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Random music news for Thursday, March 18, 2020

March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, ASUS, Awards Shows, BTS, Drums, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Hipgnosis, Imagine Dragons, Joss Stone, Liam Gallagher, Massive Attack, Mike Portnoy, Noel Gallagher, Trading Cards

Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give

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Dua Lipa, SAINT JHn top artists for private home Spotify workout playlists

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, Daid Guetta, Doja Cat, Drake, Dua Lipa, Eminem, Joel Corry, Kanye West, Meduza, Megan Thee Stallion, PureGym, SAINt JHN, The Weeknd, Tiesto, Tones and I, Topic

It’s been almost a year since most of our lives hit a hard pause, including the ability to go to

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Home workouts powered by Dua Lipa, SAINt JHN, The Weeknd and Kanye

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, covid 19, David Guetta, Doja Cat, Drake, Dua Lipa, Eminem, Joel Corry, Kanye West, Meduza, Megan Thee Stalion, Pandemic, PureGym, SAINt JHN, Spotify, The Weeknd, Tiesto, Tones and I, Topic, Workout

If you’ve been getting creative and working out at home during this (good grief will it ever end) pandemic, newly

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Random music news for Thursday, March 5, 2020

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Beto O'Rourke, Coronavirus, Glastonbury, Joe Biden, Mariah Carey, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, SXSW

That’s it. I’m never ordering fries and Diet Coke together again. Instead, I’ll just focus on music news for March

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Random music news for Monday, September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Debbie Harry, Drake, Kanye West

Back on this side of the Atlantic for a while after my Beatles assignment. More on that anon. Meanwhile, here’s

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This Ariana Grande song was remixed by NASA as a recruiting tool for women to go to the moon

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Artemis, NASA

NASA is employing Ariana Grande to attract women to the space program. I quote: “As we look forward to sending

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Random music news for Thursday, September 5, 2019

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Blink-182, FM Radio, Jimi Hendrix, Live Nation, Max Weinberg, R. Kelly, Slipknot, Tinder, Weezer

The elder bull terrier has leaf mold allergies again. That’s another $500. Enough of that, though. Let’s do music news

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Random music news for Tuesday, September 3, 2019

September 3, 2019September 2, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Auto Tune, Beyonce, Bumbershoot, Elvis, Fred Durst, John Travolta, Lindia Ronstadt, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, The KInks, Tom DeLonge

Back to school, back to work. The next three months are, as usual, going to be insane. Here’s music news

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YouTube’s new policy on song snippets will cost musicians big bucks

August 28, 2019August 30, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Copyright, DMCA, Payments, Pex, Royalties, Streaming, YouTube, YouTube Music

YouTube won’t be helping musicians track down and demand payment from people who use tiny snippets of their music –

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Random music news for Saturday, June 1, 2019

June 1, 2019May 31, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, Ariana Grande, Audoo, Corey Taylor, Elton John, Piracy, Rod Stewart, Spice Girls, Tom Petty

June already. It would be nice if spring finally arrived in some parts of Canada. On to music news for

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Random music news for Tuesday, May 21, 2019

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments AirSynth, Ariana Grande, Drake, Hologram, Massive Attack, Over the Rainbow, Sony, Tom DeLonge, Whitney Houston, Wizard of Oz, Woodstock

One summer long weekend down. But there’s still three more to go. Meanwhile, let’s get back to work with some

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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