Random music news for Friday, June 26, 2020
https://globalnews.ca/news/7102112/black-neutron-star-ligo-hole/The sun is setting on Uranus! (Sorry. Juvenile of me. But you can see a Uranus sunset here.) Okay, let me make that up to you. Try reading this while listening to Soundgarden. (Via Christopher) On to music news for June 26, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: More on the shaky future of music festivals and conferences in Canada.
- Coronavirus update 2: Bonnaroo 2020 has officially been canceled.
- Here’s a list of all the musicians who have demanded Trump stop using their music.
- And here’s a song Trump won’t want to hear. (Via DB)
- There’s a petition in New Orleans to rename Robert E. Lee Boulevard after NOLA music legend Allen Toussaint.
- The Dixie Chicks, responding to criticism of their name in this new woke era, have changed their name to The Chicks.
- The hack into the New York law firm that handles the business of some of music’s biggest people keeps getting worse.
- Apple’s iOS and Android are the two biggest operating systems for mobile phones. But do you know about KaiOS?
- Music piracy continues to decline. Why bother when streaming is so convenient?
- Toronto is getting its own drive-in theatre again. Can concerts be far behind?
- The US Post Office has unveiled a series of “Forever Hip Hop” stamps.
- The loft where The Ramones played one of their very first shows is for sale.
- The Miami Dolphins’ Hard Rock Stadium is now a giant drive-in.
- A new report on smart speakers says that almost one-third of Canadian households have a smart speaker. Google Home is still the most popular model followed by Amazon Echo. Sonos One and Apple HomePod are way in the rear. (Via Broadcast Dialogue)
- Lady Gaga has a new contest with Adobe.
- The parent company of Chuck E. Cheese has filed for bankruptcy.
- Mark Hoppus is a hero to the deer community.
