Random music news for Friday, August 16, 2024
Spare a prayer for Danny Tesler. The man who invented cut/copy/paste has died at the age of 74. Now for some music news for August 16, 2024.
- How’s this for a rumour? Taylor Swift finishes her Wembley Stadium run on Tuesday. Democratic National Convention starts in Chicago Monday. Might she drop in?
- The Sex Pistols are playing live again but without Johnny Rotten.
- Jack White dropped his NO NAME album without warning. He says he might do the same thing for dates on the NO NAME tour.
- This song broke the record for the most-Shazamed song in a single day when it was featured during the closing ceremonies of the Paris Olympics.
- A new study shows that music can be used to locate ageing areas of the brain.
- New Oasis material? Yes! Is it any good? Well…
- And speaking of them, Noel Gallagher’s Definitely Maybe guitar is going up for auction.
- Crisis in K-pop land. Suga of BTS might end up in prison over a DUI.
- When Jeff Beck died of meningitis, he left £28 million to his wife.
- New/old Lou Reed is going to be released in an new anthology.
- Apple is going to take a 30% of certain Patreon subscriptions. Cue the outrage.
- Know a teen into music? Then tell them about Canada’s Teen Jam which is coming to Toronto in October.
- SoundCloud now has a store.
- Is Tool working on new material right now? It sure looks like it.
- Not music releated, but the house where they filmed Poltergeist is up for sale. Anyone interested? (Via Dave)
BONUS: How about a jazz version of “Heart-Shaped Box?” (Via Rick J)
