Random music news for Wednesday, March 25, 2020
I wonder how many people working from home for the first time have yet to put on pants? Another question: How’s your sense of smell? Pay attention to that. Here’s your music news for March 25, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: Metallica is going to stream a live show every Monday.
- Coronavirus update 2: Elton John has hunkered down, too.
- Coronavirus update 3: Cirque du Soleil has canceled all productions and temporarily figure 95% of its staff.
- Coronavirus update 4: Kenny Rogers’ funeral arrangements are being complicated by the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Coronavirus update 5: Bandcamp held a sale on Friday and fans bought 800,000 items, fifteen times the usual volume. That raised US$4.3 million for artists.
- Coronavirus update 6: TikTok has donated US$10 million to the cause.
- Coronavirus update 7: This online radio station is giving a band to metal bands who have had their tour canceled.
- Coronavirus update 8: Deezer has a new “Stay at Home” section with playlists for people self-isolating.
- Coronavirus update 10: Bono, will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson and Yoshiki have done this. (Via Michael)
- Coronavirus update 11: Live Lesson Masters has musicians giving people music lessons face to face and in real time. (They’ve also got experts in things like cooking and yoga.)
- Coronavirus update 12: Stressed? Caught indoors? Try these outside world soundscapes.
- Coronavirus update 13: TikTok is booming.
- RIP Bill Rieflin, drummer for Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, REM, King Crimson and more. Cancer, apparently.
- Google Podcasts is undergoing a redesign.
- And speaking of podcasts, the New York Times has bought a startup that turns articles into audio.
- The induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame will happening on November 7. HBO will run it live.