Random music news for Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Another warning: More phones than ever are being searched at the US border at any time in history. Music news for August 26, 2025, isn’t nearly as intrusive. BONUS: The latest dating trend
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Guess which New York band just performed before 166,000 people in Mexico City?
When it comes to rock and alt-rock, not enough people realize that the people of Mexico love this music. I mean, really, really LOVE it. Just ask bands like The Pixies, U2, and
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Ongoing History Daily: The legacy of Wolfman Jack
The history of radio has many stories of legendary DJs who helped advance the cause of both broadcasting and rock’n’roll. Wolfman Jack was one of those guys. His real name was Robert Smith
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TikTok Music is now live in five countries. Spotify has to be concerned.
TikTok is a monster that has been done a lot of bend music consumption to its will. The company has now passed another milestone in its ambitions to become a streaming music service
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, November 15, 2021
Maybe Santa won’t be coming to town. Labour shortages. As for music news for November 15, 2021… ICYMI, Britney is now free. Slipknot’s Clown tore some bicep muscles during a gig necessitating surgery.
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Mexican soccer fans cause “artificial earthquake” when teams scores against Germany
It was a game Mexico wasn’t supposed to win. Germany, the defending World Cup champion, isn’t the kind of team to lose their opening game. Many believed that Mexico had drawn the short
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I Think It’s Safe to Say That Guns ‘N Rose Won’t Be Invited to the Trump White House Anytime Soon
At a Guns ‘N Roses show in Mexico, Axl Rose invited some of the assembled multitude to have at a Donald Trump piñata. It got ugly. (Via Loudwire)
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The Economist Does a Story on Why Mexicans Love Morrissey
Yes, The Economist. The story is called “Girlfriend in a Conga.” THE lugubrious strains of “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now” waft across a sunny beach in Acapulco. If that song in that setting
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This May Be the Most Dangerous Gig in Music
There’s a brand of Mexican popular band called narcocorridos, bands that sing of the culture surrounding the country’s horrific drug wars. Their closest cousins would be the hardest of the hardcore gangsta rappers.
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Random Music News for June 28, 2014
If you’re not fishing/camping/cottaging/Priding this weekend, here’s what everyone else is missing this weekend. Legendary soul singer Bobby Womack passed away yesterday. Marilyn Manson’s Russian tour, which was supposed to start last night,
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Mexican Drug Wars Prompt Cancellation of Major Music Festival
The Heaven and Hell Metal Fest was all set to go at a fairground east of Mexico City this weekend. Suddenly, though, the local authorities have ordered the event cancelled. The official reasons
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