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Random music news for Friday, January 3, 2025

January 3, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

We’re three days into 2025 and it’s already turning out to be super-weird. As least Brad and Angelina have settled their divorce after eight years. That international nightmare is over. Now onto music

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In light of the recent Ed Sheeran copyright infringement trial, it’s worth seeing this again

May 7, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment 1 min read

Last Thursday, a Manhattan jury acquitted Ed Sheeran on charges that he stole “significant elements” of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” for his megahit, “Thinking Out Loud.” Much of the plaintiff’s case

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Ed Sheeran WINS the copyright infringement suit brought against him by the estate of Marvin Gaye.

May 5, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Good. Justice has been served. In case you weren’t aware, part of the same party who successful sued Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over “Blurred Lines” sounding too much like Gaye’s “Got to

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Random music news for Friday, April 28, 2023

April 28, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment 1 min read

Meanwhile in Florida, the Killer Clown Case is over after 33 years. Digest that and then move on to music news for April 28, 2023. More music news? Look here. BONUS: Chatty parrots

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Marvin Gaye’s estate is suing Ed Sheeran. Listen and you be the judge.

April 24, 2023 Alan Cross 8 Comments 1 min read

Back in 2018, the estate of Marvin Gaye successfully sued Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over “Blurred Lines” because a jury agreed that the song sounded–or rather, felt–too much like Gaye’s “Got to

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Random music news for Thursday, February 10, 2022

February 10, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments 1 min read

Video games that spy on us? Oh, dear. Worry about that after you take in some music news for February 10, 2022. Interesting read: “In Their Own Words: Why Artists are Leaving Spotify.”

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Random music news for Wednesday, June 23, 2021

June 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Got terminal hiccups? There’s new hope! And then there’s music news for June 23, 2021. Deezer is joining the race for better quality audio on streaming services. That new Marvin Gaye biopic is

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Random music news for Tuesday, June 22, 2021

June 22, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

Hello! It’s been a while. Glad to see you again. And now that we’re done with astronomy news, here’s music news for June 22, 2021. Shazam is now identifying one billion songs per

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Random music news for Monday, October 12, 2020

October 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Happy Thanksgiving! (Yes, American readers, we have our own that doesn’t seem to involve an orgy of shopping.) It’s a day off, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have music news for October

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Behold the supergroup featuring members of Muse, Blur, Jet, Last Shadow Puppets and the Zutons

April 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

They call themselves The Jaded Hearts Club. Nic Chester from Jet is on vocals and is supported by Matt Belamy (Muse), Miles Kane (Last Shadow Puppets), Sean Payne of The Zutons, Graham Coxon

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Pharrell Williams says that the “Blurred Lines” verdict was awful for music. Yeah, no sh*t.

November 6, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments 1 min read

When a jury ruled that the vibe of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” (a song co-written by Pharrell Williams) was too similar to Marvin Gaye’s “Got to Give It Up,” most of the music

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