Random music news for Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Save the date! Manure Fest Expo is coming up! (Via Rick J). Let’s not draw any parallels with my selection of music news for November 19, 2025.
- Jack White has been picked by Eminem to help with the Detroit Lions’ halftime show of their US Thanksgiving game. Trump isn’t happy.
- And if Trump knew who Henry Rollins was, he wouldn’t be happy with him, either.
- The comptroller of New York City isn’t happy about ICE recruitment ads running on Spotify. He’s got some questions.
- The guitar Kurt Cobain played in the “Smells Like Teen Spirit” video is going up for auction in the spring. It’s expected to fetch millions.
- People complain about StubHub, but the truth is many people use the company to get concert tickets. They just had a good quarter.
- What’s the future of the musician biopic? Frankly, it doesn’t look good right now...
- …yet they’re pressing ahead with the KISS biopic.
- Interesting and relevant observation: Men dominate podcasting. Let’s look at why. (Via Rick J)
- This is not good. An AI company is cranking out THREE THOUSAND podcasts a week. Sure. More slop.
- Amyl and the Sniffers had a show canceled, so they bought everyone drinks. It cost them US$35,000. Priceless publicity, though.
- Yungblud has canceled all shows for the rest of the year because of unspecified medical concerns.
- Brian May of Queen, who recovered from a stroke, gave us a health update.
- And from the strange world of Drake, we have this.
- The Sunset Marquis is one of the world’s most famous rock’n’roll hotels. A documentary has been made and premieres on Friday.
- Johnny Rotten says this comedian was his “kindred spirit.”
BONUS: Revealed some humanoid robots last week. Everything went well until…
