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Random music news for Wednesday, November 27, 2024

It’s a big travel day for America because of Thanksgiving and because of the holiday, there may be some shortages of things to talk about until next week. Or will there? Here’s music news for November 27, 2024.

  1. Study: AM radio is still available in 98% of vehicle dashboards.
  2. The Alice of “Alice’s Restaurant” (the Arlo Guithrie song) died last week. (Via Rick J)
  3. Canadians have gone crazy for The Tragically Hip’s new reissue of Up to Here.
  4. Music bigger than movies? Yes, if you look at it this way.
  5. Now that the Eras tour is wrapping up, we’re starting to get think pieces on Taylor Swift like this.
  6. Ed Sheeran is bulking up his real estate portfolio with some commercial properties.
  7. Adele’s Las Vegas residency is finally over. She doesn’t know what she’ll do next.
  8. Over 3,000 counterfeit Gibson guitars were seized by US Customs. They’re worth about US$18 million.
  9. Ozzy and Britney Spears, together at last.
  10. This latest Live Nation edict isn’t going to go over well.
  11. Jelly Roll a satanist? No, but…
  12. Have you noticed a change to your Threads feed? This could be why.
  13. Meanwhile, are you looking to get going on Bluesky? This should help.
  14. A Christmas classic has joined Spotify’s 1 Billion Streams Club.
  15. I wondered about this, too.

More music news? Go here.

BONUS: The big secret they never tell you about the music industry. (Via Walter)

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