Random music news for Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Windows 95 turned 25 this week. If you were around back then, you’ll remember what a big deal it was. Moving on to music news for August 26, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: Van Morrison isn’t keen on COVID-19 precautions for concerts.
- Coronavirus update 2: And the Sturgis motorcycle rally cases just keep coming.
- Coronavirus update 3: Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo was diagnosed with COVID-19.
- Trivium sold 12,000 tickets for a livestream. Pretty good.
- Might Spotify get into livestreaming? Don’t bet against it.
- Iggy Pop’s cockatoo, Biggy Pop, just founded an Australian wildlife hospital.
- Taylor Swift continues to mail out autographed albums to indie record stores.
- TikTok is suing Donald Trump over his proposed ban.
- By the way, TikTok has nearly 700 million users worldwide, 100 million of which are in the US.
- Ozzy vs. Trump: When Ozzy seems more reasonable than Donald Trump, you know that something is wrong.
- The upcoming Chris Cornell biography, Black Days, has NOT been authorized by his family.
- Remember Napster? It’s been a legit streaming service for years. Now it’s been sold.
- Germany is going after fake music streams.
- Looking at Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” 35 years later.
- This is an uncomfortable look at Weezer lyrics. You’ll see what I mean.
- Liam Gallagher collaborating with Damon Albarn? Not a chance.
- Court documents reveal that Elton John’s first marriage–to a woman–wasn’t happy right from the honeymoon.
- As Record Store Day (part 1) approaches, check this out.
Hah I remember my best friend dragging me to Ontario Place to see Bill Gates hype Win95. I barely remember that part of the day, but there were Japanese demo versions of the upcoming Nintendo64 in the Power Pod…