Random music news for Monday, April 15, 2024
Here’s a site where you can leave a phone message for anyone on the planet. And here’s music news for April 15, 2024.
- RIP Canadian punk rock drumming legend Jon Card.
- The reaction to this year’s Glastonbury lineup? Meh.
- Taylor Swift apparently turned down US$9 million to play a private gig in the UAE.
- Drake has been dropped from all the Astroworld lawsuits.
- What kind of plans does Spotify have for short-form video? Maybe this.
- Burton Cumming is giving up royalties to prevent a fake Guess Who from playing his songs.
- AI’s next music-related frontier? Music discovery.
- Don’t heckle John Mellancamp. Here’s what could happen.
- Martha and the Muffins have a new song about Parkinson’s disease for reasons you might not know about.
- Shane MacGowan of The Pogues was one of a kind. Here’s another story about the man. (Via Tom)
- This new documentary on the siege of Sarajevo in the late 90s features a lot of U2. Here’s the trailer. (Via Sean)
- Peppa Pig covers Katy Perry. You’ve been warned.
- Anvil is back!
- Marilyn Manson is now apparently clean and sober.
- Bubbles, Michael Jackson’s chimp, could apparently party like a rock star.
BONUS: Here’s Frank Sinatra at home in Palm Springs in 1964. That would have been a super state-of-the-art entertainment system at the time.
