Random music news for Wednesday, March 5, 2025

In case you have nothing to worry about right now: Just as Trump cut USAID funding, a new lethal mystery disease has shown up in the Congo and the cuts are slowing the response. What could possibly go wrong? Music news for March 5, 2025, however, is properly funded.

1. RIP Bob Rupe, Cracker’s bass player between 1994 and 2000. He was 68.
2. In 2022, ex-Helix bass player Dan Fawcett was found murdered in a London, Ontario, park. The trial of his accused killer has begun.
3. Drake’s legal dispute with iHeartRadio over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has been settled.
4. Jay-Z has sued a former sexual assault accuser for defamation.
5. Level 42 bass player Mark King thinks that AI is going to kill us all.
6. What’s an “AI phone” and why is it so cheap?
7. Green Day had to cancel a show because of a cyclone.
8. Wow. TikTok is sure making a lot of money.
9. The company that runs The Sphere in Las Vegas reports a revenue hiccup.
10. Still with Vegas, Alanis Morissette has announced a residency at Caesar’s Palace.
11. IMRSV is a new spatial adio company. They’re all about Dolby ATMOS recordings.
12. Wu-Tang Clan is going on tour one last time. Here’s a trailer.
13. Has streaming devalued music? You bet–and I’m not the only one who believes this. See?
14. Want to be a K-pop star? Contact this company in Singapore and have US$10,000 ready.
15. And this might be good for at-work listening today: An old-timey Top 40 station featuring legendary old-timey DJs.

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