Random music news for Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Members of Shania Twain’s crew were injured in a bus crash in Saskatchewan.
- A musician has accused the former head of the Grammys of rape.
- How much is the music industry worth? About US$41.5 billion–and that doesn’t include live shows.
- Jungkook of BTS set a new one-day album sales record by moving over two million copies of his album Golden.
- And Britney Spears memoir sold a million copies in its first week.
- Very Canadian, this. (Via Tom)
- There’s an opening in GWAR.
- And who will replace Jay Weinberg in Slipknot? Here are some candidates.
- Radio listening: Still very, very big in the car.
- Usher won’t get paid by the NFL for the Super Bowl halftime show, but…
- Paris-based streamer Deezer has a whole new look.
- In case you missed it, Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian are new parents.
- Bad Bunny: Not a fan of AI use of his voice.
- EV manufacturers REALLY hate the idea of having to provide AM radio in their cars.
- Have we solved the mystery of the first Beatles historian?
- Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has a comic book project in the works.
- Yeah, not a good look, Timbaland.
BONUS: A pocket record player from 1924!
