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Random music news for Monday, January 7, 2019

January 7, 2019January 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Annie Lennix, Canadian, Coachella, Cuba, Def Leppard, Donald Trump, hard rock, John Lennon, Metal, R. Kelly, Snoop Dogg, SpaceX, Spice Girls, Super Bowl

Day three of my trip to CES in Las Vegas. Man, there’s a lot of weird stuff on display here.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Reveals Newest Inductees

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Class of 2019, Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, Radiohead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, The Zombies

Say what you will about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – who deserves to be in and what

Random music news for Wednesday, December 12, 2018

December 12, 2018December 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Avicii, Baby It's Cold Outside, Courtney Love, Das Kapital, Def Leppard, Fake News, Freddie Mercury, Fyre Festival, Green Day, James Bond, Japan, Jeff Bezos, Justin Hawkins, McIntosh, Muse, Music sales, Piracy, Rami Malek, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sam Lufti, Smashing Pumpkins, Sony, Spotify, Stereo Systems

One day, we’ll turn on the news and not hear anything about Donald Trump. One day… Meanwhile, here’s music news

Random music news for Thursday, May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018May 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bing, Classic Rock, Concerts, Daniel Johns, Def Leppard, Elton John, Google, Metallica, Music Lessons, Napster, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Silverchair, Tbilisi, Twitter

On this day in 1902, the Antikythera Mechanism was discovered. We still don’t know who made it. Or when. As

Props for Def Leppard for this new online ad

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Def Leppard, Journey, Pour Some Sugar On It

Def Leppard is touring with Journey this summer–plus all their music is finally available on digital music services. That calls

Does #MeToo mean the end of the rock’n’roll groupie?

March 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, #TimesUp, Def Leppard, Groupie, Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Rolling Stones

For as long as I can remember and for decades before that, a certain type of woman (and a few

Random Music News for Wednesday, January 24, 2018

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andy Rourke, Bill Cosby, Billy Joel, Def Leppard, Dolores O'Riordan, Elton John, Elvis Presley, Facebook, Flick, Headphones, HP Lovecraft, Hugh Masekela, Kid Rock, Larry Mullen, Podcasts, The Smiths, U2

The day after its legendary Super Bowl commercial, the Apple Macintosh went on sale on this day in 1984. And

Def Leppard’s music FINALLY comes to digital music services. Who is still holding out?

January 19, 2018January 19, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Def Leppard

As difficult as this is to believe, there are still big-name artists that don’t think that things like iTunes and

When is the #MeToo Tsunami Going to Hit the Music Industry?

December 5, 2017December 4, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment #MeToo, Bill Wyman, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Don Henley, Duran Duran, Eagles, Jimmy Page, Lori Maddox, Mandy Smith, Mick Jagger, Ted Nugent

Imagine, for a moment, that awareness of sexual misdeeds and harassment had hit the music industry in the 60s, 70s

Random Music News for Monday, June 26, 2017

June 26, 2017June 25, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accordion, Casey Kasem, Def Leppard, Diddy, Ice Cube, Imagine Dragons, John McEnroe, Mick Jagger, Neil Young, OK Computer, Oliver Stone, Peter Tosh, Pussy Riot, Radiohead, Susan Boyle, Tupac, Vladimir Putin

I’m trying to ignore that the days are getting shorter. I know, I know: glass half-full, right? And now the

52 Albums That Changed My Life (and Other Exaggerations), Chapter 22: Waking up the Neighbors

May 28, 2017May 29, 2017 Brent Chittenden 0 Comments AC/DC, Billy Ocean, Bryan Adams, Def Leppard, John "Mutt" Lange, Mutt Lange, Shania Twain

Bryan Adam’s released Waking Up the Neighbors was released in September of 1991 and it was pretty hard to miss.