Random music news for Friday, August 9, 2024
This guy shoved a two-foot eel where? (Hint: It started nibbling at his intestines.) What’s wrong with people? Moving to music news for August 9, 2024…
- The thing I might miss most about the Olympics when they’re over? Snoop Doog. But he may not be done yet.
- French bands Phoenix and Air will play the closing ceremonies.
- Rammstein is suing news outlet Der Spiegel over reporting of sexual misconduct involving the band.
- There is a brand new medieval musical instrument! And yes, it’s still 2024.
- How much does a single unsold concert ticket affect the local economy? More than you might think.
- Google has introduced a new AI-powered set-top box for TVs. It promises to keep all your subscriptions in one place.
- ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, has launched an AI app that will serve up video clips from text prompts.
- If you’re a Drake fan, he just dropped 100 GB of music and video into this folder. He wants everyone to help themselves.
- If you use SoundCloud on your phone, you can now choose your own app logo.
- Despite the recent Tenacious D controversy, Jack Black says the band will be back.
- More concert cancelations: Ms Lauryn Hill/The Fugees and Ween.
- Does anyone pay attention to the MTV Video Music Awards anymore? Yes, they’re still going on.
- There’s trouble in Accordion Land.
- Mastodon has a new coffee to drink with your metal listening.
- Ed Sheeran is getting into the Christmas song game.
BONUS: Elon Musk is suing the advertising world because they won’t buy space on his hellhole cesspool of a social network. Suing clients so they advertise with you? Yeah, we’ll see how that works.
BONUS BONUS: Metallica covered Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” in Boston. Gotta do it for the Sox fans.
