Random music news for Monday, April 11, 2022
Here’s how Ricky Gervais would have told the joke that got Chris Rock a slap from Will Smith. Now some music news for April 11.
- Jack White played a gig, proposed, and then got married to Olivia Jean all before the encore. That’s a helluva way to start a tour.
- Here’s more on the problem with fake artists on streaming music services.
- These charts explain what artists got sales and streaming bumps (and which didn’t) because of The Grammys.
- Kid Rock’s concerts now open with a message from Donald Trump. Seriously.
- Better late than never, I guess.
- This graphic shows how streaming saved the music industry.
- An oldie but a goodie: The time John Lennon had to pay off a guy connected to the mob.
- In the good old days of Russian oligarchs, they could book gigs like this.
- The guy accused of shooting Lady Gaga’s dog walker was accidentally released from prison. Oops.
- Tom DeLonge is really pleased about this new release of UFO documents.
- Is Apple working on its own blockchain? Hmm.
- Elon Musk has reversed himself and will not be joining the board of Twitter.
BONUS: That time John Belushi invited a punk band to SNL and they trashed the place. (Note that Fear’s bass player at the time is some guy named “Flea.”) (Via Tom)
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