Random music news for Thursday, July 23, 2020
Drunk pigs result in better bacon? Uh, okay. Off to look at music news for July 23, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: Toronto venues are concerned about the government’s Stage 3 reopenings.
- Coronavirus update 2: NYC dance clubs are worried about ever starting up again.
- Coronavirus update 3: Smash Mouth is going ahead with a gig at a South Dakota music festival.
- Kim Kardashian released a statement on Kanye’s mental health.
- TikTok is trying to avoid being banned by the US government by promising to create domestic jobs.
- Meanwhile, some suggest that Apple should just buy the company.
- David Byrne’s Spike Lee-produced concert film American Utopia will open the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Chris Martin is selling his playhouse in Malibu. It’s an actual theatre.
- Ever fancied yourself to be a music supervisor? Read this.
- Want to take a deep dive into digital stats around the planet? Fill yer boots.
- Motorhead has announced a 40th anniversary Ace of Spades box set.
- This is what’s left of George Martin’s Caribbean recording studio.
- Tim Smith, the leader of a British indie band called Cardiacs has died of–you guessed it–a heart attack.
- The lawsuit between Elton John and his ex-wife continues.
- Don’t try to use the Eagles’ music without there permission. They have 60 people policing the internet.
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