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Random music news for Monday, July 29, 2024

AI massages? Did I read that right? Apparently so. And I think I got it right with music news for July, 29, 2024, too.

  1. As the Olympic Games roll on, the surviors of the Bataclan massacre are looking to change the story of Paris. (Via Sean)
  2. Spotify has updated its Song of the Summer predictions.
  3. System of a Down drummer John Dolamayan has been granted a patent for a new kind of shipping container.
  4. A side effect of the new Eminem album: A TikTok war between Generations X and Z.
  5. I don’t even remember this David Bowie rom-com, but few people do. It’s being reissued.
  6. How is Universal Music stock doing this morning? Here’s an example of how the Wall Street Monster always needs to be fed.
  7. Got a problem with your Sonos app? You’re not alone.
  8. In case you missed it, Billy Joel wrapped up his ten-year residency at Madison Square Garden last week. He played 104 shows and grossed US$260 million.
  9. There is a chance men will be shut out of the Album of Year categories for the first time ever.
  10. Yep. “Taylor Swift Way” is coming to Toronto–at least temporarily.
  11. Here’s a list of the top five headphones for home recording studios.
  12. India is experiencing a giant music boom.
  13. Who is the best-known musical artist in the history of the universe? Nope, nope, nope. This person. (Via Rick J)
  14. Stevie Nicks was the latest older artist to be felled by some kind of infection. Here’s the story.
  15. Jack White played a gig at an American Legion over the weekend to raise money for a new sound system.

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Alan Cross

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