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Random music news for Wednesday, April 19, 2023

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Brass Band, BTS, Coachella, Ed Sheeran, Festivals, Roxi, Taylor Swift, U2, Umlaut Bands

The solution to microplastics in water? Sound. The temporary solution to boredom? Music news for April 19, 2023. More music

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 960: Rock’s greatest disasters

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bataclan, Concerts, Deaths, Disasters, Festivals, Injuries, Radiohead, Roskilde, Woodstock

Humanity has always been beset by disasters, whether they be acts of God or something we somehow brought on ourselves.

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Claim: Climate change is affecting the sales of concert tickets. Wait–wut?

August 30, 2022August 31, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Climate Change, Concert Tickets, Extreme Weather, Festivals, Lyte

It seems that there’s a growing number of human woes that can be traced back to climate change, including the

How has live music exploded in 2022? Let me tell you.

August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, Festivals, Live Nation, Quarterly Report, Variety

Recession? What recession? Live Nation announced second-quarter results this week and reported a 40% increase in revenue, not from the

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Random music news for Saturday, June 11, 2022

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Festivals

Just when you thought life couldn’t get any worse, there’s now a siracha shortage. Best rush out and stock up

NXNE returns June 14-19 in spectacular fashion

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments 3409, Atay & JAX, BALTO, Big Smoke Brass Band, Dallas Broken Islands, Dover Lynn Fox, Festivals, Foolproof, Jeremy Voltz, Kingdom of Birds, Lindsey & The Lonelies, NXNE, NXNE 2022, Omega Mighty, Ose, Sleepy Gonzalez, Toronto, Vicky R

Oh, how we’ve been waiting for this to happen: North By Northeast is returning to Toronto for a full week

Weekly survey: How many times have you seen your favourite artist play live?

May 9, 2022May 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, Fandom, Festivals, Gigs

I was speaking to someone last week about the post-COVID concert scene and they were most excited about seeing their

Weekly survey: Do you actually re-watch concert videos you take with your phone?

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Alan Cross 4 Comments Concerts, Festivals, Phones at Shows

With the return of concerts and festivals comes the resurrection of the debate of fans spending all their time videoing

Weekly survey: How far (or how long) are you willing to travel to see a concert?

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concerts, Festivals, Survey, Travel

Here’s another question designed to gauge your appetite for seeing concerts and festivals in a year when COVID will hopefully

Weekly survey: Have you bought any concert tickets for 2022 yet?

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Cross 4 Comments Concerts, Coronaphobia, Covid, Festivals

Some friends were over for dinner on the weekend. At one point in the evening, the conversation turned to a

Five music festivals have been announced for Canada

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Festivals, Osheaga, Sled Island, Tall Pines, Wintersong

After a couple of years in the COVID desert, festivals are starting to make a tentative comeback in Canada. Here

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