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Random music news for Thursday, February 11, 2021

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coldplay, Concerts, Emmanuel Kelly, Guitars, Happy Mondays, Internet Archive, Lunar New Year, Morgan Wallen, Music Charts, R Kelly, Willie Nelson, YouTube

I gotta see this new Britney Spears documentary. It just has to become available in Canada first. Oh, and she’s

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#FortheLoveofLive wants your concert stories and support

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Canadian Live Music Association, Concert Venues, Concerts, Covid, COVID-19, Live Music, Massey Hall, Miranda Mulholland, Pandemic, Roy Thomson Hall, shut down, stay home orders

We’re quickly approaching a full year since in-person concerts stopped abruptly, without warning — and for who knows how much

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Random music news for Thursday, February 4, 2021

February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beatles, Billy Joel, Chrissie Hynde, Concerts, Gene Simmons, Grateful Dead, Kia, KISS, Music Charts, Sinead O'Connor

Will there be a running of the bulls this year? It’s unclear. On to music news for February 4, 2021.

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Random music news for Tuesday, January 26, 2021

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Avril Lavigne, Bon Jovi, Concerts, Sea Shanties, TikTok, Workout Music

What kind of digital hoarder are you? I’d like to think I’m a Collector, but I fear I may be

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Weekly survey: Will we be going to gigs this summer?

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Concerts, Covid

There is so much going with COVID right now. New variants. Travel bans. Delayed shipments of vaccinations. Confusion about who

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The Flaming Lips’ “bubble concert” went like this.

January 25, 2021January 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, COVID-19, Flaming Lips

After a little bit of experimentation and one or two false starts, the Flaming Lips finally followed through with their

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Weekly survey: What’s the first band you want to see when we get the all-clear on the pandemic?

January 4, 2021January 3, 2021 Alan Cross 14 Comments Concerts, COVID-19

The New Year has arrived and the vaccines are rolling out. And if all goes well, live music should return

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Random music news for Thursday, December 31, 2020

December 31, 2020December 30, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Addiction, Apple Music, Cardi B, Concerts, Diddy, Matrix, Peppa Pig, Sean Feucht, Superspreader Events, Taylor Swift, Tesla

As this wretched, wretched year comes to an end, here’s something else to be paranoid about: You are nothing but

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Random music news for Saturday, December 26, 2020

December 26, 2020December 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Angry Snowmen, Beyonce, Concerts, George Michael, JBL, Jokes, Live Music, McDonald's, Michael Jackson, R Kelly, Speakers, Taylor Momsen

Looking for a good post-Christmas laugh? An extensive study has been done in order to find The Funniest Joke in

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Weekly survey: Will a vaccine entice you back to concerts sooner?

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, COVID-19, Vaccines

Vaccinations against COVID-19 begin this week in Canada and other countries. It’ll be a while before all of us get

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Music fans in Barcelona offer themselves up for a COVID-19 concert study

December 14, 2020December 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, COVID-19

Back in the summer, researchers in Leipzig, Germany, conducted a test of how COVID-19 might be transmitted during an indoor

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