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Ongoing History Daily: Bands who had to change their name, part 2

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Band Names, Snow Patrol, Stone Temple Pilots, Sugar Ray, The Verve

Here are a few more cases of where a band had to change their original name. Ongoing History Daily: Bands

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Random music news for Tuesday, October 8, 2019

October 8, 2019October 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Gary Glitter, Google, Joker, Pixel 4, Podcasting, Snow Patrol, Spinal Tap

On this day in 1921, KDKA Pittsburgh became the first radio station to broadcast a live football game. Fast-forwarding to

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Random music news for Thursday, July 18, 2019

July 18, 2019July 17, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC-DC, Baby Shark, Beatles, Death Metal, Finland, Podcasts, Snow Patrol, Woodstock 50, YouTube

The speaking tour continues. Tonight I’m in Kamloops. If you’re in the area, come on out. Details here. Give it

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Random music news for Thursday, June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019June 26, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Lee Roth, Monty Python, Snow Patrol

One more sleep until the long weekend. And aren’t the kids out of school already? If not, it’ll be tomorrow.

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The best music of the year so far as chosen by the writers of A Journal of Musical Things (Part 1)

July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Beaches, Bodega, Editors, Ekat Bork, Fidlar, Gaz Coombes, Gwenno, Israel Nash, MIEN, Rise Against, Shame, Snow Patrol, Superorganism, USS

Now that we’re well and good into the second half of 2018, it’s perhaps a good time to pause to

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Random music news for Tuesday, May 29, 2018

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Big Shiny Tunes, Biopic, Brad Roberts, BTS, Buskers, Classic Rock, Crash Test Dummies, Dave Grohl, Elton John, Gary Lightbody, GDPR, K-Pop, Radio, Silverchair, Snow Patrol, Third Man, U2

Both the US and the UK are back to work after a long weekend today, so is there any music

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Season 7 of Game of Thrones Will Be Back July 16. Guess Which Musician Will Make a Guest Appearance?

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Guest Appearances, Mastodon, Of Monsters and Men, Sigur Rós, Snow Patrol

The producers of Game of Thrones have a thing for casting musicians as extras. Seasons 1-2: Wilko Johnson of Dr.

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Random Music News for Tuesday, July 5, 2016

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Avett Brothers, Damon Albarn, Darryl McDaniel, Gwen Stefani, iPhone, Liam Gallagher, Lollapalooza, Michael Jackson, Primus, Prophets of Rage, Puscifer, Sarah McLachlan, Snow Patrol, Syria, Tim Alexander, Zika

If Dolly the Sheep was still with us, she’d be 20 years old today. And now, the music news. Prophets

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Random Music News for Monday, January 4, 2016

January 4, 2016January 4, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aerosmith, Anonymous, Australia's Got Talent, Britney Spears, Caitlyn Jenner, Chris Brown, Courtney Cox, Kanye West, Keith Flint, Kim Kardashian, Lana Del Rey, Les Paul, Prodigy, Snow Patrol, Sum 41

All right, back to work. Only 78 days until spring. And while we’re on the subject of a new year,

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Random Music News for Wednesday, December 2, 2015

December 2, 2015December 2, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Anthony Hopkins, Apple Music, Backspin, Courtney Cox, Fifty Cent, Madonna, Piracy, Pope Francis, Prism, Public Enemy, Snow Patrol, Star Wars, Tidal

For some reason, this date is indelibly etched into my mind because a billion years ago, my mom prohibited my

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Random Music News for Wednesday, May 20, 2015

May 20, 2015May 19, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alt-J, Big Data, CFCF, Echo Nest, Joy Division, Killer Mike, Next Big Sound, Pandora, Peter Hook, Snow Patrol, Spotify, Streaming, Tinnitus, XWA

On this day 95 years ago, a Montreal station that went by the name XWA began broadcasting the first ever

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