Random Music News for Tuesday, October 10, 2017
The first incident of commercial airline sabotage happened on this day in 1933. And now, some music news for October 10.
- Canadian music sales and streaming numbers for the past week vs. a year ago: Total album sales, -16.7%; digital albums, -23.7%; physical albums, -11.5%; CDs, -12.9%; vinyl, +17%; streaming, +79.5%.
- Remember that Air France A380 that lost an engine over the North Atlantic last week? Frances Bean Cobain was on that flight.
- A great question: Where is the musical underground in 2017?
- Some copies of Beck’s upcoming Colours album will come autographed by MC Hammer. Wait–what?
- The Guns ‘N Roses Not in This Lifetime tour has grossed more than $300 million since it started in April 2016.
- Has STP found their new singer? They think so.
- Sign of the times: Pearl Jam’s Let’s Play Two (Live) album sold just 14,000 physical copies in the US in its debut week. Still, that was good for a Top 10 review.
- Windows Phone is dead. That’s official.
- John Oliver found a way to make a Trump joke using Slipknot. (Via Larry)
- Amy Winehouse’s family is in talks to turn her life into a musical.
- Liam Gallagher’s As You Were album is outselling the rest of the UK Top 20 combined.
- Florence Welch hosted this BBC documentary on David Bowie’s Heroes album.
- There were zero security issues at the Foo Fighters’ CalJam festival this past weekend.
- Billy Corgan keeps sounding like he’s leaning towards a reunion of the classic Smashing Pumpkins lineup. It’s gotta happen.
