Random Music News for Friday, July 22, 2016
Apparently, my right kidney contains a stone the size of a nickel. The doctor says he’s gotta go in and get it. You don’t want to know the route he’s going to take. And now, in music news…
- It’s been a good year for the touring industry. Revenues are up nicely in the first half of 2016.
- How Spotify, Apple Music’s Beats 1 and other online players are shaking up the definition of “radio.”
- And the greatest album of the 21st century so far is from…Slipknot?
- Brian Byrne of I Mother Earth has a new website.
- Adele crashed a kids’ party at a Vancouver cat cafe.
- Bob Geldof doesn’t mince words when he’s making a speech. No self-censorship here.
- Here’s the key to understanding The Devil’s Music. Start with these two chords.
- Five Finger Death punch was joined on stage by…a five-year-old girl?
- Sting will sing at your wedding–if you have the required dosh.
- Another plea to do something about distracted driving.
- A Russian-grown music streaming service? It’s coming.
- Interesting how the media seems to have turned against Taylor Swift. Was everyone waiting for her to fail at something?
- Paul McCartney was named the Top Albums Artist of All Time in a poll in the UK. The other Beatles are in the top four.
- Are you an artist worried about not getting your fair share from YouTube? Read this.
