Random music news for Wednesday, June 1, 2022
The DeLorean is coming back with the Alpha5. It’s all-electric and will hit the magical 88 mph in about 4.35 seconds. Sweet. Moving on to music news for June 1, 2022.
- Did you watch the Danny Boyle Sex Pistols TV series that debuted yesterday? Was your review similar to this?
- Meanwhile, there’s now a Sex Pistols commemorative jubilee coin.
- The assassination of Brampton Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala in India is reverberating across the world. There’s something very weird about how he died..
- Meanwhile, KK, another Indian superstar singer, died of a heart attack after a concert.
- Elvis Costello has reformed Rust, a band that he was in back in 1972.
- The Rolling Stones are having fans vote on setlists for their upcoming European tour.
- If you’re in a band called Viagra Boys, you’re going to end up in a lot of spam folders.
- The Scorpions have changed the lyrics of “Wind of Change” to move away from Russia and towards Ukraine.
- An Avril Lavigne cookbook? Maybe.
- All those musicians who played private gigs for Russian oligarchs? Regrets, they have a few.
- “How TikTok is changing the music industry.” Discuss. (Via Bobby)
- Lzzy Hale of Halestorm has a new signature guitar. Oh, and she cooks. Like, food.
- That’s one great roadie!
- Um, okay...
BONUS: Who needs Tinder when there’s this dating app that has your pet choose your match.