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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 960: Rock’s greatest disasters

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bataclan, Concerts, Deaths, Disasters, Festivals, Injuries, Radiohead, Roskilde, Woodstock

Humanity has always been beset by disasters, whether they be acts of God or something we somehow brought on ourselves.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Concert tragedies

November 29, 2021November 27, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Altamont, Cincinnati, Concerts, Deaths, Pearl Jam, Rolling Stones, Roskilde, The Who

The deaths earlier this month at the Astroworld Festival are not the first at a music festival. We can go

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, July 1, 2020

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments COVID-19, Drake, Drive-ins, Kid Rock, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Rolling Stones, Roskilde, Soundgarden, Spotify, Star Spangled Banner, TikTiok

Happy 153rd, Canada. Here’s what’s happening in music news for July 1, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Not music-related but fun.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 820: The 90s, Part 9: The Festivals

April 13, 2018April 15, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments 90s, Alt-Rock, Another Roadside Attracion, Coachella, Festivals, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, Reading, Roskilde, Warped Tour

The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In

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Music Industry 

The Worst Disasters in Concert History

May 23, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments Bataclan, Chechen, Cincinnati, Cocoanut Grove, Concert Disasters, Cromañón, Festival Disasters, Great White, Krylya, Love Parade, Mawazone, Morocco, Nyamiha, Roskilde, Suicide Bomber, The Station, The Who, Tushino

The horrible attack on defenseless concertgoers in Manchester Monday night will go down in history as one of the worst

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Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, April 5, 2017

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Apple, Brian Johnson, Disco, Future Islands, HMV, Mac Pro, Millennials, Radio, Roskilde, Spinal Tap, Tupac

Hey, has anyone heard from Kelleyanne Conway recently? Just wondering. And now, the music news. Brian Johnson of AC/DC has

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Music News 

Music Festival Recycles Urine into Beer

July 7, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beer, Beercycling, Recycling, Roskilde

Usually it’s the other way around: lots of beer = lots of urine. But leave it to the crafty ecologically-conscious

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Music News 

Damon Albarn’s Five-Hour Set Ends When He’s Carried Off the Stage

July 6, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments African Express, Damon Albarn, Denmark, Roskilde

That must have been a good gig at Roskilde in Denmark. Damon Albarn and his collective known as African Express

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