Random music news for Friday, October 20, 2023
The hottest thing on TikTok right now? Dimple makers. Moving to music news for October 20, 2023…
- There will be a TV special on the new Rolling Stones album.
- Will Madonna headline Glastonbury 2024? Maybe.
- Gord Downie’s daughter has shared some of her father’s creative advice.
- “Funflation?” What’s that? Oh.
- GROSS, Ozzy.
- The “My Poops” nightmare seems to be over. The Black Eyed Peas are relieved, I assume.
- Snapchat finally allows websites to embed content. About time.
- A French court has ordered a defunct file-sharing site to pay damages of €489 million. Good luck collecting on that.
- There’s something of an INXS reunion happening.
- Chuck Norris will appear in a new movie with…Vanilla Ice? Yep.
- There’s a new biography of Lou Reed coming.
- Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus says he had to learn to sing and play bass following his chemo treatments.
- Anthropic is an AI company that just received a US$4 billion investment from Amazon. Universal Music Group is now suing them.
- Who wins this drum-off? The horse or the goat?
- Fun fact: You can only reach Dolly Parton by fax.
- An old Michael Hutchence bicycle is going up for auction for charity.
- How did this high school convince so many big bands to play there? Damn cool, this.
- Did Travis Kelce shove Tay-Tay’s bodyguard during a date night? Let’s ask.
BONUS: Aliens are real and always have been. See?
