Random music news for Saturday, December 24, 2022

Let’s begin with a listen to the mysterious “Pacific Bloop.” Now that you’ve heard that, you’re ready to move on to music news for December 24, 2022.

1. Let’s take apart the most popular Christmas songs of 2022.
2. A good time to ask: Why are people so obsessed with Christmas music?
3. A British couple hates Wham’s “Last Christmas” so much, they raised £50,000 to buy up the radio rights.
4. Liam Gallagher: Not a fan of “Fairytale of New York.”
5. If you need a list of 30 weird Christmas songs, here you go.
6. Has Mariah Carey been LYING about “All I Want for Christmas is You?” Her co-writer says “Yes.”
7. Wait a second: What’s going on with Brian Johnson and his relationship with AC/DC?
8. Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
9. It’s probably too late, but here are some last-second gift ideas for the audiophile on your list.
10. There’s still a week to go, but here’s an almost-final list of the musicians we lost in 2022.
11. Here are 11 statistics sites that can help you get the most out of Spotify.
12. Kate Bush has released her annual festive message.
13. Elon Musk still has no idea what he’s doing. Should we stop paying attention?
14. The Headstones and their “ridiculous” cult following.
15. The end of an era: Myles Goodwyn will no longer tour with April Wine due to health problems.
16. This is a list of albums sound engineers use to tune your car stereo.

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BONUS: Oops. This was dated December 5, 2000.