Random music news for Saturday, November 23, 2024
If you’re a Star Trek: TOS fan, Captain Kirk is back one more time in 765874 – Unification. You may cry. Some VERY cool AI, though. And music news is back one more time this week. Here’s what’s happening on November 23, 2024.
- Concert ticket scams are on the rise. Here’s how to protect yourself.
- Meanwhile, the Quebec government is going after a particular ticket reseller.
- TAYronto will revert back to Toronto tomorrow. It’s been a wild couple of weeks.
- Is it time to stop with the nostalgia concerts? This critic thinks so.
- Canadian radio has to work under a lot of regulations and many of the rules don’t make sense anymore in the digital era. The CRTC is going to hold consultations on the matter.
- David Gilmour of Pink Floyd wants to sell his £10 million mansion–but an administrative error says that he doesn’t actually own it.
- What’s a “super-premium” music subscription? I don’t know, but it’s coming next year.
- Elton John’s US$25 million Tammy Faye musical just opened on Broadway. It’s already set to close. It lasted five days.
- This is a good read: The music industry has an innovation dilemma. What to do?
- Prince Harry got a neck tattoo from Jelly Roll. That was a weird sentence to type.
- Leonard Cohen may be gone, but his poetry is still being celebrated.
- Calgary’s National Music Centre has a new project involving Bruce Springsteen.
- Chalk up a win for humans over AI.
- Meanwhile, Elvis Costello doesn’t seem to care about AI.
- Finally, Metallica has shared this cover of a Ukrainian soldier playing “Nothing Else Matters” on a traditional instrument.
BONUS: Where would The Simpsons be without Pamela Hayden? She’s retiring after providing all these voices to the show for 36 years. What will Milhouse sound like now? Her final episode appears Sunday (November 24). (Via Sean)
