Random music news for Monday, November 18, 2019
Back in the home office after two weeks. But I don’t know why I bothered to unpack because I’m gone again in another ten days. But let’s worry about that later. Here’s music news for November 18, 2019.
- Another musical couple is separating. This time, it’s Josh Homme and Brody Dalle. (She filed for separation from him.)
- Drake has a new Rolls-Royce SUV. In fact, his Bushukan–that’s the model name–is the first to hit the road. And it only costs US$700,000.
- This newly-uncovered video shows exactly how sick Freddie Mercury was in the latter stages of his fight with AIDs.
- Remember how Tom DeLonge’s UFO research group acquired some “alien alloys?” Here’s how they got it.
- “Hordes” of Australian music fans left a Janet Jackson concert because of awful lip-synching.
- A Skipknot cruise? Yep.
- Jay-Z is annoyed by Colin Kaepernick.
- Last year, 11,100,000 new podcasts episodes were released.
- Will.i.am vs. Qantas: This is ugly.
- Producer Max Martin talks about the science of songwriting.
- Gordon Ramsey paid Ed Sheeran £500,000 to play his daughter’s 18th birthday party.
- Kanye is building an amphitheatre on his Wyoming ranch. Could end up being a church. Or maybe someplace to stage his first opera.
- If you’re a guitarist, you’ll want to read this interview with the “godfather of the modern pedalboard.”
- Spotify is experimenting with offering up lyrics in real time.
