Random music news for Monday, February 13, 2023

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1. Dave Grohl played a four song solo set in a Glendale, Arizona, club Friday night as part of Super Bowl events.
2. Bruce Springsteen had to play a show down three members. Covid.
3. Here comes more Ticketmaster outrage.
4. Madison Square Garden is spinning off a new entertainment division.
5. How loud is too loud? When you can see the music soundwaves coming at you.
6. RIP Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul.
7. Elon’s reach is dropping on Twitter, so he did what he had to do: He fired a top engineer.
8. PowerBeatsVR is the latest music-based workout in the metaverse.
9. Speaking of VR, TribeXR will teach you how to DJ in the metaverse.
10. You can now exclude people from your Spotify taste profile. Good news if you want to keep your kids away from your music.
11. Which podcasters should you believe? Not these ones.
12. Would you trust a Stradivarius violin worth €5 million with airline baggage handlers? Hell no.
13. Adidas is not happy with Yeezy.
14. Balloon mania continues. But can someone please tell these people about the real story behind Nena’s “99 Luftballoons?” (Via Alexander)
15. Sarah McLachlan can’t watch her sad dog PSAs, either.

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