Random Music News for Friday, June 19, 2015
It’s lovely day here in London. Paid a visit to Abbey Road this morning.
- Slayer guitarist wears a “Kill the Kardashians” t-shirt at a gig. Too much? (Via Tom)
- Madonna has picked an opener for her tour. It’s Amy Schumer.
- Here’s an early look at what Apple’s Beats 1 radio station might look like.
- Billy Gibbons goes the crowd-funding route.
- Iron Maiden has a new double album coming out.
- It looks like James Taylor–James F**kin’ Taylor!–is going to have a #1 album.
- Apple is making some distressing rumbles about pulling indie artists’ from iTunes.
- Let’s remember the Arab Spring in music, shall we?
- Actress Susan Sarandon’s musician son is bending genders.
- Male nightingales boast more in song than even most rappers.
- You think electronic dance music is going away? Nope.
- I was at BBC Radio 2 yesterday to apply for the Top Gear job. They told me to shove off.
- Rolling Stone magazine was hit with a round of layoffs.
- Cheech and Chong have had a cancel a trip of Australia because Tommy Chong has been diagnosed with cancer.
