Random music news for Thursday, July 25, 2024

This checks out: Joe Biden’s dropping out of the presidential race, Downfall version. Let’s try some music news for July 24, 2024, shall we?

The Paris Olympics start tomorrow and one of the torchbearers will be…Snoop Dogg? Yep.
And will we in fact see Celine Dion perform? That’s the rumour. And she’ll be paid US$2 million, too.
An important read; How music lost its value.
There’s a music festival in Kyiv this summer. F**k Putin.
Chris Brown is involved in a US$50 million lawsuit over a backstage assault. How does this guy still have a career?
Fourteen NBA teams have been sued for using copyrighted music in an unauthorized way in their social media posts.
Beyoncé has offered her “Freedom” to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign.
The Wall Street Journal estimates that Amazon has lost at least US$25 billion(!!!) on its devices since 2017.
This guy from Sarnia, Ontario, went all the way to the North Pole to play a 20-minute harmonica concert.
The Boss is on his way to the Toronto International Film Festival.
Music is good for business. The UK reports 19.2 million people visited the country last year for musical tourism.
Apple has announced a new chart for classical music. Wait–what?
What musical instruments are people learning to play the most these days? Here’s one list.
There are two Beatles documentaries at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
And there’s a Pavement documentary premiering, too!