Random Music News for Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Pet peeve: songs where the third verse is the same as the first.
- AC/DC drummer (ex-drummer?) Phil Rudd has pleaded guilty to threatening to kill some guy.
- A country singer who comes out against guns? Yep?
- Three people were killed and 12 were injured at a concert in Chile by UK band Doom.
- We might have had a Metallica album sooner if Kirk Hammett hadn’t lost his phone on which he had recorded 250 possible riffs.
- Portishead is upset at how much money they made from streaming. At least they know who is to blame.
- Speaking of record stores, HMV is once again the number one music retailer in the UK.
- Here’s how Miley Cyrus celebrated 4/20.
- More on the (alleged) Oasis reunion plot.
- Ed Sheeran has been streamed more than 2 billion times on Spotify.
- It looks like U2 has gone into full live rehearsals in Vancouver. And there’s been a Bono sighting. (Via Larry)
- Australian music streaming service Guvera–no, I’ve never heard of them, either–now has 10 million users worldwide. That’s solid.
