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Uh-oh, vinyl fans. Here come the UGLY price increases

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Alan Cross 3 Comments Canada, Prices, Universal, Vinyl, Warner

Canadians bought just over one million new vinyl albums in 2022, down about 3% from 2021 but that decrease doesn’t

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Sting finally pulls the trigger, sells catalogue to Universal for more than US$ 300 million

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Catalogue, Sting, Universal

Another day, another big catalogue music deal. After several months of rumours that a deal was imminent, it was announced

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Random music news for Tuesday, February 9, 2021

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Danelectro, Electronic Music, Gene Simmons, Google, Greenpeace, Lars Ulrich, Marilyn Manson, Mary Wilson, Metallica, Morgan Wallen, Napster, Phoebe Bridgers, Supremes, TikTok, Universal

Now that the Super Bowl is in the books, the annual impeachment event starts today. This will be weird, of

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Random music news for Tuesday, April 28, 2020

April 28, 2020April 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Baseball, Beyonce, Clubhouse, Facebook, George Harrison, Jack Dorsey, Lego, Merch, Universal, Yoshiki

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

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Random music news for Tuesday, April 21, 2020

April 21, 2020April 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8-Tracks, Bob Dylan, David Guetta, Iggy Pop, Live Nation, Pink Floyd, The Prodigy, Ticketmaster, Universal, Wreckless Eric

Can the coronavirus be transmitted through farts? This leads to a discussion of “aerosolized feces.” Once you get over that,

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Random music news for Saturday, March 7, 2020

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Red, Bernie Sanders, Coachella, David Crosby, Public Enemy, Radio, Sonos, Spotify, Universal

Here’s a topic worthy of exploration these days: edible vaccines. And here are 18 more common ways to die than

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Universal admits the loss of master tapes from these artists in the 2008 fire

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Universal

If you remember the story of the fire at Universal Music’s secure vault back in 2008, there were allegations that

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 1, 2020

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Goth, Mariah Carey, Massive Attack, Mike Portnoy, Rush, Tencent, Travis Barker, Universal

It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all

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Random music news for Wednesday, November 6, 2019

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 Live Crew, Christian Grammys, Fender, Grammys, LIVELab, Metallica, Pharrell Williams, Podcasts, Roger STone, Smart Speakers, Spinal Tap, Spleeter, Universal

I woke up in Phuket this morning. Bonus points if you can pronounce that correctly. Here’s some music news for

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Random music news for Thursday, August 29, 2019

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Keith Flint, Live Nation, Nice Cave, Ozzy Osbourne, Prodigy, Smart Speakers, Soundgarden, Spotify, Ticketmaster, Universal

Millennials have figured out how to stop spam calls on their mobile phones. Basically, if the phone rings, it’s spam.

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Random music news for Wednesday, August 7, 2019

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Drummers, FRBs, Metallica, Near Mint, Simpsons, Sony, Triumph, Universal, Woodstock

On this day in 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sold its first transistor radios. When it comes

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