Music news you may have missed! (4/14/24)
All the relevant news and new music releases from the week you should know about.
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Fun Fact: Remember when music videos used to cost an enormous amount of money to produce? Ever wondered what the most expensive music video ever made was? It was the music video for Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson’s “Scream” collaboration coming in at a whopping $7M which adjusts to $12.8M today. What about the most expensive nu-metal video? That award goes to Limp Bizkit who spent $4.8M on their “Rollin” video.
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Home Grown has reunited. Their first show will be with The Starting Line. In the caption of the linked Instagram post above, they said “WE’RE BACK! After 19 years of not playing, we have finally decided to reunite and regain the throne as the Kings of Pop. Our first show will be with @thestartinglinerock at the Novo Theater on June 21st. thank you for all the years of support and more news to come!”
Due to the eclipse giving people the idea of listening to the song “Total Eclipse of the Heart”, streams for the Bonnie Tyler 1983 classic track went up by 480%.
This week in Spotify news:
Spotify has now officially demonetized all songs with less than 1,000 streams
Spotify Introduces AI Playlist Feature Allowing Users to Turn Concepts Into Personalized Mixes
Spotify Plans to Allow Users to Speed Up, Slow Down, and Remix Songs
Spotify’s lossless audio could finally arrive as part of ‘Music Pro’ add-on
Garbage’s Shirley Manson: “We’re losing bands from working-class beginnings and risk-takers”
New Federal Bill Could Require Disclosure of Songs Used in AI Training
Morgan Wallen Facing Felony Charges for Throwing Chair Off Roof of Nashville Bar. I truly feel like this guy’s career is going to derail at some point if he doesn’t stop drinking.
Missy Elliott announces first-ever headline tour with Ciara, Timbaland, and Busta Rhymes
2024 ACM Awards: Luke Combs and Megan Moroney Lead Nominations
Is For Lovers 2024 Traveling Fest featuring Hawthorne Heights, Underoath, Yellowcard, and All-American Rejects has been announced.
Gwen Stefani speaks out on No Doubt’s plans after Coachella 2024. Spoiler: as of right now, there are no plans for new music.
Speaking of Coachella: Check out the stage times and how to stream online
Keeping on the Coachella conversation: Machine Gun Kelly says he was ‘banned’ from the festival? 🤷🏻
Bad Omens announce Invent Animate and I See Stars as support for spring U.S. headline shows
Liam Gallagher Insists He's Moved On From Oasis. I doubt this.
Queue the rolling eyes emoji 🙄: Jellyroll vs. Jelly Roll: Pennsylvania band sues country star for trademark infringement
Weird Music News of the Week
Title: Russian Republic Banning Songs That Are Too Fast or Slow
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