Random music news for Saturday, February 22, 2020
So this is 22-02-2020. If we take it further, it was 02:02:20 am earlier today. And if we use military time, it will be 20:20:20 22-02-2020 later tonight. Cool. And now for some music news.
- Gary Cherone, who once sang for Van Halen, says that Eddie Van Halen is doing “okay” in his fight with cancer.
- Katy Perry collapsed on the set of American Idol as the result of a propane leak.
- Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca.
- This is rich: A New Jersey congressman has accused Pearl Jam of being “led astray” by Ticketmaster and Live Nation.
- Rumours about Record Store Day 2020 releases are filtering out. Here’s a list.
- Speaking of which Marie-Mai has become the first Quebec artist to being the official ambassador for Record Store Day in Canada. The American ambassador is Brandi Carlile.
- Coldplay has released a new EP that comes with a short film.
- Are you a Canadian musician hoping to perform in the US? Then read this.
- Cher has another thought about Donald Trump.
- Lana Del Rey has canceled her European tour because of illness. She’s lost her voice.
- Not really surprised by this: 66% of Canadians feel we have the worst cell phone prices in the world.
- Courtney Love and Melissa Auf der Maur: Together again.
- Was rapper Pop Smoke killed because he had ties to The Crips?
- The drama at the US Recording Academy continues with the start of arbitration from ousted CEO Deborah Dugan.
- Spotify is coming after what’s known as “bootleg podcasts.”
- Grimes is using her “digital body” for photoshoots.
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle have set up a fund to help cancer patients make music.
- This woman went from being an opera student to a sex worker to a Juno nominee. Wow.
- The Beyonce mass. Seriously.
- Spotify is getting into the ticketing business–at least a little bit.
