Random music news for Tuesday, April 15, 2025
The dustiest place in the house is…really? This is a shock? Music news for April 15, 2025, is somewhat more useful.
- Rob Hirst, drummer and founding member of Midnight Oil, has revealed he has pancreatic cancer.
- The death toll in the Dominican Republic nightclub disaster has risen to 226.
- Green Day go boom–almost.
- Diddy’s trial is coming up. There will be freak off party video.
- “Delete all IP law?” This is dangerous talk.
- This DJ explains why she turned down an offer to play at Fyre Fest 2. Honestly, though, she doesn’t need a reason. This thing is going to be another disaster.
- Buskers are “psychological torture?” Really?
- This headline about YouTube and AI technology is terrifying.
- You gotta love Shirley Manson of Garbage. Great attitude! (She’s also tough, too.)
- Barry Manilow is 80. He’s going to retire after one more set of concerts.
- There was a music-related theft in Brazil. It’s not the kind of thing you hear about every day.
- Bon Iver had some interesting merch available for the release of his new album including coffee and sorbet.
- This social media startup allows you to test your posts before they go live.
- And the most-downloaded app in the world last month was… Okay. I’m not surprised.
- Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee are jamming. Interesting.
BONUS: This is the mathematical/scientific formula for “the perfect day.”
BONUS BONUS: A note from Stephen. I love this.
I’ve recently made a large donation to the Canadian Cancer society to support research in something called Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT). FMT involves cancer patients swallowing capsules full of human feces — this is not a joke! It’s gross! It’s hilarious! And it’s (surprisingly) effective!
We got t-shirts.
