Music news you may have missed! (5/5/24)

All the relevant news and new music releases from the week you should know about.

Good morning!

Fun Fact: Ever wondered what the longest song to ever reach the top ten on the Billboard charts was? Well, that accolade goes to Guns N’ Roses for their super long 9-minute hit “November Rain”.

Time for some more news!

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News you may have missed from us

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Get even more news from around the music world!

• Linkin Park reportedly planning 2025 tour with new female vocalist

• Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department had one of the best debuts in history

• System of a Down’s Serj Tankian to release new solo EP Foundations

• Slipknot have confirmed the identity of their new drummer. It’s Eloy Casagrande from Brazilian metal band Sepultura.

  • They also announced a tour.

• The Dangerous Summer has announced a tour

• Guitar Center to prioritize “premium product” over “$300 guitars” because the CEO believes stores no longer feel like the “right place” for “the serious musician” and he wants to change that. As a guitar player myself, I hope this happens.

• Marilyn Manson announces first headlining tour dates since 2019. I’m interested to see how many tickets he sells based on all of those past allegations.

  • Also, a band opening for Marilyn Manson respond to backlash before deleting comments

• Billie Eilish announces “Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour”

• blink-182 confirm North American tour support and ‘brand-new show’

• This is some refreshing news: In the age of streaming, physical media is keeping indie artists afloat

• Live Nation unveils $25 All-In Tickets for over 5,000 shows. Some of those shows include concerts for 21 Savage, Cage the Elephant, Dierks Bentley, Janet Jackson, Megan Thee Stallion, and Peso Pluma among others.

• Uh-oh. SiriusXM loses 445,000 satellite radio and 64,000 Pandora subscribers. Now, I’m a SiriusXM subscriber. If the rates are too high for you to pay, all you have to do is talk to a sales rep. I’ve had SiriusXM for 15 of the last 13 years and have never paid more than $5-$7 per month for the service. They’ll give it to you if you act like you’re going to cancel.

• Are games like Roblox and Fortnite the next fan frontier for artists?

• Universal Music Group and TikTok agree to new licensing deal

• I Prevail singer Brian Burkheiser to sit out of band’s European and UK tour

• Saosin have announced some tour dates

• Spotify leaks suggest lossless audio is almost ready

• Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall

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Weird Music News of the Week

Title: ‘Everyone Knows That’ song Reddit mystery finally solved thanks to ’80s porn film

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