Random Music News for Saturday, October 24, 2015
Ate a bad kushi oyster here in Vancouver last night. You don’t want to know anymore about it. I will, however, share some music news with you.
- When was the last time a concert was cancelled over a soft drink? An Insane Clown Posse gig was killed over the issue of Faygo.
- New numbers from Stats Canada says that the event industry (which includes things like concerts and spectator sports) kicks up about $7.7 billion a year.
- When Adele’s new single, “Hello.” was released, it generated 1,600 tweets per minute.
- This is gonna be a music firestorm for the CRTC.
- Well, this is an interesting David Bowie .GIF. (Via Irish Alan)
- Here’s another lament about the impending death of rock.
- This is brilliant: the throat doctors the world’s top singers visit when they’re in trouble.
- If you ever want to study a great songwriter, take a look at Denniz PoP. Wait–who? Exactly. (And yes, that last “P” is capitalized.)
- Henry Rollins: vinyl cat lady. (Via Tom)
- There’s a new record store in Winnipeg–and it looks pretty interesting. (Tom again)
- Eerie: Rage Against the Machine predicted President Trump in 1999!
- Beastie Boys: the musical. What? Yep.
- Smiths manager Jon Moss has died at age 72.
- And Michael Jackson’s dermatologist has died.
- Drake lipstick? Yep.