Random music news for Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Film trivia: The movie A Fish Called Wanda killed a man. He laughed so hard he had a heart attack and died. Gee, I hope nothing like that happens with the music news report for November 22, 2023…
- Glastonbury 2024 sold out in less than an hour.
- Spotify is shutting down in Uruguay after a budget bill made unclear how much it required musicians to be paid.
- In case you missed it, Snoop isn’t actually giving up weed. It was a marketing thing for a company that sells smokeless stove and fire pits. So it’s a BBQ thing.
- Shakira paid a US$7.6 million fine to settle that Spanish tax fraud case.
- Was “Now and Then” really the last Beatles song? “Hold on,” says director Peter Jackson. “Not so fast.”
- Speaking of which, here’s an interesting trick employed by The Beatles in “Now and Then.” (Via Oreo)
- Imedla Mounfield, the wife of Mani, the bass player for the Stone Roses, has died from cancer.
- Dolly Parton is apparently taking a break from music to look after her husband who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
- The death toll at the Supernova Music Festival–the one attacked by Hamas on October 7–has risen by 100 because Israeli forces accidentally shot some attendees.
- Who will be the next big act to sign a deal to perform at The Sphere? Could it be The Rolling Stones?
- Ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg is recovering from hip and leg surgery.
- It looks like Amazon is planning some big changes at its Alexa division.
- We need to follow the Anthropic lawsuit. This is a big deal when it comes to AI and music. Here’s the latest.
- This billionaire boss paid for 1,200 employees and their families to go to Disneyland Toyko and threw in concerts by Maroon 5 and Calvin Harris. And how is your day at work going?
BONUS: Do not fire a bowling ball at someone’s skull at 400 mph. Here’s why.