Random music news for Saturday, November 16, 2024
How’s this for a job posting requirement? “We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting.” Yes, that’s was fElon Musk wants for his new pseudo-agency. No thanks. Moving to music news for music news for November 16, 2024…
- RIP Shel Tamy, producer of early hits by The Who and The Kinks. He was 87.
- I’ve always told people that Ticketmaster has a very specific role when it comes to protecting artists. Here’s the CEO of Live Nation to explain.
- Meanwhile, will the DOJ’s lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster go ahead under Trump 2.0? Don’t count on it.
- The EU is getting closer to passing laws on the use of AI, including copyright (which, of course, includes music.)
- Kanye’s being awful again.
- A truth in today’s music industry: “We can’t all retired because someone in the band died.”
- It looks like Coldplay will set a record for most concert fans for a Western band for a gig in India.
- “Have podcasts killed the radio star?” [SPOILER: No. Trust me. I’m in the middle of all this.] (Via Christopher.)
- Well, that must have been fun at Diddly Squat Farm.
- Want to browse 6,000 photos of the British indie scene of the early 2000s? Here you go.
- Are you an electronic musician looking for new gear? Get a load of this thing. Wow.
- Have you had a chance to check out the Apple Vision Pro yet? There’s a new immersive music experience that sounds pretty interesting.
- Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni is getting ready to release a new single.
- Rod Stewart has an awesome sports car collection, but he may have to sell them all because there are too many potholes in the roads around his mansion.
- What will the internet be like under Trump 2.0? It’s worth asking the question.
BONUS: Clever kid. He’s got a future.
— No Context Brits (@NoContextBrits) November 14, 2024
