Random music news for Friday, August 26, 2022
California celebrities: “Drought? What drought? We’re rich. We don’t worry about other people.” Once you calm down, proceed to music news for August 26, 2022.
- Deezer, the French music streaming service, is repositioning itself to appeal to younger users.
- Lenny Kravitz played an interesting private gig. The rich are not like you and me.
- Three men have been arrested on charges of breaking into Mariah Carey’s house.
- The next Muse album is coming out in NFT form. That will make it weird for the people who compile music charts.
- Snoop Dogg continues to expand his empire. He now has a kid’s program called Doggyland. No, really.
- And this rapper has a new side hustle that involves offering rides in bulletproof vehicles.
- Splean, a Russian rock band, had to cancel a concert in Moscow after making some anti-war statements. They’re lucky they’re not in a gulag.
- Romana Didulo, the QAnon-crazy self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada” is getting international attention, including for her favourite song.
- This secondary market concert ticket situation isn’t suspicious. Nope. Not at all. Nothing to see here.
- The solution for quitting acid? Ozzy says it’s “talking to a horse.”
- Here’s a round-up of some of the most political singers around the world.
- So Elton John walks into a restaurant in the south of France…
- People are messing around with Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” and movie endings. This is fun.
- And there’s still no explanation why this is happening.
BONUS: This might be the weirdest job interview of all time.
