Listeners, a packed day in music sees both breakthroughs and major shakeups across genres. Rock legend Dave Edmunds of Rockpile is in critical condition following cardiac arrest, while a tragic incident at Oasis’s Wembley show led to a fan fatality, casting a somber tone over the festival circuit according to A Journal of Musical Things. Meanwhile, the industry itself is shifting: a new US copyright law aims to deliver overdue royalties to veteran musicians, a headline story pushing advocacy for artists’ rights.
New music releases abound: August spotlights hip-hop heavyweights as JID gears up for his Dreamville/Interscope album "God Does Like Ugly," set to drop August 8 and featuring a track with Eminem. Kid Cudi is primed for his introspective 11th album "Free" releasing August 22, fresh off his recent wedding, while $uicideboy$ bring "Thy Kingdom Come" to listeners at the top of the month before hitting the road on the Grey Day Tour, as reported by XXL Mag. Elsewhere in rock, The Who, Jethro Tull, Roger Waters, and Jerry Garcia release new live sets, and John Fogerty marks a legal victory with "Legacy: The Creedence Clearwater Revival Years," updating twenty of his best-known classics. Deep Purple fans have fresh content with a "Made in Japan" box set featuring Steven Wilson’s new mixes and a revamped "Rapture of the Deep," Ultimate Classic Rock details.
Country music welcomes a rising star with 13-year-old Josie Sal’s "Redneck Weekend," and HARDY delivers his Mississippi-proud “Bottomland,” previewing his September album. Zach Top also teases his album with “South of Sanity.” Grammy winner Colbie Caillat, teaming with Maddie & Tae, shares the heartfelt “Live Without,” as Williamson Source highlights.
On the business side, NetEase’s lawsuit against K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment makes headlines with legal battles intensifying within the global pop scene. LA’s KCON festival draws massive engagement, underlining K-pop’s growing yet questioned global resilience, with some industry speculation from A Journal of Musical Things that the genre’s explosive run might be waning. Meanwhile, Shakira’s major record sales in Mexico and Amazon Music’s expanded analytics platform point to international shifts in consumer power and artist awareness according to Hypebot.
Pop culture notes include a new street named for Jerry Garcia in San Francisco and a quirky lookalike contest attended by Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes. The ongoing feud between Roger Daltrey and Zak Starkey escalates, proving classic rock's big personalities are as fiery as ever.
For trending, R&B, indie, and pop fans, an array of releases from Mariah the Scientist, Mac DeMarco, Stray Kids, and more is coming up in August, as detailed by Wikipedia’s list of 2025 albums.
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