Random music news for Monday, February 28, 2022
Recent timeline: 2020, COVID; 2021, COVID part 2; 2022, war in Europe. Can we get a break, please? Moving to music news for February 28, 2022..
- The first six Van Halen albums are going to be re-released as “super high-fidelity box sets.“
- “It’s Metal’s Time for Eurovision.” I’m all for that.
- AJR has canceled their Russian concert date because–well, duh.
- A Putin-supported classical conductor has been removed from a US tour.
- Spotify’s stock price continues to tank. It’s bad.
- Amazon Music keeps growing. Spotify and Apple Music can hear it coming over their shoulders.
- Why do I think that this app is going to run into music licensing problems? They’re claiming “fair use,” which could be a problem.
- There’s another company looking to buy up song catalogues. The difference is that Influence Media will concentrate on female and diverse artists.
- A Tina Turner tribute act beat the real Tina Turner in court.
- A member of the band Make Them Suffer has left the group over allegations over sexual assault. The twist? The accused person is a woman.
- Some tech-savvy Kanye fans figured out a way to listen to his Donda 2 album without spending $200 on his Stem player.
- This would have freaked out Foo Fighters fans.
- Love cassettes? Take a look at this. (Via Darren)
- Here’s how South Koreans deal with noisy neighbours.
- Kanye has already updated his Donda 2 album for those with his Stem players.
- An LA house designed by Quincy Jones is up for sale.
- Interesting: The “truth” behind Milli Vanilli.
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BONUS: Now THIS is a political attack ad. You need to watch it. Trust me.
