Random music news for Monday, March 2, 2020
Wait. Hitler wrote an opera? It’s just been discovered. How’s that for a start to music news for March 2, 2020?
- Coronavirus update 1: Avril Lavigne has canceled her Asian tour.
- Coronavirus update 2: The Swiss have canceled all kinds of concerts and other events.
- Coronavirus update 3: The company that cranks out K-pop bands like BTS wants to file for a US$5 billion IPO. But there’s that coronavirus thing.
- Coronavirus update 4: Apple is sending these care packages to employees stranded in China.
- Coronavirus update 5: Thousands have signed a petition to have SXSW canceled this year.
- RIP Canadian broadcaster Bill Evanov.
- Paulina Porizkova, Ric Ocasek’s widow was cut out of his will and feels “betrayed.”
- I thought Public Enemy was on board with Bernie Sanders. Maybe not.
- No, wait. PE is on board with Bernie. That’s why they fired Flavor Flav. Yeah, booooieeee!
- Madonna took a fall during her concert in Paris and had to leave the stage in tears.
- The more I hear of Inhaler (featuring Bono’s kid on vocals), the more I like them. Check this out.
- This was one interesting traffic jam.
- And this guy is getting a lot of attention for his musical copyright project. (Via Andrew)
- The debate continues. Which sounds better: Vinyl or digital streaming?
- Interesting: 13 music industry scams.
- The older rockers get, the more important medical insurance is. Here’s an example of when things went wrong.
