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Random music news for Thursday, September 26, 2024

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  1. Diddy’s lawyers may pull out an interesting defense for his upcoming trials.
  2. I always get nervous when I hear news like this about an 84-year-old: Ringo Starr has canceled a couple of show because he has a cold.
  3. This is encouraging. After having to cancel all remaining shows due to Josh Homme’s health, Queens of the Stone Age have rescheduled those shows for 2025.
  4. Spotify has rolled out its new AI Playlist feature to Canada and the US.
  5. Some very rare first recordings from Bob Dylan and Madonna are going up for auction.
  6. If you’re following climate change activism, there have been some developments in the world of music.
  7. Did pharma bro Martin Shkreli surrender ALL copies he made of the Wu-Tang album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin? We’ll soon find out.
  8. Iron Maiden has announced that there will be NO dynamic pricing for tickets for their 2025 Run for Your Lives tour.
  9. This Ukranian rock star is fighting on the Russian front and then performing for the troops.
  10. Even though the pandemic is mostly behind us, should artists still perform virtual concerts? Maybe so.
  11. So it’s Journey vs…Avenged Sevenfold? Yes.
  12. Ann Wilson of Heart is selling this place in Florida for US$2 million.
  13. And here comes the official Oasis reunion tour documentary.\
  14. A fan of FC Barcelona? The next act Spotify will put on the players’ kit is Coldplay.
  15. Tommy Lee’s wife vs. the coyote.

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BONUS: Johnny Cash has a new eight-foot statue in Washington DC. (Via Sean)

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One thought on “Random music news for Thursday, September 26, 2024

  • #15 We have coyotes where Cosmo and Robbie live – Upper Middle and Trafalger. I never walk them on the path behind our house anytime after 5 p.m. unless my wife and I are together. Live and let live but keep your head on a swivel.

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