Random music news for Friday, March 28, 2025
Wow. It seems that just about anything can be monetized on the internet. Music news for March 28, 2025? Priceless.
- Napster (the legal version) has been sold again for US$207 million. The buyer is a metaverse company and the owner of a drone racing league.
- Apple Music is reaching out to DJs with some new apps and opportunities.
- There is a real move in the UK to cap how much a scalper/reseller can charge for a concert ticket. Maybe other governments will follow along.
- There’s been a development in a lawsuit involving the training of AI models with copyrighted music.
- The Limp Bizkit vs. UMG lawsuit is getting uglier. US$200 million is at stake.
- What’s the appeal of online radio? Let’s take a look.
- When it comes to tickets to the reunion tour, Oasis and Ticketmaster “may have misled fans.”
- On the subject of concert tickets, Live Nation has reached a US$20 million settlement in one lawsuit.
- Wait: TikTok is the saviour of the world? That’s their message.
- I’m not into country, but the message behind this song is VERY powerful.
- Richard Nixon went after John Lennon in much the way Trump is going after people he doesn’t like. Here’s an explanation.
- Apple Music just started sounding better–if you have a set of AirPods Max.
- ZZ Top has their own museum exhibit now.
- There may be a thaw in Fleetwood Mac relations.
- Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe says his next project will be a horror novel.
BONUS: Human sophons. IYKYK.
