Random music news for Wednesday, August 14, 2024

What do you make of people who grunt and swear at the gym? Maybe you should read this. On to music news for August 14, 2024…

1. After the terror threat in Vienna last week, London has banned Swifties from congregating outside of Wembley Stadium for Tay-Tay’s upcoming shows.
2. The DOJ-Live Nation lawsuit continues to get hotter.
3. All these albums turn 30 this year, proving that 1994 was a very good year for music.
4. This Indian artist is tied with Taylor Swift for Spotify’s most-followed performer.
5. Designer Marc Jacobs has some new Smashing Pumpkins gear.
6. The estate of Isaac Hayes is threatening to sue Donald Trump’s campaign for using the song “Hold On, I’m Coming.”
7. A Silverchair psychotic episode? Apparently so.
8. The house once owned by the late Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang, is up for sale for US$2.43 million.
9. What is Gwen Stefani’s mystery injury that requires surgery?
10. A pack of 55 Harleys delivered Lemmy’s ashes to Nottingham.
11. A fun read: The history of Muzak, that annoyingly innocuous background music.
12. I get this: We’re being drowned in “AI slop.”
13. What are the chances of Spotify’s free tier going away? It’s possible.
14. This single page features one million screen shots of the home pages of the web’s most popular sites. Go ahead. Zoom in.
15. Apparently Gen Z is buying a lot of cassettes. They just don’t know how to play them.

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BONUS: Very cool reaction to an earthquake.