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Random music news for Friday, March 24, 2023

March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple, ChatGPT, China, Culture Club, Donald Trump, Elton John, Jewelry, King Charles, Las Vegas, MSG Sphere, Punk Rock Museum, Songwriting, Spotify, StubHub, The Weeknd, TikTok, U2

A five planet alignment is about to happen. Astrologers are losing their sh*t. Moving to music news for March 24,

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Random music news for Thursday, March 23, 2023

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Bunny, BBC, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Down with Webster, Ed Sheeran, Frank Zappa, Rob Zombie, Shania, The Weeknd, Ticketmaster, TikTok

Gross. Just gross. But then they’ll tell you that they were just exercising their right to free speech. Try to

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Random music news for Friday, December 23, 2022

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Bob Dylan, Cancer, Ed Sheeran, Iron Maiden, Mark E. Smith, Muppets, Punk Rock Museum, The Fall, The Weeknd

The Muppets covering The Beastie Boys? Yep. Hey, I laughed. Now some deadly serious (mostly) music news for December 23,

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Here are the top-earning tours for 2022

December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments 2022, Bad Bunny, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd, Touring

It’s been a tough year for the majority of touring artists, given the pressure to play live and spiraling inflation.

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Random music news for Thursday, July 21, 2022

July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments American Pie, British Music, Chainsmokers, Christian Rock, Commonwealth Games, Don McLean, Duran Duran, Harry Styles, Music Festivals, Ozzy Osbourne, Shopify, Spotify, The Weeknd, Tony Iomi, videos

“Mutant troops?” Like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles or something? Best stick with music news for July 21, 2022. Someone died

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Random music news for Tuesday, July 19, 2022

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments ACDC, Billy Corgan, Canadian Supreme Court, Commonwealth Games, Highland Park, Jack White, Que Sera Sera, Rick Astley, The Weeknd, UB40

The Wife is now really deep into F1 racing. The other week during the Austrian Grand Prix, she turned to

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Last Friday’s Weeknd show at the Rogers Centre in Toronto was called off because the venue couldn’t open the doors

July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concerts, Outage, Rogers Centre, The Weeknd

Some 46,000 people traveled from far and wide witness The Weeknd’s world tour opener/giant homecoming show at the Rogers Centre

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Weekly survey: Should we go back to paper concert tickets?

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Tickets, Outage, Rogers, The Weeknd

Chunks of the country are still trying to recover from the Big Rogers Outage of 2002 on Friday. I feel

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The Weeknd’s show at the Rogers Centre Friday night was canceled because of Rogers. Twitter wasn’t happy.

July 10, 2022July 10, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Rogers Centre, Rogers Outage, The Weeknd, Toronto

A big chunk of Canada was paralyzed for much yesterday because of the Rogers outage caused by…well, we’re not sure,

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Random music news for Saturday, July 9, 2022

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Backstreet Boys, Barbie, Bob Dylan, Disney, Disturbed, Dr Dre, Kanye West, Live Nation, My Chemical Roman, Netflix, Podcasting, Rogers, Soundtracks, Spotify, The Weeknd, Three Days Grace

On a dating app? Notice the conspiracy theories there? Nothing conspiratorial about music news for July 9, 2022. Doing his

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Random music news for Thursday, April 28, 2022

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android Auto, Elvis, Half Man Half Biscuit, Kurt Cobain, Speakers, Spotify, Susan Jacks, The Weeknd, Tom Hanks, Travis Scott

This is the best headline of the year. Beat it. I dare you. I wish I could have up with

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