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Random music news for Tuesday, September 3, 2024

*Sigh* The day after Labour Day. Let’s just get on with music news for September 3, 2024.

  1. Roger O’Donnell of The Cure is recovering from an “aggressive and rare form of lymphoma.”]This woman died at a Cure concert–twice. Here’s her story.
  2. Didn’t get Oasis tickets? Then maybe you need this t-shirt.
  3. Will drummer Alan White be part of the Oasis reunion? There are hints.
  4. Is Lizzy Hale the new vocalist for Linkin Park? We might see on Thursday.
  5. Noel Gallagher has some thoughts on playing live. He’s not wrong.
  6. More big legal trouble for Diddy.
  7. We won’t see Adele for a while.
  8. The internal Journey battle is over. Nothing to see here.
  9. Here’s a new advancement in noise-canceling technology–and it has nothing to do with headphones. (Via AT)
  10. This is a good inside look at the writing of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun.” (Via Gordie)
  11. Roger Waters vs. Nick Cave: They’re fighting about Palestine and Israel.
  12. “Female musician is not a genre.” Discuss (Via Kim)
  13. Barry Manilow doesn’t think he’s getting what he deserves in his Hipgnosis deal. He’s suing.
  14. Meta AI apparenltly has 185 million weekly users.
  15. Why are US vinyl sales as high as they are? Swifties.

BONUS: Why are there so many chiropractors? Maybe because back in the 60s, we had things like this.

Alan Cross

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