Random music news for Monday, August 24, 2020
Meanwhile, in Iceland. Hey, I laughed. Here’s music news for August 24, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: And here come the COVID-19 infections from the Sturgis motorcycle rally.
- Coronavirus update 2: A study says singing doesn’t spread the coronavirus any more than speaking. Except if you sing really, really loudly.
- Coronavirus update 3: There are some interesting exemptions for MTV’s VMA performers.
- Coronavirus update 4: We’ll be watching this concert experiment.
- RIP early Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Jack Sherman. He’s died at the age of 64.
- The Chris Cornell film Black Days starts production next month.
- And speaking of Chris, why would someone want to vandalize his statue?
- Rick Springfield and, er, Coheed and Cambria have come up with a sequel to “Jesse’s Girl.”
- This house in Jamaica was once owned by Bob Marley. It’s for sale.
- Metal yoga.
- Need a crafty project to pass the time? Check out this radio.
- A history of recent alt-pop girls.
- Some good deep history on U2 from 1979.
- Lars Ulrich was on CNN talking about Metallica’s “concert experiment.”
- This is a good story on album sales, album bundles, and the music charts.
- Wanna buy Kid Rock’s place? It’s for sale.
- Go get ’em, Uncle Neil!
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