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Random music news for Wednesday, May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AstroWorld, Busking, Covid, Drake, Eurovision, Rod Stewart, Travis Scott

“I’m not dead yet!” No kidding. “I’m not dead yet, either!” Oops. Once you shiver at the implications of those

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Kalush Orchestra, Ukraine’s entry into Eurovision, is tipped to win it all

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, Eurovision, Kalush Orchestra, Ukraine

When we watch stories of war on TV, we tend to think that bombs are falling and guns are fighting

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Random music news for Saturday, March 12, 2022

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AM Radio, Amazon, CDs, Compact Discs, Concert Tickets, Eurovision, Kim Kardashian, Lars Ulrich, Muppets, Paul Stanley, Playlists, Russia, Song Catalogues, TikTok, Ukraine

Does anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any

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Another round of music-related stories from the war in Ukraine

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Eurovision, Live Music, Live Nation, TASS, Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There have been few times in history when so many people have

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Ukraine’s Eurovision entry has become an anthem for the country

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Eurovision, Invasion, Kalush, Russia, Stefania, Ukraine

Eurovision isn’t something most Americans care about, but across the Atlantic, it has been a Certified Big Deal for decades.

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Time to resurrect this Ukraine entry from Eurovision 2016 which took on Russian aggression

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1944, Eurovision, Russia, Ukraine

Back in 2016, Jamala, the Ukrainian entry in Eurovision, put forward this song entitled “1944.” The BBC describes it as

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Random music news for Monday, February 28, 2022

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Eurovision, Van Halen

Recent timeline: 2020, COVID; 2021, COVID part 2; 2022, war in Europe. Can we get a break, please? Moving to

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Organizers of Eurovision reverse course and ban Russia for 2022

February 26, 2022February 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2022, EBU, Eurovision, Russia

After initially saying that Russia could still compete in Eurovision 2022, organizers have changed their minds and banned the country

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Random music news for Wednesday, February 16, 2022

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bez, Emojis, Eurovision, Flea, Gavin Rossdale, Happy Mondays, Kanye, Keith Moon, Kim Kardashian, Madonna, Pete Davidson, Phoebe Bridgers, Rammstein, Stevie Nicks, Super Bowl, The Who

This is a pretty extreme sort of initiation ritual, don’t you think? While you try to keep your food down,

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Random music news for Thursday, June 10, 2021

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments American Song Contest, Apple Music, Eurovision, Football Songs, George Harrison, Hall and Oates, Hotel, Instagram, Kanye West, Love Shack, Merch, Pink Floyd, Slipknot, Twitter, Vinyl, YouTube

Scientists have figured out the weight of all the COVID-19 viruses in the world. It’s not much. Ponder that as

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Rock (and Italy) rules at Eurovision 2021. And the Italian band may have snorted coke on live TV. (Update: They didn’t.)

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2021, Eurovision, Italy, Måneskin

Eurovision, the ultra-weird international song competition that consumes a couple of continents every spring, concluded last night (May 22) with

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