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It’s time again for another one of my national speaking tours! Here’s where/when/ticket links

September 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1124 Views

It happens around once a year. I pack things up and take my Ongoing History of New Music/Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry Act on the road. This tour will be

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ConcertsInterview

More from the 2026 Vans Warped Tour in Montreal with a interview with LØLØ

September 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 33 Views

Over the course of the Vans Warped Tour festival in Montreal, there were a lot of very busy people. Kevin Lyman naturally seemed to be everywhere. From the unveiling of the set times

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Funny/Weird

This kid has embarked on the most insane listening experience in the history of music.

September 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 45 Views

Everyone needs a hobby, and if it involves music, great. But this kid is taking it to the extreme. His name is Sam Andrews, an 18-year-old who is on a mission to listen

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Recommended Music

In the mood for an anti-Trump song about tariffs? Here you go.

September 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 42 Views

President Yamtits Childman is genuinely mentally ill. He’s living in an alternative reality created by his temporal lobes turning into pudding. Meanwhile, his enablers are only too happy to make excuses for his

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Medical Mysteries of Music

Study: Metal fans have a higher tolerance for pain

September 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 40 Views

There have been many studies about the health benefits of listening to metal. Now we’re learning that metal fans have a higher tolerance for pain under certain circumstances. The boffins at the Max

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MusicRecommended Music

Indie to Know: 5 Bands to Hear This Week

September 2, 2026 Brent Chittenden 0 Comments 38 Views

Welcome back to Indie to Know, where I rummage around the large bag of music we get sent to us every week to pull out five gems to bless your ear holes with.

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The David Bowie-Iggy Pop-Slash connection

September 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 37 Views

In the early 1970s, Iggy Pop was completely out of his head on drugs. After an arrest, a judge gave him a choice: jail or commitment to a mental health facility. That’s how

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Music News

Random music news for Wednesday, September 2, 2026

September 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 42 Views

Star Trek fans are being asked to celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary by selling a world record for the largest Vulcan salute ever. Live long and prosper, people. Meanwhile, over on the music

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Uncharted

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 072: Forgotten music festival disasters, part 1

September 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 64 Views

Your friends have an idea. Let’s all go to this big music festival!  Three days outdoors with lots of music and thousands of like-minded fans. Great! Sounds like fun! And you have every

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CrimeUncharted

10,951 days after Tupac Shakur was shot, someone has been convicted of his murder

September 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 74 Views

On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was in the passenger seat of a 7-series BMW driven by record mogul Suge Knight. As they sat at a stoplight, a white Cadillac pulled up on

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Music News

Want to compete for Canada at Eurovision 2027? The registration portal is now open.

September 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 145 Views

Eurovision is the most batsh*t crazy music competition in this arm of the Milky Way. Since 1956, it has confounded, confused, outraged, and often delighted music fans across Europe and around the world.

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alan cross uk rock tour

This September, Cross will be leading the UK Legends of Rock: Music History Tour, a 10-day tour of England that will take participants from London to Liverpool and Manchester to learn about its musical legends — The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Led Zeppelin, Amy Winehouse, Oasis, Joy Division, The Smiths and more.

For full details and the itinerary, go here.

Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

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.

The Science of Song by Alan Cross

This illustrated book explores how music and the ways we experience it has transformed over the years and the science behind all of it. It starts with the basics — how does sound work? and what, exactly, is music?

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