Random music news for Monday, July 24, 2023
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- A Malaysian music festival was halted because Matt Healey of The 1975 criticized the government’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws. Welcome to Malayasia. He’s lucky he’s not in jail. Now the rest of the Asian tour is in jeopardy.
- Shane McGowan of The Pogues has been in the hospital since late June. He’s just been released from intensive care.
- There’s a fantasy football-like game just for Taylor Swift fans. It’s called “Swiftball,” of course.
- Next up on the hologram tour of dead singer? Probably George Michael.
- The price for Spotify Premium is going up this week.
- Anna Delvey, the fake heiress ex-con, has a TikTok song with a country star.
- According to Live Nation, Travis Scott’s concert at the pyramids in Egypt has NOT been canceled.
- Anti-Flag has broken up a for an awful reason.
- Five years after The NME killed its print edition, it’s coming back.
- That current blink-182 reunion tour with Tom DeLonge? It’s their biggest-grossing tour ever.
- There are music fans and then there are music fans.
- Wait: One more time for Fleetwood Mac? And with Lindsey Buckingham? Maybe.
- Are you fed up with all the useless tech in your car’s dashboard? You’re not alone.
- This musician is going to have a hard time booking a plane ticket from now on.
- Lana Del Rey: Waffle House waitress. Not in the past. This week.
- We don’t really need this, but it’s coming anyway.
- If you’re a musician, you’ll want to read this call-out of promoters and venues over predatory behaviour.
- This is the story of Hamilton’s fabled Grant Avenue Studios.
- Forget Google. People are now searching for information with TikTok and Reddit.
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