Random music news for Saturday, April 19, 2025
Music news for April 19, 2025, is a much safer wager.
- Tom Green explains to Americans why Canadians are so upset over all this 51st state talk.
- Spotify has a rule that it won’t pay out anything for songs that have streamed fewer than 1,000. Did they really save US$47 million by doing that?
- Will the US DOJ force the breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster? Here’s the latest.
- Fyre Festival 2 is dead. Promoter Billy McFarland is blaming Mexican officials for “theft.”
- The Drake-Kendrick-Universal defamation lawsuit keeps getting hotter. Here’s the latest.
- Keanu Reeves has signed on to play a villain in the Weezer movie.
- Does music streaming have an ad revenue problem in the US? Maybe.
- Looking to write a protest song? Here’s what you have to keep in mind.
- Can you spot the problems faced by the music industry? This diagram may help.
- This guy analyzed chord progressions in 680,000 songs. Here’s what he found besides the most common chord is G. (Via Brad)
- They don’t make stereo systems like this anymore–and that’s probably a good thing. (Via Brad)
- I don’t think Peter Hook will be back in New Order anytime soon. Read this.
- Oh, Diddy. Really?
- And yes, his trial will start as scheduled on May 5.
BONUS: A metal version of “Gangnam Style?” Why not? (Via Rick J)
