Random music news for Saturday, September 24, 2022
Imagine being able to lose US$71 billion and still be okay. That’s the situation with Mark Zuckerberg. Try to comprehend that as you skim through music news for September 24, 2022.
- The Story of Anvil is getting a theatrical re-release 13 years after its original release.
- More and more artists are canceling tours to protect their physical and mental health. Good.
- Another posthumous honour for Bowie.
- Vinyl sales are pretty much flat in Canada so far this year, but in the US, they’re up 22%.
- Liam Gallagher is hinting at forming a new group featuring John Squire of The Stone Roses.
- The Slaight Family just gave $10 million(!!!) to the Unison Fund to help the situation with retiring musicians.
- Canada is extending the term of copyright protection from 50 to 70 years, bringing us in line with a lot of other countries.
- Pluto TV, a free ad-supported streaming service, is coming to Canada on December 1.
- Burlington’s Sound of Music Festival, one of Canada’s great summertime events, is broke. They’re looking for a loan.
- There’s now a streaming music service just for classical music. If that’s your thing, take a look at Symphony.
- Are you a Gord Downie fan? Then look at this. (Via Larry)
- How could people NOT have guessed?
- Is Apple thinking of creating its own search engine so it can cut ties with Google? Maybe.
- This is pretty inside baseball when it comes to tracking radio and records, but it could shake up the music charts.
- A good interview with Canadian producer and musician Daniel Lanois.
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