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Random music news for Wednesday, December 9, 2020

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aerosmith, Breakdancing, Cher, Daniel Ek, Drake, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Michael Lang, Neil Young, Olympics, Police, Sinead O'Connor, Spotify, Wayne's World, Woodstock

Before we begin, who doesn’t love news bloopers? Moving to music news for December 9, 2020… If this album sells

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Random music news for Saturday, November 28, 2020

November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Cher, Grammys, Jared, Jay-Z, Madonna, Maradona, Radio, Subway, The Weeknd, TikTok

Hey, whatever happened to Subway’s Jared? Oh. On to music news for November 27, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Well, this

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Random music news for Wednesday, October 28, 2020

October 28, 2020October 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Apple, Brody Dalle, Cher, Chernobyl, David Bowie, Dementia, Evan Dando, Josh Homme, Lemonheads, Radio, Snapchat, Spotify

Imagine going to school on this bus. Cool. Now let’s study music news for October 28, 2020. Now that they’re

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Random music news for Friday, August 21, 2020

August 21, 2020December 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Arkells, Cher, Coronavirus, David Bowie, ESPS, Rolling Stones, Sturgis

What could this dude possibly want with a three-and-a-half-foot “personal massager”? The mind wanders. But we really need to focus

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Music History 

Remembering the time David Bowie appeared on Cher’s TV show. It was…cringe-worthy.

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Alan Cross 4 Comments Cher, David Bowie

It probably wasn’t a good idea, but these were Bowie’s coke-and-alcohol years. Bowie doing Neil Diamond and Perry Como on

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Random music news for Saturday, February 22, 2020

February 22, 2020February 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cell Phones, Cher, Coldplay, Courtney Love, Deborah Dugan, Donald Trump, Eddie Van Halen, Gary Cherone, Grimes, Lana Del Rey, Marie-Mai, McGarrible, Melissa Auf Der Maur, NARAS, Pearl Jam, Pop Smoke, Record Store Day, Spotify, Storry, Ticketmaster

So this is 22-02-2020. If we take it further, it was 02:02:20 am earlier today. And if we use military

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Random music news for Saturday, December 7, 2019

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Baby Yoda, Cher, Christmas Sweaters, Drake, Gene Simmons, Guns N'Roses, Pearl Jam, Pharrell Williams, Podcasting, Prince, R. Kelly, Spotify, YouTube

On this day in 1963, the first use of instant replay happened during the Army-Navy football game. As for what’s

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Music Industry 

Yes, secondary ticket sellers jack up prices. But they can also take big losses like this.

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cher, Concert Tickets, Secondary Sellers

We’re all familiar with what happens with concert tickets these days. Large numbers of tickets end up in the bands

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Random music news for Monday, April 8, 2019

April 8, 2019April 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Cher, David Lee Roth, Kurt Cobain, Mick Jagger, Nirvana, Podcast, Sublime

It was 25 years ago today that we heard the news about Kurt Cobain. Yes, it’s been that long. Here’s

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Random music news for Wednesday, June 27, 2018

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Barry Gibb, Belgium, Brexit, Bryan Adams, Cher, Elton John, England, Glastonbury 2019, Instagram, Kenya, Kinks, Madonna, Maynard James Keenan, Piano Lessons, Princess Diana, Rio de Janeiro, Student Loans, Tool, World Cup, YouTube

On this day in 1994, Aerosmith became the first major rock band to offer a song for free download. “Head

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Random music news for Monday, April 1, 2018

April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Beyonce, Brain Surgery, Brian May, Cher, David Bowie, James Murphy, Jennifer Lopez, Nils Lofgren, Richard Branson, Ted Nugent

[NOTE: I’m on vacation this week, so there will probably be fewer posts than usual. -AC] On this day in

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