Random music news for Wednesday, February 8, 2023
We found EIGHT “very suspicious radio signals” from space? I’ll state it again: I, for one, welcome our new alien overlords. Here’s some music news for February 8, 2023.
- Bono was at the State of the Union address last night.
- Concert ticket fees made Joe Biden’s speech.
- Atlantic Records has an interesting posthumous #MeToo case on its hands: The saga of late founder Ahmet Ertegun.
- Here’s something you don’t see very often: a songwriters’ protest outside a record label’s offices.
- Billy Idol is going to play a show for 250 people at the Hoover Dam. Tickets start at US$1,200.
- The history of MuchMusic is getting is own documentary.
- Leicester in England has a “punk collective for older women.“
- A Pink Floyd reunion. Never. Not with talk like this.
- Why wasn’t the Dead Kennedys’/RHCP’s DH Peligro saluted during the Grammys in memoriam segment? Fans want to know.
- Could it be…Satan? SPOILER: Some people just want to create another satanic panic.
- Here’s another AI program that can help songwriters, this time with melodies.
- Can streaming be “fixed?” SPOILER: Probably not.
- Lip-syncing KISS? Scandalous.
- Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco is a father for the first time.
- Matthew McConaughey as the voice of Elvis? It’s happening.
- Ooo. A South Korean government scandal involving a hat belonging to a member of BTS.
BONUS: Is this how we’re going to search for things online in the future? Will we be “Barding” things soon with “conversational search?” Maybe.
BONUS BONUS: I’m not sure why, but this made me happy.
