Random music news for Saturday, August 31, 2019
Last day of August. Labour Day weekend. *Sigh* Best get on with music news for August 31, 2019.
- Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca.
- Since its the unofficial end of the summer, we should ask “What was the song of the summer of 2019?” Here is an opinion.
- “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X has been nominated for a Country Music Association award. Wait–what?
- And he’s the first gay man (well, openly gay) to get a Country Music Award nomination.
- The Foo Fighters may want a petition to get Oasis back together. Noel, however, wants a petition to get the Foo Fighters to break up.
- New iPhones will be announced on September 10. That’s a week from Tuesday.
- Soundgarden to Universal music: “Nu-uh.”
- Into Britpop? This book looks like a must-read.
- Foo Fighters fans: Please don’t do this.
- Lizzo: What are you thinking?
- These are the best songs about the Devil as chosen by the head of The Satanic Temple (who would know, I guess.)
- Netflix still mails out DVDs. In fact, it just sent out its 5,000,000,000th disc. Any guesses what it was? It was a music biopic. Yep. That one.
- Japanese rock star Yoshiki has donated US$100,000 towards preventing the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
- Why is Shawn Mendes on my Tim Hortons coffee cup? Oh.
- Compact discs: Not dead yet.
- Jay-Z has really divided the NFL community.
- Pink Floyd fans: You’ll want this new box set on your Christmas list.
- Here are the lyrics to every song on the new Tool album, Fear Inoculum. Can you figure out what Maynard is on about?
- R Kelly is in solitary confinement. He wants out.
- Britain might be better off had Boris Johnson followed his dream to become a rock star.
