Random music news for Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Sad news. The “double Rainbow guy” has died of COVID-19. In other news, here’s what’s happening in music for May 13, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: Bryan Adams’ comments about “bat eating” “virus making greedy bastards” aren’t winning him many fans. (Via Tom)
- Coronavirus update 2: Here is how Live Nation is going to ride out the virus.
- Coronavirus update 3: One in five British musicians think that COVID-19 will end their career.
- Coronavirus update 4: This concert will be a litmus test as to whether people are ready to go to gigs again. The precautions they’re taking are…incredible.
- Coronavirus update 5: The Reading and Leeds Festivals have been canceled for this year.
- Record labels are having to go back to the drawing board when it comes to marketing their music.
- Spotify has a new feature: Lockdown disco listening.
- This guy covered Metallica’s “One” on bass. (Bass players will get the point he’s making.) (Via Danny)
- Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull says he’s suffering from incurable lung disease (COPD).
- The Chinese are listening to a LOT of podcasts.
- Here’s how Noel Gallagher dealt with panic attacks back in the 90s. (Do NOT try this at home!)
- Audi’s new MIB 3 infotainment system looks really cool.
- Have you noticed that more and more websites are starting to look the same?
- You know all those online church services? There are copyright considerations that are annoying some people.
- Billie Eilish needed a restraining order against an obsessed fan.
- The biggest (and most social-distancing-friendly) gigs in the world are now inside Fortnite.
- Deezer has cut the price of its high-def streaming service.
- Meanwhile, Google Play Music will be killed later this year and folded into YouTube Music.
- Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is the first and only album to spend 950 weeks on the Billboard Top 200.
