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Concerts 

How to watch the Taylor Hawkins tribute concert in Canada

September 3, 2022September 5, 2022 Alan Cross 9 Comments Canada, Foo Fighters, London, MTV, Paramount+, Taylor Hawkins, Tribute Concert

The first of two tribute concerts for late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins happens tomorrow (September 3) at Wembley Stadium

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Music News 

Paramount, MTV, YouTube, and CBS will broadcast the first Taylor Hawkins tribute concert from London

August 17, 2022August 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments CBS, London, MTV, Paramount, Taylor Hawkins, Tribute Concert, Wembley Stadium

We’re coming up fast on the two Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts planned by the Foo Fighters next month. The first,

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Music History 

Good timesuck: The first two hours of MTV on its first day in 1981

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment 1981, First two hours, MTV, Music VIdeos

Just after midnight on August 1, 1981, MTV, the world’s first 24-hour music video channel signed on with a library

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Opinion 

Miss the old days of music television? Take a listen to this guy.

June 19, 2022June 19, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment MTV, MuchMusic, Music VIdeos

Like the guy in this video, I get a lot of people telling me they miss the old days of

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Music History 

RIP Mike Nesmith of The Monkees and the man who named The Tragically Hip

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Elephant Parts, Mike Nesmith, Monkees, MTV, Music VIdeos, Rio, RIP, Tragically Hip

You’ll read all kinds of obituaries about Mike Nesmith, the brainiest of The Monkees, who died this week of natural

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Music History 

40 years ago today, MTV debuted

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 40th Anniversary, Buggles, MTV, Rod Stewart

At 12:01 am on August 1, 1981, on a handful of cable systems across the US, this happened. At the

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Monday, July 12, 2021

July 12, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 50 Cent, ABC, ASMR, Deezer, Dua Lipa, Fyre Festival, iPod, Jack Antonoff, Johnny Lydon, MTV, My Chemical Romance, Olivia Rodrigo, Rolling Stone, Sex Pistols, St. Vincent, Taylor Swift, TikTok, Triumph, YouTube

Back to work after a short vacation. Things on these pages will be operating as normal for the next while.

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, July 1, 2021

July 1, 2021June 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Hasselhoff, Facebook, Halsey, Influencers, Metallica, MTV, Mumford & Sons, Neil Peart, Pop Music, Record Stores, Sesame Street, Streaming, The Weeknd, Trent Reznor, USS, Wintston Marshall

Expecting to die one day? Go to Mars! On that cheery note, here’s just news for July 1, 2021. Is

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: MTV’s anniversary

February 24, 2021February 23, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments MTV, Rod Stewart

We’ll be hearing more about the 40th anniversary of MTV later this year because it was on August 1, 1981,

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Recommended Music 

28 years after the fact, we can now stream Pearl Jam’s MTV Unplugged performance

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments MTV, Pearl Jam

Once upon a time, an appearance on MTV’s Unplugged series was a career highlight. Everyone wanted to do one, including

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, August 24, 2020

August 24, 2020August 23, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bob Marley, Chris Cornell, Coheed and Cambria, Coronavirus, Kid Rock, Metal, Metallica, MTV, Neil Young, Radio, Rick Springfield, Sturgis, U2, Yoga

Meanwhile, in Iceland. Hey, I laughed. Here’s music news for August 24, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: And here come the

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