Random music news for Monday, June 17, 2024.
Are you ready for the World Excel Championships? It happened in Las Vegas. On now to music news for June 17, 2024.
- Frightening: A Bad Bunny show in Atlanta was targeted by a wannabe mass shooter who wanted to start a race war.
- Wondering what the hell is going on with the state of music today? This is an excellent read. Do it.
- There’s a new streaming service coming that sounds interesting for lovers of hi-res music.
- An old alt-rock retro song is having a moment with the European Football Championships.
- One more time for Black Sabbath? Maybe.
- Over in Talking Heads land, there are still rumours of a reunion, but cracks are already showing.
- Meanwhile, Sabbath’s debut album is back on the Billboard charts thanks to a vinyl reissue.
- Can you cross Morrissey and The Smiths with Charles Dickins? Turns out you can.
- The vinyl version of the Saltburn soundtrack will come with…bath water. (If you know, you know.)
- You may not want to watch football with Noel Gallagher. Here’s why.
- It appears that Gen Z is moving more from online to IRL. This will have implications for music.
- If you’re into old-school radio, you’ll know all about Casey Kasem. The tragic story of his death and everything that happened after just keeps going.
- Billy Eilish now has 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, making her only the third person to do that,.
BONUS: I’m not really sure what’s happening here. Anyone?
