Random Music News for March 30, 2017
On this day in 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Imagine if they hadn’t sold. And now, the music news of the day.
- The Abbey Road recording console that Pink Floyd used to record Dark Side of the Moon sold for $1.8 million at auction.
- Guns ‘N Roses grossed more than $5 million per show in 2016. No wonder pressure to reunite was so big.
- Is Apple’s Beats 1 the biggest radio station in the world?
- Are you a guitarist looking for the easiest way to tune your instrument? Look at this.
- Sex Pistol Glen Matlock has this idea of writing a punk opera.
- Some new songs (including ones by Bowie and NWA) are entering the National Recording Registry in the US. This is a pretty big honour.
- Bob Dylan has finally agreed to accept his Nobel Prize.
- If you’re into the history of broadcasting in Ontario, look at this.
- Fun timesuck: Can you identify these bands by their hairstyles?
- Lemmy was working on a solo album before he died. It’s almost ready for release.
- The bhangra halftime show!
- Just in case you don’t have your Record Store Day release list, you can download it here.
- Patti Smith has always been a fan of this French poet. Now she owns his house.
- And in other real estate news, a penthouse once owned by David Bowie is up for sale.
- This ex-punk rocker-turned-politician is going after Ted Cruz in Texas.
