Random music news for Wednesday, August 6, 2025

I don’t even know what to say about this. I just don’t. But when it comes to music news for August 6, 2025…

RIP Terry Reid, the man who was almost chosen by Jimmy Page to be the singer of the band that would become Led Zeppelin.
I’ve been saying this about Lollapalooza for the past couple of years. The festival is in trouble.
It looks as if The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM might end later this year. That would be the end of an era.
A Diddy pardon? Don’t count it out.
Spotify prices are going up again in some parts of the world.
Sony is suing Napster. No, that’s not a story from 2000.
Rumours about a Metallica residence at The Sphere in Las Vegas are getting stronger.
AI is now coming for producers who create radio jingles.
And AI now seems to be coming for music journalists.
But is an AI backlash brewing? Maybe.
One more: Grok, Elon’s AI, is now offering to make Taylor Swift deepfake nudes. Great. Just great.
Jack White was on a mission: To attend an MLB game in every park. He just completed it.
A Toronto venue had a break-in. Thieves cleared out all the booze and the sound system.
Financial report: Snapchat now has 469 million daily users and 16 million subscribers.
Need some Billy Eilish lullabys? Here you go.