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Random music news for Monday, October 17, 2022

This guy is rich enough to be able to put US$32 million on his Amex card. And he has 422 million loyalty points. Sob over that as you check out music news for October 17, 2022.

  1. Haitian singer Mikaben died onstage in Paris this weekend.
  2. This is quite brilliant: The full and largely untold story behind Green Day’s “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).”
  3. Looks like we may have a track listing for U2’s Songs of Surrender album. (Via Aaron)
  4. Beck has dropped off the North American leg of Arcade Fire’s tour.
  5. More hotel rooms should be like this.
  6. Ads on Netflix? Yep. Coming to Canada November 1.
  7. A 25th-anniversary edition of Green Day’s Nimrod album is coming on November 14.
  8. Greg Graffin of Bad Religion has a book coming out called Punk Paradox.
  9. There’s now a street named after Fats Domino in his hometown of New Orleans. About time.
  10. Wu-Tang clan has a new line of merch with the New York Knicks.
  11. Tina Turner: The Barbie doll.
  12. I can see how this could come in handy…
  13. Ringo Starr tested positive AGAIN for COVID. The rest of his North American tour has been called off.
  14. Any of these nine artists might be picked for the next James Bond theme. I vote Radiohead.
  15. So THAT’S how the ear works! Cooooool.
  16. This Mac once owned by Steve Jobs is going up for auction. It won’t go cheap.
  17. Notice Drake’s OVO logo on the jerseys of FC Barcelona?
  18. On a related note (but on a somewhat lesser scale), the Route 19 bus in Calgary has been named after Tegan and Sara’s new album.
  19. Anxious? Paranoid? Listen to some birds singing.

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BONUS: Any idea what the most popular website in Canada is? This map lays things out.

BONUS BONUS: It’s probably too early, but here’s an unreleased version of “The Christmas Song” from that Charlie Brown TV special.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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