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Random music news for Monday, August 23, 2021

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Corey Taylor, Covid, Dandelion, Dead and Co, Don Everly, Green Man, KISS, Paul McCartney, Right Said Fred, Roger Waters, Spoon, Stephen Colbert

Remember the Euro 2020 soccer tournament? Experts say it resulted in 9,000 COVID cases. Lovely. Now some music news for

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Random music news for Thursday, July 29, 2021

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Apple, Corey Taylor, Country Music, John Waters, Johnny Lydon, KT Tunstall, Las Vegas, Lil Uzi Vert, Mark Hoppus, Sex Pistols, Slipknot, Vinyl, YouTube

A COVID vaccine in a pill? We could be close to one. Consider that as we go through music news

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 6, 2020

January 6, 2021January 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Corey Taylor, David Bowie, Drake, Fleetwood Mac, Glastonbury, Godzilla, Grammys, Hipgnosis, Lazarus, Lindsey Buckingham, Live Music, Magna, Nicki Minaj, Seals, Slipknot, St. Vincent, Zach Gill

Is anyone else being bombarded with spam saying that they’ve won/inherited/chosen to receive thousands or millions of dollars? I’ve seen

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Random music news for Thursday, October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Bob Mould, Bonnaroo, Corey Taylor, Drew Carey, Judas Priest, Metallica, New Order, Pearl Jam, Peter Hook, Reebok, Slash, Slipknot, Spotify, Streaming, System of a Down

There’s another health issue caused by COVID-19: cracked teeth. Let’s see what we have for music news for October 1,

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Random music news for Friday, August 7, 2020

August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Astronomy, Corey Taylor, COVID-19, EDM, Headbanging, Kanye West, Live Nation, Mariah Carey, Metal, Migos, Music Theory, Noel Gallagher, TikTok, YouTube

Deep into the vacation staycation. I’ve discovered that there’s so much left to do around the house that I might

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Random music news for Wednesday, April 30, 2020

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Bill Withers, Corey Taylor, Daft Punk, Ed Sheeran, iPhone, Slipknot, Streaming, SXSW, Tidal

First, this: Now, music news for April 29, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: SXSW has been sued over its “no refunds”

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Random music news for Friday, October 25, 2019

October 25, 2019October 24, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bach, Beatles, Clerks 3, Corey Taylor, Foo Fighters, Gerard Way, Guns N'Roses, Judas Priest, Kevin Smith, Lizzo, My Chemical Romance, Rob Halford, Ronnie James Dio, RuPaul, Slash, Yamaha

Should a baseball umpire be involved in something like this? Just askin’. Off to discuss music news for October 25,

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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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Fan attempts to rush Corey Taylor onstage in Moscow. Security got to him first. Naturally, there’s video.

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Corey Taylor, Slipknot

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor was playing a solo gig in Moscow when some wingnut tried to rush him onstage. Fortunately, Corey

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Random music news for Wednesday, October 3, 2018

October 3, 2018October 2, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Brett Kavanaugh, Colin Kaepernick, Corey Taylor, Donald Trump, Ed Sheeran, Eric Idle, Facebook, Google, IMDB, Kanye, Mobile Video, Monty Python, Slipknot, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tim Berners-Lee, UB40, Vinyl

It was 32 years ago today that the first shovels went into the ground for the construction of what would

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Random Music News for Thursday, September 7, 2017

September 7, 2017September 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Can, Cher, Chris Cornell, Corey Taylor, Dashboards, Donald Trump, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Holgar Czukay, Hurricane Harvey, IMDB, Infotainment, Justin Timberlake, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Michael Jackson, Queens of the Stone Agte, Slipknot, Will.i.am

Forty years ago today, a 300-metre TV transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, was hit by a light plane in dense

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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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