Random music news for Friday, November 1, 2019
On this day in 1896, National Geographic published its first picture of a woman with bare breasts. Scandalous. Moving to music news for November 1, 2019…
- My Chemical Romance has reunited. Time for a full-on emo revival, I guess.
- Katie Perry has sued Katy Perry.
- Here are some fascinating stats about Canadian podcast listening.
- Ticketmaster has come up with something important for disabled fans.
- Olivia Newton-John’s leather Grease outfit is going up for auction. Bets are that it’ll go for more than US$250,000.
- Something like 366 million smartphones were shipped in the third quarter of 2019. That’s up 2%.
- SiriusXM has a new deal with Google Assistant.
- A new report from the European Union says that music piracy by people 15-24 is down sharply because they’d rather get their music through streaming.
- Meanwhile, Taylor Swift is set to get a big Chinese payday.
- Some lost Lou Reed songs have turned up.
- Looks like Morrissey is wearing out his welcome with some.
- Oops. No comment from U2.
- Looking for something to read? Take some book recommendations from David Bowie.
- “If you show up to our awards show, we’ll make up an award just for you!”
- More Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drama.