Random music news for Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The US presidential election is four weeks from today. Twenty-eight days. There’s still plenty of time for things to get even weirder. Distract yourself from the craziness by digging into music news for October 6, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: Some Toronto music venues are coming back virtually.
- The head of Ticketmaster is stepping down.
- Is payola back for American radio? (Hint: It never left.)
- Victims of the mass shooting at the 2017 Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas will receive a settlement worth US$800 million.
- Ed Sheeran’s hair almost ended his career before it began.
- Want to get the jump on Halloween? Try this playlist.
- Remember the whole MegaUpload lawsuit? It’s still going on.
- This guy has been called the “founding father of electronica.”
- There’s an interesting connection between the drop in NBA ratings and music licensing fees.
- Fender is offering three months of free guitar lessons.
- Here’s what can happen if a serious collector on the other side of the planet takes notice of something that you once did.
- Spotify debuted its first weekly albums chart.
- And there’s a Spotify app that allows you to search for songs using lyrics.
- Because the Bond movie No Time to Die won’t be out this year, Billie Eilish’s Bond theme won’t be eligible for an Oscar.