Random Music News for Monday, August 22, 2016
The Hip tour is over. The Olympics are done. What am I going to do with my day? Well, I can work on gathering some music news, I guess…
- Michael Buble is launching a new fragrance via Facebook.
- Another look at politicians using songs against the artists’ wishes.
- Former 3 Door Down guitarist Matt Roberts has died at age 38 of a possible overdose of prescription drugs.
- And Architects guitarist Tom Searle has died of cancer at age 28.
- Bieber and the military helicopter.
- A new U2 song got premiered over the weekend.
- Courtney Love thinks Ryan Lochte is dumb. So does everyone else.
- Did Apple steal the idea for iTunes?
- Is there green for musicians in YouTube Red? Looks like it.
- Sorority chants from hell.
- A short film from a Backstreet Boy about black market sperm donations. You read that right.
- Counterfeit fentanyl pills at Prince’s place? Looks like it. (Via Tom)
- North Korea gets its own version of Netflix.
- Looks like Joni Mitchell is feeling better. Good.
- Samsung is killing is streaming music service next month.