Random music news for Thursday, March 4, 2021
Will Smith in politics? Could happen, Murcia. And now, music news for March 4, 2021.
- While the UK wants to get back to business with concerts this summer, there are still some postponements and cancellations.
- David Crosby sold everything else he owned in terms of publishing to Irving Azoff’s company.
- How does SoundCloud’s new royalty plan work? Like this. (Via Sean)
- How much do Spotify and Apple Music pay for streams? Well, it depends. Spotify has 800 different payout situations.
- Spotify is on track to have more podcast listeners than Apple in the US sometime this year.
- If you’re into any of the bands on this list, you may be into Dad Rock.
- Cool! More sounds from Mars!
- If you’re having a hard time grasping the concept of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), you should know that Grimes just made US$6 million with them.
- Here’s an update on the new TV series about The Sex Pistols. It’s in production.
- “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd has now been streamed more than two billion times on Spotify. That’s a Canadian record.
- Phil Collins’ ex could make some big money from an auction.
- This is our first look at Ronnie Jame’s Dio’s Holy Diver graphic novel.
- I hate puns, but I’ll admit to laughing at this bit of wordplay.
- Er, a “CGI monkey?” (My sources say this isn’t true.)
- Eddie Vedder is involved in a new podcast that pairs musicians with athletes.
- With the demise of BBC Canada, it’s being replaced by BBC First. Good.
- Yay, Dolly Parton! (Via David)
