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Random music news for Tuesday, April 5, 2022

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Cancer Bats, Electric Guitar, Harry Styles, Midnight Oil, Noel Gallagher, Radiohead, Spotify, The Smile, Ukraine, Will Smith

This Twitter rat hole looks to be very, very deep. It’s almost as deep as music news for April 5,

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The Oscars Slap is now a musical

April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andre Antunes, Chris Rock, Oscars, Slap, Will Smith

YouTuber Andre Antunes is very good at turning unusual cultural events into music. The Will Smith slap on Chris Rock

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Tool’s Maynard James Keenan demonstrates what Chris Rock could have done against Will Smith

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chris Rock, Maynard James Keenan, Self-Defense, Tool, Will Smith

Tool fans know that Maynard James Keenan is quite good at Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, having worked his way up to a

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Random music news for Thursday, March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blue Man Group, Drake, Floppie the Banjo Clown, Grammys, Grateful Dead, Pickering, Producers, Radio Airplay, Science of Rock'n'Roll, Will Smith

No YouTube video has been viewed this many times in such a short period of time. Surprised? And the memes

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Random music news for Thursday, March 4, 2021

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, BBC 2, David Crosby, Dolly Parton, Eddie Vedder, Grimes, NFTs, Phil Collins, Podcasting, Ronnie James Dio, Ronnie Williams, Soundcloud, Spotify, The Weeknd, Will Smith

Will Smith in politics? Could happen, Murcia. And now, music news for March 4, 2021. While the UK wants to

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 16, 2020

September 16, 2020September 15, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billboard, Cardi B, Jarvis Cocker, Radio, Spotify, Tunein, Will Smith, X-Men

Life on Venus? Damn, I wish Bowie were here to write a song about it. Moving on to music news

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Random music news for Monday, May 28, 2018

May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Quiet Place, Bon Jovi, Florence Welch, GDPR, Jay Z, Muntiny, Rolling Stones, Song of the Summer, Tom Petty, Will Smith, World Cup, YouTube

It’s both Memorial Day in the US and a bank holiday in the UK, so let’s see if anything is

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Random music news for Wednesday, May 23, 2018

May 23, 2018May 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bon Jovi, Donald Trump, Fyre Festival, Holograms, Life of Agony, R. Kelly, Will Smith, World Cup

Bonnie and Clyde were finally whacked by police on this day in 1934. And in some less-violent music news for

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Random music news for Saturday, April 20, 2018

April 21, 2018April 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3D Audio, Bono, CBC, Chirorpractor, Coachella, David Bowie, Hank Thompson, Humboldt Broncos, Kendrick Lamar, Michael Jackson, Radiohead, SiriusXM, Spotify, Will Smith

Record Store Day! Yay! What else is making music news on April 21, 2018? Here are my weekly music picks

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Random Music News for Thursday, April 27, 2017

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, David Bowie, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Drake, Gracenote, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hot Wheels, Iggy Pop, Justin Bieber, Labyrinth, Moby, Will Smith

It was on this day in 1981 that Xerox PARC introduced a new computer controller device they called a “mouse,”

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Random Music News for Friday, November 27, 2015

November 27, 2015November 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 25, Adele, Bang and Olufsen, Black Friday, Casey Kasem, Empire, Fox, Jean Kasem, Lip-syncing, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Pandora, Pogues, Record Store Day, Shane McGowan, Star Wars, Will Smith

Happy Black Friday. Let us all engage in an orgy of rabid consumerism. And now, the music news. Speaking of

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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