Random Music News for Tuesday, April 5, 2016
It’s still winter outside my back door. Where are you, spring? At least there’s some music news to talk about.
- Paul McCartney has a new 67-track compilation.
- The trial date for the “Stairway to Heaven” plagiarism case has been set.
- If you still watch Empire–does anyone?–the real life Cookie is getting her lawyers ready for an attack on Fox about the show.
- Okay, so Radiohead didn’t release their album by March 31 as some expected (Oops!). Instead, they did this bit of business.
- If you work in fast food, the least you can do is make your job musical.
- This rap duo tried to make an anti-Trump music video. Then the cops showed up.
- Meanwhile, Everlast sent a note to Donald Trump: “Cut it out!”
- Miley Cyrus was mauled. By a cat.
- Lady Gaga is disenchanted with the whole fame thing. Or so she says.
- How Kanye West is probably going to have a #1 album even though he’s sold virtually ZERO copies of The Life of Pablo.
- The Rolling Stones all showed up at an exhibition of their stuff in London.
- Bieber + dreadlocks = Cultural appropriation. That’s the charge.
- What’s this about a Suge Knight jail conditions scandal that might involve Dr. Dre?
- Looking for an ex-Elvis house? Better hurry.
