Random music news for Tuesday, August 6, 2019
On this day in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee released his proposal for something he called The World Wide Web. Moving to music news for August 6, 2019…
- Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats vs. this time last year: Total album sales, -25.5%; CD sales, -31.1%; digital albums, -20.9%; digital tracks, -27.5%; vinyl LPs, -4.0%; on-demand audio streams, +34.8% (1.487 billion streams in Canada last week).
- “Old Town Road” is #1 on the US singles chart for a record-breaking 18th week.
- Chinese media giant Tencent might buy 10% of Universal Music.
- Proof again that ex-Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins is a sick paedo freak. And who the hell is this woman?
- The grave of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis has been vandalized. Again.
- R Kelly has bee charged with more sex crimes, this time in Minnesota.
- Noel, Noel, Noel. “I liked my mum until she gave birth to Liam.”
- The Manic Street Preachers want nothing to do with an upcoming bio on the still-disappeared (and presumed dead) Richey Edwards.
- Judas Priest jewelry.
- Lady Gaga make-up.
- Ed Sheeran’s Sheeranville.
- Olivia Newton-John’s ranch.
- Remember those “temporary” dome shelters Kanye is building to house disciples for his Sunday service. They may be ordered to be taken down.
- Spotify has bought three podcast companies so far this year for US$404 million.
- Good choice, AC/DC.
- A couple of Rolling Stones walk into a diner…
