Random Music News for Thursday, July 23 2015
I think I saw my first “back to school” flyer. This is depressing. Let’s distract ourselves with some music news.
- Question of the day: Why do people mosh?
- How to be loved and followed like a rock star. (Lessons from U2.)
- Music magazines are dead, right? Not so fast…
- Blink-182 is recording an album with Matt Skiba.
- Interesting casting request for the Ghostbusters reboot: they need metalheads.
- Babymetal is metal and that’s that. Let us debate this no more.
- This is fun: a collection of tweets by rich and famous DJs complaining about how poorly they’re treated.
- Bon Jovi has been booked to perform at the Singapore F1 race in September. Jimmy Cliff, too.
- Here’s an interesting book that will go down well with people who remember Britpop. Some good pictures here.
- The guitarist for metal band After the Burial has been found dead.
- Drake has been served with a cease-and-desist order–but not for anything you night guess.
- There is now a magazine for YouTubers. This might make you feel old.
- Speaking of which, here are some old hipsters being reviewed by new hipsters.
- Interesting: the average Spotify user discovers 26 new artists every month.
- Why do your ears pop?
- Moby to Nicki Minaj: Shut up.
- Sinead O’Connor has canceled her summer tour over health concerns.
