Random music news for Wednesday, February 19, 2025
If you need some music to get you through the week, here’s a seven-hour playlist based on the history of alt-rock. Moving to music news for February 19, 2025…
- Brian Moloko of Placebo was arrested in Italy on charges of defaming the prime minister. (She’s far-right and Moloko called him “fascist.”)
- Massive Attack has plans for a major environmentally conscious gig in London.
- Guns N’ Roses and Tool have been added to the final FINAL Black Sabbath show in July.
- Before he died Layne Staley of Alice in Chains wrote in journals. They will be published in a book called This Angry Pen: The Lost Journals of Layne Staley this November.
- Here’s an update on David Johansen of the New York Dolls and his fight with stage four cancer.
- Spotify’s high-res streaming tier might be launched later this year. Maybe.
- And the best-selling musical artist globally in 2024 was…yeah, her. For the fifth time.
- This could be another crackdown on payola in the American radio business.
- Duck Radio: It’s a thing. (Via Rick J)
- My Chemical Romance vocalist Gerard Way has revived The Umbrella Academy for a new graphic novel series.
- Megan Thee Stallion is now in the tequila business.
- Mark Hoppus of blink-182 owns a genuine Banksy. He’s going to auction it off.
- This double headliner concert bill shows you that if you just stick around long enough, all will be forgiven.
- Want to stay healthy? Doctors say we should dance for 20 minutes a day.
- Want to reverse cognitive decline? Turn off the internet to your phone.
BONUS: At this point in the winter, you might want to browse through the best beaches in the world.
