Random music news for Saturday, August 31, 2024

Google and some other countries are working on technologies that can “hear” certain types of illnesses. Cool. Now let’s try some music news for August 31, 2024.

1. Hang on: Did Morrissey agree to a 2025 Smiths reunion tour? And did Johnny Marr kill that? Let’s investigate.
2. You can add ABBA to the long list of bands demanding that Trump stop using their music.
3. The legal drama within Journey between Jonathan Cain and Neil Schon may have been settled.
4. Metallica paid tribute to a superfan who died at their Edmonton concert.
5. Bad Religion has canceled a major tour. It’s just too expensive to go on the road. There’s no profit, only losses.
6. Ween has had to step away from live performance “for the foreseeable future” because of Deaner’s mental health.
7. Are we reaching the saturation point of people willing to pay for a streaming music subscription? It appears to be getting close to that in the US.
8. Nearly 20,000 people have signed a petition to name a stretch of Highway 400 to the Gordon Lightfoot Memorial Highway. If you want to sign, go here.
9. With the Oasis reunion, stories like this and this are starting to come out.
10. Dolly Parton has given Kentucky’s biggest award.
11. Remember the awful mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Florida back in 2016? The owners will not be charged.
12. Marilyn Manson has filed an appeal in his defamation case involved Evan Rachel Wood and Illma Gore.
13. The Cure plans to release two songs on eco-vinyl.
14. Thinking of forming a tribute band? Here’s your biggest competition.
15. This is fun: A rider for Iggy Pop and The Stooges. (Via Rick J)

BONUS: Are you a 90s kid? Prepare for nostalgia.