Random Music News for Monday, September 28, 2015
Is it just me or are the cups at Starbucks getting thinner and flimsier? On to music news…
- In “Dave Grohl is Awesome” news, he dedicated a song to a little girl in LA because she had a broken leg. Then he signed her cast.
- The British secret surveillance program is code-named “Karma Police.” No, really.
- Now that he’s separated from Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale has picked out a bachelor pad.
- This is video of Ed Sheeran before he got famous.
- One of New York’s most famous recording studios is up for sale.
- As threatened, Chris Brown has been denied a visa by Australia on the grounds of his character.
- In case you’re wondering why the Rolling Stones still tour, it’s because they average $5 million USD per gig.
- Did Sam Smith rip off Michael Jackson for the new Bond theme? Jeez, after the Tom Petty thing, you’d think he’d learn…
- Want to be a great rapper? Then maybe you should be studying Shakespeare.
- That surprise album from Drake and Future? It debuted at #1 in the US yesterday.
- Meanwhile, both versions of 1989–Taylor Swift’s original and Ryan Adams’ track-by-track cover–are both in the US Top 10.
- TomorrowWorld: concert festival hell…
- …or maybe hell was the Summer Ends festival in Arizona…
- …unlike the Global Citizen event in NYC which seemed to be okay.
- Brian Eno would like us to think about the value of culture.
- The next time you can’t sleep, try BBC Radio 3’s 8-hour lullaby.
- This what you call a “moshpit fail.”
- A Bon Jovi show in Tapei was cancelled as the result of a typhoon.
- Keith Richards: “They don’t make good drugs anymore.”
