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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 960: Rock’s greatest disasters

October 14, 2022October 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bataclan, Concerts, Deaths, Disasters, Festivals, Injuries, Radiohead, Roskilde, Woodstock

Humanity has always been beset by disasters, whether they be acts of God or something we somehow brought on ourselves.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Green Day’s Woodstock gig

October 12, 2022October 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1994, Green Day, Mike Dirnt, Woodstock

Green Day will never forget their time on stage at the 25th anniversary Woodstock show in 1994.  At one point

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The largest rock concert EVER!

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Isle of Wight Festival, Largest Concert, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, US Festival, Woodstock

What was the biggest ever crowd at a rock concert?  Let’s get the 1969 Woodstock festival out of the way. 

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Music History Music Industry Music News 

Michael Lang, founder of Woodstock, dead at 77.

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cancer, Michael Lang, Woodstock

Michael Lang was still in his twenties when he promoted Woodstock back in 1969. Not bad for something that became

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History: Trent Reznor and Michael J. Fox

February 26, 2021February 25, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 1994, Green Day, Woodstock

True or false:  Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails once appeared in a movie with Michael J. Fox.  True.  The

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Green Day’s Woodstock dental mishap

February 25, 2021February 24, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Green Day, Mike Dirnt, Woodstock

Green Day will never forget their time on stage at Woodstock during the 25th anniversary version of the event in

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, December 9, 2020

December 9, 2020December 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aerosmith, Breakdancing, Cher, Daniel Ek, Drake, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Michael Lang, Neil Young, Olympics, Police, Sinead O'Connor, Spotify, Wayne's World, Woodstock

Before we begin, who doesn’t love news bloopers? Moving to music news for December 9, 2020… If this album sells

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Friday, June 19, 2020

June 19, 2020June 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Facebook, Gwyneth Paltrow, Live Nation, Matthew Wilder, Miley Cyrus, Music Festivals, New Zealand, Streaming, Supercrawl, Urban Music, Woodstock

Before we begin, here’s a tutorial on farts. Oh, and Gwyneth Paltrow has a new scented candle. And yes, it’s

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Music History 

Sure, Woodstock happened 50 years ago, but so did a Toronto festival that helped break up The Beatles.

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50th Anniversary, Beatles, John Lennon, Rock and Roll Revival, Woodstock

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There have been plenty of 50th-anniversary commemorations this summer. The Apollo

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, August 19, 2019

August 19, 2019August 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aretha Franklin, Beatles, Billie Joe Armstrong, Dave Grohl, Green Day, John Coltrane, Keifer Sutherland, Korm, NOFX, Peter Fonda, Rob Zombie, Simpsons, Spotify, Tool, Woodstock

On this date in 1953, the CIA and MI6 overthrew the regime in Iran and installing the West-friendly Shah. That

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Music News 

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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