radio), and longwave. I had no idea the BBC was still broadcasting in longwave. But not for long.
- There’s a new app from Japan called Bop that describes itself as “a pocket DJ that lets you mix, mash and mess with music your way.”
- Meta might lay off as much as 10% of its workforce next month. That’s 8,000 people. That’s probably just the start.
- This bluegrass singer broke his leg skateboarding. Dave Grohl has offered him his Dave of Thrones.
- If Keith Richards can survive events like these, he’ll be around forever.
- Prince: “That’s MY bathroom!”
BONUS: Toilet paper, hotel rooms, and psychology. (Via Larry)
