Random music news for Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Worried that you’re vulnerable to the Wuhan flu? What year were you born? There’s a connection, apparently. Now that I’ve amped your hypochondria, here’s music news for February 4, 2020.
- Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats vs. where things were at this point in 2019: Total album sales, -29.8%; CDs, -32.8%; digital albums, -30.5%; digital tracks, -30.1%; vinyl LPs, -10.8%; on-demand audio streams, +19.6% (1.586 billion streams in the country last week).
- Dave Mustaine of Megadeth says that’s he’s “100% free of cancer.”
- Meanwhile, Julian Lennon had a cancer scare.
- The Grammy scandal involving the dismissal of Deborah Dugan continues.
- Uh, Mr. Trump, sir? Some rock stars would like a word with you about football.
- Google says that YouTube is now a business worth US$15 billion a year.
- New music from ABBA is coming–almost three years after the possibility was first announced.
- Madonna’s not well. Injuries have forced the cancellation of more shows.
- What’s going on within The Strumbellas? Someone is not well.
- The Oomphalapompatronium?
- A double Smashing Pumpkins album is apparently on the way.
- This could mean better WiFi. It’s wallpaper.
- The Wall of Sound. No, that’s not a Phil Spector reference. It has to do with the Grateful Dead’s PA system.
- Was rock snubbed by the Junos? Yes, but…
- Imagine if something like this happened today.
- You thing that was loud? THIS is loud.
- And you’re using the wrong alarm clock.
- I was on this podcast.