Random music news for Thursday, March 14, 2024
What’s The Bloop? (Via Larry) What’s on for music news for March 14, 2024.
- SXSW is seeing more bands drop out because of a US Army sponsorship.
- Bad Bunny is suing a fan for videoing him during a show and then posting that material. (Via Amber)
- Remember the Astroworld festival disaster? Drake (who was onstage with Travis Scott) wants to be removed from the lawsuits.
- The estate of Billy Preston wants to block the release of a documentary about him. (Via Christopher)
- How’s Elton John’s health? Let’s get an update.
- Americans are worried that the new visa fees for touring foreign acts could really mess thing up for them. (Hint: It will.)
- Canada’s Doug Putnam rescued HMV in the UK. Can he do the same for The Body Shop? Maybe.
- Tim Burgess of Charlatans UK is a good man. See?
- Neil Young’s music is coming back to Spotify.
- There’s a Cheech and Chong doc!
- Billy McFarland, he of the disastrous Fyre Festival still owes a LOT of money.
- U2 has become the third Las Vegas show to exceed US$200 million in ticket sales. Celine Dion holds the other two spots.
- AI in music? It’s still early to determine what it all means.
- Guess what? Music videos don’t matter as much as they once did.
BONUS: Nikola Tesla described smartphones in 1926.
