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Coachella did not sell out in 2024. Will things rebound with this 2025 lineup?

November 21, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

The days may still be getting shorter, but it’s around this time that we start hearing about big music festivals scheduled for the year ahead. Glastonbury tickets went on sale earlier this month

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This may be the weirdest (and most disgusting) release of a single in the history of music

November 7, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 min read

There are a couple of ways to approach record collecting, The first is to look for gaps in your collection when it comes to the essentials and fill them. Others search for rare

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Green Day’s 20th anniversary edition of American Idiot is out

October 26, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5 min read

Just before American Idiot was released in the fall of 2004, a bunch of us were invited into a boardroom at Warner Music Canada for a preview of the new album. Going into

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Green Day has released a series of “demastered” songs

October 10, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

You gotta love who’s in charge of Green Day‘s marketing. In attention to their Pink Bunny coffee, they’ve found a way to draw attention to some Dookie material in an unusual way. The

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Random music news for Tuesday, October 1, 2024

October 1, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

The future of space exploration could be moon shrooms. Meanwhile, here’s what’s happening now in music news for October 1, 2024. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Got some grunge-y vinyl that needs

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Random music news for Monday, September 30, 2024

September 30, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Now THIS is bagpiping! And this is music news for September 30, 2024. More music news? Go here. BONUS: This is pretty metal.

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 25, 2024

September 25, 2024 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2 min read

A radio signal has reached Earth after eight billion years. Who or what sent it? Meanwhile, I’ll take responsibility for music news for September 25, 2024. More music news? Go here. BONUS: This

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Another famous singer performed in public and nobody noticed

September 23, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Occasionally, we hear a story about famous people having a little fun by performing in disguise in public, and no one notices. For example, U2 did it. Paul McCartney did it. And so

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 18, 2024

September 18, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

An electromagnetic vortex cannon? What’s that? Oh. Coooooool. (Via Larry) What’s music news for September 18, 2024? This. More music news? Go here. BONUS: What if Hamilton were repurposed to reflect the US

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Another unwanted drone incident: Green Day buzzed in Detroit

September 5, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

A couple of weeks back, there was an unexpected (benign yet illegal) incident with a drone during an Arkells show in Winnipeg that resulted in police action. It all ended quite amicably. But

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Green Day is giving away a car for charity

September 5, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

If you go back to the American Idiot album and the videos for “Holiday” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” you may remember the Green Day’s 1968 Mercury Monterey convertible. They’ve hung on to

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