If you’re a follower of Drake’s flaunting of his wealth, you’ll know that along with buying watches, jewelry, cars, and mansions, he also loves a little wager. Obviously, he couldn’t let the World
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All England needed was for Harry Kane to pot that penalty kick. Nope. And Coldplay (via Chris Martin) had something to say about that.
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The World Cup can be very, very good for songs that are adopted as themes for various teams, countries, and fanbases. Depending on the country, a World Cup song can be a goldmine.
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Uh-oh. It’s American Thanksgiving. That means this could be your only source of music news for the next couple of days. I’ll do my best to gather as much material as possible. Here’s
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The World Cup is supposed to show Qatar to the planet in a new, favourable light. It isn’t working out that way. Having been to Qatar a couple of times, I can tell
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It’s long been a tradition for teams heading to the World Cup to be supported by an official team song. Who, for example, can remember England’s “World in Motion” by New Order for
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Excited about the World Cup coming this November in Qatar? Muse was, but not so much anymore. Here’s a nice bit of gossip via the always fun Popbitch newsletter: Muse were offered a
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On this day in 1976, the Montreal Olympics opened. And in music news for July 17, 2019… Another source mentions a Led Zeppelin reunion for the band’s 50th anniversary. Yes, members of Pussy
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When we watch any live event on TV, it’s not really LIVE live. There’s always a lag of several seconds as the signal gets bounced around and distributed to our TVs. Radio, however,
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Halfway through July. Why does summer speed by faster than winter? Distract yourself from that with some music news for July 16, 2018. Well, this was an awkward #1 single in the UK
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On this day in 1976, capital punishment was abolished in Canada. July 14, 2018, will be remembered for this sort of music news. Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca. Still hurting
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