By The Way: Queen's £1bil Catalogue, Labels Sue Over AI, Coldplay's Recycled Moon Music, RIP Seth Binzer

26-Jun-24 22:00

By The Way: Queen's £1bil Catalogue, Labels Sue Over AI, Coldplay's Recycled Moon Music, RIP Seth Binzer

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By The Way is a monthly rapid-fire segment that gives you a snapshot of developing stories in the music world. This week, Queen's entire music catalogue is purchased for a historic £1 billion by Sony Music, the world's biggest record labels sue AI music generators over copyright allegations, vinyl copies of Coldplay's next album 'Moon Music' will be made entirely from plastic bottles, and we say goodbye to Shifty Shellshock, lead singer of the rap-rock band Crazy Town.

Produced by: Daryl Ong, Julian Yap

Presented by: Daryl Ong

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Categories: music, culture

Tags: artificial intelligence in music, Suno AI, UdioAI, Suno, Udio, moon music, shifty shellshock, seth binzer, crazy town, the pulse, the pulse btw, queen, sony music, ai in music, coldplay, recyclable materials, sustainability,

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