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Random music news for Monday, April 7, 2025

April 7, 2025 Alan Cross Alex Lifeson, Beatkes, Coachella, Dave Allen, Elton John, Judas Priest, Lady Gaga, Taiwan, TikTok

Need some Canada for your Monday? Start here. (Via Christopher) Keep listening as you go through music for Apri 7, 2025. More music news? Go here. BONUS: The new Tron

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This Taiwanese rock band performed a livestream in an empty stadium

June 5, 2020 Alan Cross Hong Kong, Mayday, Taiwan

Every band dreams of headlining a stadium gig in front of thousands of screaming fans. Mayday, a band from Taiwan, achieved one of things things. On May 31, the band

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Random music news for Wednesday, December 26, 2018

December 26, 2018 Alan Cross Album Artwork, Black Metal, Heidi Klum, Mariah Carey, No Doubt, Taiwan, Tokio Hotel, Tony Kanal, Twenty One Pilot, Wu Tang

Did you know that Boxing Day is now the third busiest shopping day of the year? The busiest is the Friday before Christmas. Second is Black Friday. Here’s a house

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Watch this 11-year-old kid bust some serious moves on a ukulele

September 19, 2018 Alan Cross Feng Xiaoxiao, Taiwan, Ukulele

This is 11-year-old self-taught Feng Xiaoxiao busking in Taipei, Taiwan. It’s his version of Mason Williams’ 1968 instrumental hit, “Classical Gas.” Whoa.

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Random Music News for Thursday, January 21, 2016

January 21, 2016 Alan Cross ABBA, Adele, Apple, Apple Music, Beatles, Darlene Love, David Bowie, Google, iPod, Music Memos, Semi Precious Weapons, Shorty Awards, Taiwan, The The, Vevo

On this day in 1981, the DeLorean sports car–the DMC-12–went into production in Ireland. While it was good for Back to the Future, it was a truly awful sports car.