Random music news for Thursday, January 9, 2025
We’ve had Boomers, GenX, Millennials, Gen Z, Gen Alpha. Babies born in 2025 will be part of Gen Beta. Now that you know that, we can move on to music news for January 9, 2025.
- It was a very merry December for Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. Here’s why.
- What’s wrong with people? Pamela Anderson was assaulted on an airplane because someone (sounds like a MAGA) thought she was a member of Dixie Chicks.
- Need some new gear? Will.i.am has new audio tech to reveal in this partnership with LG.
- This new AI speaker will remove the vocals from any song. This will provide issues for companies that license vocal-less music for karaoke.
- Nvidia has a new US$3,000 supercomputer for your desk. Want.
- A Fleetwood Mac backup singer lost US$1 million in a romance scam.
- Vivid Seats is a secondary ticket reseller that’s thinking of selling. The company thinks it has a value of US$1 billion.
- Radio designed just for hospitals was a thing in the UK. One of the longest-lasting stations has shut down.
- Universal Music and Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit are going at it in a lawsuit. At stake: US$200 million.
- The Edge is teasing new U2 music and a tour.
- Marilyn Manson gets a three-part documentary on British TV this month.
- If you’re a bartender and Post Malone is a customer, treat him well and he might tip you US$20,000, too.
- Wait: Glenn Close was in System of a Down? Sort of.
- Good God! Deborah Harry is turning 80 this year.
- KISS has settled a legal case with a former wig roadie. That is not a typo. I did mean to write “wig roadie.”
BONUS: Here’s the Eurovision 2025 stage. Looking for more batsh*t crazy performances. (Via Sean)
