Random music news for Tuesday, July 30, 2024

This is fascinating: The business of podcasts. So is this: music news for July 30, 2024.

1. RIP Martin Phillipps, founder of New Zealand’s The Chills. He was 61.
2. Ross Davidson, a former singer with Spandau Ballet, has been convicted of multiple sexual offences involving three women.
3. Since Beyonce offered her song “Freedom” to Kamala Harris, streams have spiked 1,300%.
4. Nick Mason would like to use AI on future Pink Floyd songs.
5. This does my heart good: Hardcore punk is having a rennaissance.
6. This Sinead O’Connor wax figure did not go over well.
7. My Chemical Romance says that someone hacked their Facebook page.
8. Screw you, Pharma Bro.
9. Was Justin Timberlake really drunk when he was arrested on that DUI? His lawyer says he wasn’t.
10. Can you connect The Tragically Hip to The Simpsons? Apparently.
11. If you still don’t think Elon Musk is an a**hole, read this.
12. A rave with 40,000 people? Yes.
13. A Lego radio? Yes.
14. So where’s the Journey biopic? Oh.

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BONUS: Dude’s got rhythm.