Random music news for Saturday, March 15, 2025
Remember Trumpy and Elmo’s car sale on the White House lawn. Trump “bought” a Telsa with 37 recall notices against it. No recalls for music news for March 15, 2025.
- Rock stars: What a drag it is getting older.
- In other news, Kanye is still batsh*t crazy. (Via Rick J)
- Like Diddy, R Kelly is trying to sue people from prison. And like Diddy, things aren’t going well.
- Is there a mole inside the Oasis organization who’s leaking info about the reunion? Liam Gallagher thinks so.
- On the topic of Oasis, we have a producer for the official Oasis film.
- New figures: In 2024, the global recorded music market was worth US$36.2 billion.
- Theory: Spotify is underestimating music listeners. Here’s why.
- There seems to be a trend of artists dropping out of festivals in favour of stadium shows. Let’s look at that.
- China is putting DeepSeek AI into everything.
- Hipgnosis, the company that help start the rush toward buying music catalogues, has been reorganized and rebranded.
- Sony is going after the University of Southern California for using music in social posts without permission.
- People are going to buy this Machine Head whisky just for the bottles. So American.
- Limp Bizkit probably thought they were doing a nice thing. And then…
- An ex-Meta executive has written a tell-all book about working there. Meta wants to block its release.
- Eminem might end up being an owner of a WNBA team in Detroit.
BONUS: Save this WikiAsteroids game for when you need a timesuck on Monday.
BONUS BONUS: Have you made peace with our new alien overlords yet? Soon…
