Random music news for Friday, August 2, 2019
Are we already at the third long weekend of the summer? (Yes, America, we get Monday off.) Make it a good one. Meanwhile, let’s try some music news for August 2, 2019.
- How much could the plagiarism judgment against Katy Perry cost her? A lot. About US$2.78 million, to be exact.
- Donald Trump has sent a hostage negotiator to Sweden to see if he can’t spring A$AP Rocky out of jail.
- Katy Perry spends $2,000 “flashing” ice cubes. Wait–what?
- As a joke, this guy sent his buddy to the Hamptons mansion owned by Jay-Z and Beyonce.
- Meanwhile, in California, here’s our first look at the domes being built by Kanye for acolytes for his new church.
- Ticketmaster Australia is moving more and more away from paper concert tickets. See?
- A Vampire Weekend signature…taco?
- Got bad WiFi? Call Drake!
- There is now a “content centre” for creators at the Toronto Eaton Centre.
- Well, that escalated quickly.
- YouTube will live stream Lollapalooza 2019 live. Go here.
- George Michael’s former house in California has just sold.
- Chance the Rapper says he doesn’t want to be a hologram after he dies. Noted.
- Meanwhile, back in R Kelly’s world…
- More Prince music is coming next month.
