Random music news for Wednesday, October 2, 2024
According to geologists, Mt. Everest is having something of a growth spurt. Meanwhile, in music news for October 2, 2024…
- Instructive: A look into the US DOJ’s lawsuit against Live Nation.
- I’ve written about this before: Can you copyright a rhythm? That’s at the centre of an interesting plagiarism case. (Via Rick J)
- About 25% of indie artists take their music straight to TikTok. This poses a challenge for record labels, especially the majors.
- Coldplay says that they will definitely retire after released their 12th album.
- Ludacris has a new mission: To find the purest drinking water on Earth.
- What the hell is the Bop Spotter? Oh. (Via Chris)
- Green Day’s Punk Bunny coffee has launched three new flavours for the holidays plus some hot cocoa.
- Saga vocalist Michael Sadler has been diagnosed with a rare form of muscle cancer.
- This is fun: The story of the first transistor radio.
- An Anthony Kiedis biopic? It looks like it.
- Beyonce’s new whisky is…not good.
- Meta has introduced a new VR headset.
- Ed Sheeran is making so much money, he pays more in taxes in the UK than Starbucks.
- Here’s a switch: Organizers of a Last Dinner Party Gig had to apologize because security was too condescending to MALE concertgoers. (Rick J again)
- This music streaming service is NOT happy with what Tesla just did.
BONUS: Got a migraine? Try a vibrator. No, seriously.
