Random music news for Monday, July 15, 2024
What do the words “Kim Kardashian” and “salmon sperm” have in common? This. Moving to music news for July 15, 2024…
- Rod Argent of The Zombies has retired from touring after a stroke.
- The Beastie Boys are suing the Chili’s restaurant chain over unauthorized use of “Sabotage.”
- A notorious Ukrainian hacker is finally going to jail.
- The next band to take on their carbon footprint? Massive Attack.
- Did Mick Jagger have an affair with Justin Trudeau’s mom? He made some allusion to that recently.
- AC/DC’s “Thunderstuck” has been given a Diamond award in the US. It’s their first. (Via Christopher)
- There’s another bit of US legislation involving music and AI: The Content Origin and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act. That brings the total of proposed bills to five. Good.
- Are you a YouTube creator? There are six new features for YouTube Shorts.
- The NME has a new “C” tape. C24 is a co-production with Bose.
- It’s nice to see the guys in Anvil aren’t into stupid conspiracy theories.
- Tool probably won’t be happy about this.
- A country music production for Cirque du Soleil? Yes.
- Somone found John Lennon’s first-ever Vox amp.
- Avril Lavigne had to say it again: “No, I wasn’t replaced by a body double 20 years ago.”
BONUS: Magic tricks explained.
BONUS BONUS: Maybe you should stop at just one chip.
