Random music news for Friday, February 18, 2022

The Queen–yes, the monarch–has launched a brand of dog perfume. Gotta pay for Prince Andrew’s indiscretions somehow, right? Now let’s try some music news for Friday, February 18, 2022.

1. Wait: Spotify is paying Joe Rogan 200 MILLION DOLLARS? That’s double what’s been reported.
2. A Canadian folk musician has gone viral with a song called “Crybabies Caravan.” The trucker protestors aren’t happy.
3. Is this the best love song of all time?
4. Snapchat has entered into a partnership with Ticketmaster to sell concert tickets within the app.
5. Something is happening in South Korea. Physical record sales were up 66.9%(!!!) in January.
6. Ed Sheeran has been given permission to build his own burial crypt on his property.
7. Winter got you down? Try listening to sad songs. It’ll help.
8. Here’s a sample of the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic.
9. Britney has been invited to appear before the US Congress to talk about her conservatorship issues.
10. Are you a podcast “super listener?” You are if you listen this much.
11. Canto-pop singer Tommy Yuen has been arrested in Hong Kong. Money laundering charges.
12. Beatles manager Brian Epstein is going to get his own statue in Liverpool.
13. A Nickelback dad joke. Beware. (Via Tom)
14. Got rats? Maybe the old ways were the best.
15. There’s a biography on Factory Records’ Tony Wilson coming soon.
16. Peleton is now in the video game business.

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BONUS: Does anyone know what the hell this is?