Random music news for Friday, August 22, 2025
“Virtual human” online salespeople in China are outselling their human competitors. Oh, dear. On to music news for August 22, 2025. BONUS: Apparently, Trump is worried about going to Hell.
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Random music news for Wednesday, August 6, 2025
I don’t even know what to say about this. I just don’t. But when it comes to music news for August 6, 2025… BONUS: We have a winner in the
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This is the last thing a NASA spacecraft saw before flying into Saturn. Cool. (Via Larry) Music news for June 30, 2025, is nowhere near as ominous. More music news?
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Now you can take a space selfie! (Via Rick) And down here on Earth, you can read music news for May 28, 2025. More music news? Go here. BONUS: This
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Ongoing History Daily: Green Day vs. Perry Farrell & Lollapalooza
In 1994, Green Day was starting to build a reputation based on the Dookie album, which was released that February. When it came time to cast the lineup for that
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The lineup for Lollapalooza 2025 has been announced
Lollapalooza used to be this fantastic collection of alt-rock and left-of-centre acts that celebrated being different? Now it’s just another pop music festival. Oh, organizers give a token nod to
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One of the people running for president in the US found a dead worm in his brain. No, not him. Or him, either. No worms in music news for May
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We’re FINALLY getting a documentary on Lollapalooza
When Perry Farrell announced the first Lollapalooza–Jane’s Addiction’s final tour masked a traveling alt-rock music festival–it was a tough sell. Back in the summer of 1991–a couple of months before
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Now that music festival season has started, which ones are the most successful?
With the first weekend of Coachella in the bag, festival season in the northern hemisphere has begun. So far, though, there’s seems to be a lack enthusiasm for festivals. Lineups
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Get the feeling something’s…off about this year’s crop of music festivals? You’re not alone. Thoughts?
This has been a weird year for music festivals. First, Coachella failed to instantly sell out, a rarity. There’s grumbling about the lineup for Glastonbury. Lollapalooza looks like a must-miss.
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There’s the lineup for Lollapalooza 2024. Are things getting worse? Let’s study the poster.
Once upon a time, Lollapalooza was one of the very few must-attend music festivals in North America. I still have extremely fond memories of the original era back in the
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