Random music news for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
A Cheech and Chong documentary will premiere in theatres on–you guessed it–April 20. This is music news for February 18, 2025.
- Former Eagles guitarist Don Felder had some kind of medical incident onstage.
- Ozzy admits that he will only be able to do “bits and pieces” during Black Sabbath’s final performance in July.
- If you’re a fan of synth music, this is a good article on how synths affected music. (Via Mark)
- The stats have it: Radio is still the biggest music platform in the world.
- Noise-canceling headphones could be re-wiring your brain, but it depends on your age.
- Steven Tyler won’t be touring again. His voice is just too fragile.
- The next time you go through “It’s a Small World” at Disneyland, you might notice different lyrics.
- This Chrome extension will change it back to “The Gulf of Mexico” every time.
- Interesing: Instagram is tesing a “dislike” button, but just for comments.
- Apple really wants to release a new smarter version of Siri, but there are problems.
- Google is getting 10 million takedown notices a day.
- What’s this new “superfan” tier that’s supposedly coming with Spotify? Higher-quality audio, chances to buy concert tickets, and the ability to remix songs are part of it. And yes, it will cost more.
- American radio doesn’t pay artists properly, That could soon change.
- If you’re worried about Taylor Swift fans ditching vinyl–certainly one of the most pressing issues in today’s world–read this univeristy study.
BONUS: Let’s have a listen to the sound of Earth flipping its magnetic field.
