Random music news for Wednesday, April 30, 2025
This book on the digital manipulation of humans has been revealed to have been written by AI. Perfect. Music news for April 30, 2025, is all human, all the time.
- Neil Young has a new song that takes a shot at Elon Musk. There’s a line that goes “If you’re a fascist, get a Tesla.”
- It’s quite possible that Oasis’ “Some Might Say,” first released in 1995, might end up at number one in the UK this week.
- Still with the charts, Jack Black’s Minecraft song, “Steve’s Lava Chicken,” has set a record as the Billboard Hot 100’s shortest song. It runs 34 seconds.
- You’ve never seen the Red Hot Chili Peppers quite like this before.
- Black Flag is back. Good. We need them now.
- Katy Perry’s dancing on her current tour isn’t going over well.
- When did everyone stop dancing at dance clubs?
- Could we soon see 7-Eleven at music festivals? Yes–and here’s why.
- Did Donald Trump just dis Taylor Swift? Yeah. Yeah, he did.
- Spotify says it paid out US$100 million to podcasters. How much of that went to Joe Rogan?
- The UK has this plan to help smaller venues. It’s brought in £500,000 so far.
- X has lost over 14 million users in the EU over the last year. Nice one, Elmo.
- Why is Gene Simmons charging so much for someone to be his roadie? “Insurance,” he says.
- How’s this for a new genre: “Egg punk.”
- Motorhead Day is coming up next week.
BONUS: Dude. Just get a new phone.
