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Random music news for Saturday, April 17, 2021

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Airpods, Alanis Morissette, Arcade Fire, Beacon Bloom, Beatles, Dolby ATMOS, Dr. Dre, Fast Radio Bursts, Fyre Festlval, Grega Van Fleet, Jon Schaffer, livestreaming, Mick Jagger, NFTs, Qobuz, R Kelly, Rick Astley, TikTok

Got my first vaccine shot yesterday. Do your work, Bill Gates nanobots! You know where I am. Moving to music

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Random music news for Wednesday, April 14, 2021

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beyonce, Black Keys, Concerts, DMX, Exodus, Facebook, Global Citizen, Iron Maiden, Kirk Hammett, livestreaming, M.I.A., Metallica, Protest Music, Puscifer, Soft Cell, St. Vincent

Wanna see exactly how creepy and invasive Facebook is? Take a look at this. Once you’ve regained your composure, take

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There’s a new survey on the uptake of livestreaming. Where do you fit in?

April 3, 2021April 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bandsintown, livestreaming, Streaming

Bandsintown, a site that tracks tours, hasn’t had much to do over the last 13 months. It has, however, been

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Random music news for Thursday, September 17, 2020

September 17, 2020September 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, DJ Khaled, DJs, Elton John, ESPN, Lady A, livestreaming, Madonna, Moog, Noel Gallagher, Notorious B.I.G., Songwriting, Spotify, Stream-Ripping, Synthesizers

Steve? Was that you? I wouldn’t doubt it. Take a read and then come on back for music news for

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The world of music livestreams now has its own awards ceremony

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments livestreaming, LiveXLive

With playing live and touring out of the question, many hundreds of artists have turned to performing livestreams through a

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…Trail of Dead hosting shows to save Horseshoe Tavern, other venues

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Concerts, Coronavirus, Covid, COVID-19, Horseshoe Tavern, livestream, livestreaming, spectrasonic, streamed concerts

We all know how crappy 2020 has been for musicians and venues, as hundreds if not thousands of shows have

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Random music news for Saturday, June 20, 2020

June 20, 2020June 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 Chainz, Cardi B, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Drive-In Concerts, James Brown, livestreaming, Pablo Escobar, Third Eye Blind

What’s the over/under on the number of people who attend the Trump rally tonight in Tulsa and get COVID-19? Just

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Random music news for Wednesday, June 10, 2020

June 10, 2020June 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AEG, Australia, Concerts, Happy Mondays, livestreaming, Richard Pryor, Shaun Ryder, Smashing Pumpkins, Urban Music

Can science please hurry up with research like this? The lockdown is not doing any favours to my waistline. Moving

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Random music news for Friday, May 1, 2020

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple Podcasts, Brampton, Britney Spears, Deezer, Eminem, Facebook, Gene Simmons, livestreaming, Memes, Nadine Shah, Spotify, Streaming, TikTok

Here’s something everyone can use: The four SECOND workout! Get that in before you check out music news for May

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Random music news for Tuesday, April 14, 2020

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Amazon, Beatles, Bee Gees, Death Angel, Documentaries, Kevin Lyman, Live Nation, livestreaming, Radio, Samsung

As if we don’t have enough to worry about, there’s this and this. Oh, and this, too. Swell. Now, the

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If you missed Sunday’s iHeart Living Room Concert, it’s now available on-demand via YouTube

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dave Grohl, Elton John, livestreaming

On Sunday night, Elton John hosted a series of live streams featuring a parade of big names including Dave Grohl.

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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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