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It’s time again for another one of my national speaking tours! Here’s where/when/ticket links

August 24, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 825 Views

It happens around once a year. I pack things up and take my Ongoing History of New Music/Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry Act on the road. This tour will be

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Music History

Let’s pause for a moment to remember the soon-to-be-extinct Columbia House Record Club

August 24, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 42 Views

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you’re of a certain age, you’ll remember ads and newspaper inserts from the Columbia House Record Club promising an unbelievable deal on records

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Music News

Forever Hip: A weekend celebration, from Kingston with love 

August 24, 2026 Amber Healy 0 Comments 36 Views

The heavy clouds started to creep in over Springer Market Square as the sun was setting Saturday night, just as the massive screen showing the CBC’s re-broadcast of the final concert from The

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Guest BlogMusic News

How did Marilyn Manson manage a comeback after all his #MeToo issues? A couple of academics studied it.

August 24, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 47 Views

You’ve probably heard that Marilyn Manson is on the road with Rob Zombie for the Freaks on Parade tour. Given all of Manson’s #MeToo issues, how did he accomplish this implausible comeback? Dr.

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Radio

Concerning news about radio listening

August 24, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 34 Views

Let’s be clear: Terrestrial radio is still popular, powerful, and profitable. But like all traditional media, it is going through a transitional period as we move deeper and deeper into a digital, individualized,

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Recommended Music

Angry about how the US screwed us on a trade deal? Then this video is for you and all Canadians.

August 24, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 31 Views

The US donkey-punched Canada late Friday when they made some insane last-second demands to a trade deal that Trump called “awful,” even though he was the one who negotiated it in his first

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Was this the weirdest rock band of the 1970s?

August 24, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 32 Views

The 1970s featured some very weird bands back then. On such group was Kongress. (The website is worth a look. Trust me.) They were a four-piece from the New York underground that was

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Music News

Random music news for Monday, August 24, 2026

August 24, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 43 Views

This is kinda fun from a dictionary point of view: What words were born the same year as you? Moving to music news for Monday, August 24, 2026…

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Crime

Where are we with the trial of Keefe D for the murder of Tupac Shakur? Let’s get caught up.

August 23, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 67 Views

In September 1996, Tupac Shakur was sitting in the passenger seat of a 7-series BMW driven by Death Row Records head Suge Knight. They halted at a stoplight on the Las Vegas Strip.

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Recommended Music

The new Ministry video features Iran-level trolling of Donald Trump

August 23, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 66 Views

If you’ve been following along with the AI LEGO videos that Iran has been using with brutal effect against the US and specifically Donald Trump, Al Jourgensen seems to have been inspired. Come

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Funny/Weird

This is a weird one: Our adorably naive opera singer reacts to Green Jelly

August 23, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 62 Views

Green Jelly is a comedy rock band featuring members with names like Hammy Hagar, Lazy D, and Jella Lugosi. At one time, the lineup included Maynard James Keenan and Danny Carey of Tool.

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alan cross uk rock tour

This September, Cross will be leading the UK Legends of Rock: Music History Tour, a 10-day tour of England that will take participants from London to Liverpool and Manchester to learn about its musical legends — The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Freddie Mercury, Led Zeppelin, Amy Winehouse, Oasis, Joy Division, The Smiths and more.

For full details and the itinerary, go here.

Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

Have I got a story for you! Award-winning Music Historian and host of the chart-topping Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Alan Cross unleashes his next amazing podcast. In every episode, Alan Cross takes you inside unbelievable true stories of crime, murder, scandal, strange deaths, unexplainable events, and the general mayhem from the music industry through the decades. There is a lot of bad behaviour that needs to be talked about. It’s a one-of-a-kind podcast featuring true crime stories from the world of music.

The Science of Song by Alan Cross

This illustrated book explores how music and the ways we experience it has transformed over the years and the science behind all of it. It starts with the basics — how does sound work? and what, exactly, is music?

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