Random music news for Saturday, December 6, 2025
Welcome to music news for December 6, 2025. BONUS: About that mysterious Russian “doomsday” radio station. Maybe it’s not so bad after all. (Via Rick J)
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Random music news for Friday, November 28, 2025
Black Friday. Let’s be careful out there. Now for music news for November 28, 2025. More music news? Go here.
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A new survey says that live music is Canada’s favourite form of entertainment
Live Nation has just released a global report that surveyed 40,000 people aged 18-54 across 15 countries about how they like to spend their leisure time. The “Living for Live” report shows that
Read MoreIt looks like 2025 will be Live Nation’s best year ever
Live Nation announced Q3 results this week and more records were broken. Why the huge bump? An increase in the number of stadium shows. (We’re looking at you Oasis, Coldplay, and My Chemical
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Toronto’s Budweiser Stage will soon be no more. HOWEVER…
People have been flocking to Toronto’s Ontario Place for live since the funky circular Forum opened in the spring of 1971. It’s long gone, of course, replaced by the much bigger Molson Amphitheatre
Read MoreRandom music news for Tuesday, October 21, 2025
I’d never thought of this. Now I’m having nightmares. Music news for October 21, 2025, is much less scary. BONUS: How about some No Kings music? Sure! (Via Sean)
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, October 16, 2025
Odd radio circles: Not my immediate group of friends, but something much larger. As for music news for October 16, 2025. BONUS: The Frog Resistance in Portland. Go Kermit! (Via Sean)
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, October 10, 2025
A fan of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses? Then you might like this special ranking. Or maybe not. Either way, here’s music news for October 10, 2025. BONUS: A disco cover of one of
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, October 9, 2025
I’m really starting to hope that AI/Atlas really is an alien invasion. Elsewhere, we have music news for October 9, 2025. BONUS: And there goes the phone book.
Read MorePeople not going to concerts? Hah! Live Nation just reported a massive Q2
While there have been stories about tours not doing well, Live Nation says that things are just fine. Their second quarter results contained the following (all figures in USD) All in all, things
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Some tours are struggling. You know what genres aren’t? Hard rock and metal.
There have been stories this summer of tours struggling to fill venues. The reasons are many: Too many shows by too many artists, the unfriendly tourist policies of the current US administration, people
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