Random Music News for Tuesday, February 14, 2017
I have a feeling I was supposed to do something today. Something about this particular date seems…auspicious. I’ll figure it out after we do the music news.
- Get ready to hear a lot about Radioplayer Canada. This is a good thing.
- Are people falling out of love with Facebook? Maybe.
- If that’s the case, maybe this Facebook move into music videos will help.
- Wanna buy some of Prince’s clothes?
- This is funny: The planet may run out of usable band names by 2019. (It’s satire, in case you can’t tell.)
- Megadeth, Metallica: what’s the difference? The Grammy house band sure didn’t know. (Via Tom)
- When Lady Gaga’s Million Reasons was first released, it peaked at #52 on the charts. After the Super Bowl, it re-entered at #4.
- This could come in handy: a self-destructing phone.
- Canadian album sales are down just 1.9% from this point last year. I wonder how much of that is from the fire sales at HMV?
- Still with music stats, on-demand audio streams in Canada are up 104% this year.
- The inside story of Adele’s George Michael tribute at the Grammys.
- What happens to your digital life when you die? It’s complicated. You need to prepare.
- I’d eat at this Australian burger joint.
- Here’s a way to get into a band’s VIP area at the gig: Change their Wikipedia page like this.
