Random music news for Tuesday, November 19, 2019
It was 50 years ago today that Apollo 12 landed on the moon. Then we have music news for November 19, 2019.
- Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats vs. where they were at this time last year: Total album sales, -23.6%; CD sales, -26.8%; digital albums, -23.5%; digital tracks, -28.2%; vinyl LPs, +1.1%; on-demand audio streams, +33.2% (1.514 billion streams in the country last week.)
- It looks like child abuse lawsuits will once again be directed toward Michael Jackson-related companies in California.
- Kanye’s next big passion project? Prison reform.
- Michael Buble has a wax figure at Madame Tissaud’s.
- Spotify has a new feature for roadtrips called “Soundtrack Your Ride“…
- …and watch for Spotify to start recommending podcasts based on the programs you’ve already heard.
- Records on Wheels, an indie record store in Dundas, Ontario, is celebrating 40 years in business. Yay!
- It looks like Paul McCartney will be the headliner for Glastonbury next year.
- Another streaming music service is one the way, this time from TikTok.
- Meanwhile, Amazon has announced an ad-supported free streaming service.
- A 17-year-old girl who disappeared from Liam Gallagher gig has been found. Our Kid helped find here.
- No surprise here: Rage Against the Machine streams went up 48% when their reunion was announced.
- Lil John learned the hard way that you should declare your jewelry when going through customs–especially in Vietnam.
- Gene Simmons (and presumably KISS) have a new worldwide merch agreement.
- A woman from Southern California who was shot in the Las Vegas concert massacre has died from her injuries more than two years later.
