Random music news for Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Music news for February 5, 2025.
- Dave Grohl continues his public re-emergence with an appearance at the Saturday Night Live 50th-annivesary concert.
- Spotify’s latest financial results reveal that the company has 263 million paying subscribers and 675 million monthly average users. Both figure are up substantially from a year ago.
- Kanye West’s Grammy stunt with his wife may have cost him US$20 million.
- Hate the Grammys? You’re not alone. Take a look at this. (Via Rick J)
- Killer Mike hates the Grammys, too. In fact, he’s suing over something that happened last year.
- So how can the Grammys be made better? Here are some suggestions. (Rick J again)
- What is “streaming 2.0?” Let’s explore that.
- Interesting: A list of Beatles monuments around the world. (Rick J must really hate the Grammys)
- Remember how The Black Keys canceled a high-profile tour last year? They’re going to try again.
- SiriusXM is having some financial issues. Revenues fell by 3% last year.
- There’s a new social listening platform called “Hangout.” Here’s what’s that’s all about.
- There’s more Trump nonsense about the US government taking an ownership stake in TikTok. What could possibly go wrong?
- Liam Gallagher is building a pool in his backyard even though he can’t swim.
- Pretty much Chopin ever composed and everything he ever did is now online.
- Another win for music: It keeps anti-social kids off the street.
BONUS: After The Beatles won a Grammy on Sunday, this appeared on their YouTube site.
