Random music news for Saturday, November 2, 2019
I heard Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” in a store already. And so it begins. Here’s music news for November 2, 2019.
- Speaking of Christmas creep, I received emails from labels/publicists about no fewer than 23 new Christmas songs yesterday.
- The band Crazy Town had a head-on meet-up with a moose Halloween night.
- Kate Dion from Hamilton is heading to Tokyo to compete in the World Karaoke Championships.
- The latest person to get sued for posting a picture of herself is Katy Perry. Here’s how that works.
- Next up on the biopic plate: the Bee Gees.
- Vancouver’s Smilin’ Buddah Cafe has stopped featuring live gigs. Not good.
- Have you noticed that more songs featuring something more akin to speaking rather than singing lately?
- John Fogerty did a very nice thing with the fee he got for not performing at Woodstock 50.
- They must really want Liam Gallagher to show up: He’s going to get the first-ever MTV Rock Icon Award.
- Do you share passwords for things like Spotify and Netflix? They’re coming for you.
- This third-party app for Apple Music might shake things up a little if you’re listening habits have become a little stale.
- Pod Life: a book about podcasters.
- A new solo album is coming from Billy Corgan…
- …and Rivers Cuomo is stepping away from Weezer to record some music for a Netflix series: Dr. Seuss’ Green Eggs and Ham.
