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Check out these young kids KILLING it with their cover of NIN’s “Wish”

June 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

This young’uns do a great job with “Wish” by NIN. Yes, they perform all the lyrics. There’s hope for the future.

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Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox go back to Survivor for Sunday Lunch.

June 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

It’s another encore from the kitchen featuring Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox, and guest guitarist Sidney Jake (how can he breathe?) on Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.”

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Our naive and sweet opera singer reacts to “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin

June 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

As album openers go, “Black Dog,” side one, track one of Led Zeppelins fourth album in 1971, is a killer. It’s been a staple of rock radio for well over 50 years. Yet

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Halfway through 2025, these acts are the box office leaders.

June 14, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Since we’re almost at the halfway point of 2025, Pollstar, the publication that keeps tabs on the live music world, has published a list of the box office leaders so far. (actually from

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Bonarroo Festival has been completely canceled because of bad weather

June 14, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

Along with Coachella and Lollapalooza, Bonarroo is one of America’s mega-festivals. This year, however, it is not thanks to bad weather. On Friday (June 13, ominously), an evacuation order was issued because of

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ICYMI: Things I posted elsewhere this week (14 June 2025)

June 14, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

It’s another busy week of generating content. Here’s some of that material found elsewhere ICYMI. Weekly Global News Column: It’s time to talk about the hideously difficult process of choosing a name for your

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Random music news for Saturday, June 14, 2025

June 14, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

Today’s the day of Trump’s pity parade of the military in DC. What are the chances of someone in a chicken suit carrying a taco getting arrested/hurt/shot? It’s sad that I’m not making

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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 042: Ticket Scalper Crimes

June 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

A concert ticket is a simple thing. It symbolizes a contract between you and an artist that allows you admission to a performance set for a designated venue at a specific time. That’s

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Muse teases their next album with the live debut of a new song.

June 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

I was just thinking the other day, “Gee, it’s been a while since we’ve heard from Muse. It’s been, what, three years?” And then a day later, the band started teasing a new

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Here’s a metal way to teach your kid the ABCs.

June 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

It’s never too early to start the little sprog on his/her/their way to a lifetime of reading. That, of course, starts with learning ABCs. Here’s a metal way of doing that. I heartily

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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Last Moments Of… part 3

June 13, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 min read

We don’t like to think about our favourite musicians as being mortal. Because let’s face it, we believe that they do extraordinary things and make us feel in ways we otherwise wouldn’t. Rock

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Have I got a story for you! Award-winning Music Historian and host of the chart-topping Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Alan Cross unleashes his next amazing podcast. In every episode, Alan Cross takes you inside unbelievable true stories of crime, murder, scandal, strange deaths, unexplainable events, and the general mayhem from the music industry through the decades. There is a lot of bad behaviour that needs to be talked about. It’s a one-of-a-kind podcast featuring true crime stories from the world of music. OUT NOW!

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