Random music news for Thursday, July 16, 2020
It’s to the point where I want to stand on the border and yell into the US “GET IT TOGETHER, YOU IDIOTS!” You know what I’m sayin’? Now here’s music news for July 16, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: Japan now allows gatherings of up to 5,000 people. That’s a pretty good-sized concert.
- Coronavirus update 2: Disney World is reopening in the midst of Florida’s caseload spiking up. Here’s a dystopian look at that.
- Coronavirus update 3: Sleeping in and listening to audio later during the pandemic? You’re not alone.
- The only million-selling artist in the world this year so far is…The Beatles? Yep.
- Ryan Reynolds sent Paul McCartney a bottle of the Royal Family’s new $500 gin.
- Maroon 5 bass player Mickey Madden is staying away from the band after his arrest.
- Mike Singer and The Streets have a new “stream-to-unlock” thing for the new album to try to game streaming algorithms.
- Is…is that Billy Joel?
- As calls for a ban on TikTok mount, an Indian competitor called Roposo is adding 500,000 new users an hour.
- If you’re a pro user of SoundCloud, you can now master your music on the platform.
- Who rules the mid-year Shazam charts? The Weeknd.
- Who runs this radio station? No one knows.
- And speaking of radio (and Disney), there’s this weird Star Wars radio station. (Via Andrew)
- Remember the rap-rock/nu-metal scene of the late 90s? It’s back.
- Fun: How drummers knock on doors.
- Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is selling this house.
- History: Watch footage of The Cure from 1977 when they were still known as The Easy Cure.
