Random music news for Friday, February 23, 2024
Anyone else remember the sci-fi series Space: 1999? This guy is still REALLY into it. (Via Peter). Moving to music news for February 23, 2024.
- Confused about Spotify royalty payouts? Listen to this.
- Universal Music Group shows it’s serious about buying up more song catalogues with its acquisition of Chord.
- Check out this state-of-the-art recording complex in–wait for it–Saudi Arabia.
- Did Kanye rip off a Toronto rapper’s lyrics for his new album Vultures 1? That’s the allegation.
- Deepfakes are going to be a major problem in this year’s US presidential election. Taylor Swift is part of this story.
- What a shock: Tay-Tay was the biggest selling artist globally for the second year in a row.
- Here’s an interesting piece of Led Zeppelin memorabilia. It’s not cheap, though.
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has some festivities planned for the big solar eclipse in April.
- Stats say there are now more millennials than boomers in Canada. I wonder what that means for music?
- Wait–what? (Via Christopher)
- A good question: What makes for a classic album in the streaming era when fewer and fewer people are listening to albums?
- Slayer is back!
- Lady Gaga just got a good payday: US$12 million.
- Mick Jones of Foreigner has revealed he’s dealing with Parkinson’s.
- This new payment scheme might help some artists make a little more money.
BONUS: This is pretty good.
#7 Wonder how Grant got into the car – he was a very big man.