Random Music News for Saturday, November 15, 2014
If you’re in the GTA and looking for something to do, I’ll be at the Gentlemen’s Expo at the Metro Convention Centre between 3 and 7 today.
- I love this: a new Toronto record store.
- The ex-manager of Tears for Fears has died.
- Will there be a collaboration between Chris Cornell and Jimmy Page next year? Possibly. (Via Tom)
- Jeezus. Paris Hilton won a “world’s best DJ” award. There is no God.
- I’m sure U2 meant well when they sent this gift to Slash, but…
- The Pope has invited Patti Smith to sing at a Vatican Christmas concert. Does he know the first lines to her version of “Gloria?” (Via Tom)
- Arguing about “the end of radio.”
- AC/DC’s “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” got a big sales boost after drummer Phil Rudd’s murder-for-hire story.