New line in cold case of murdered AC/DC ex-manager Crispin Dye in Australia
Key evidence, including a piece of paper in Dye’s shirt pocket and his bloodied clothes, were not tested for 30 years
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Toto Cutugno whose song L’Italiano was No 1 across Europe dies at 80
Singer’s big hit, stuffed with cliches about Italian life, was irresistible to millions as far away as Russia and GeorgiaToto Cutugno, the singer whose cliche-ridden but irresistibly catchy L’Italiano defined ideas of Italian culture to millions of lis…
Lauryn Hill announces 25th anniversary tour for solo album
The singer will celebrate The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with a global 17-date tour that will also include Fugees members in the US and CanadaLauryn Hill is set to embark on a global tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her acclaimed solo album T…
Quarter of music industry workers have had no work in EU since Brexit
Survey shows devastating impact of Brexit on music sector, says Independent Society of MusiciansAlmost half of UK musicians and workers in the music industry have had less work in the EU since Brexit than before it, and more than a quarter have had no …
Controversial country song Rich Men North of Richmond makes US chart history
Oliver Anthony has becomes the first to top the Billboard Hot 100 with no prior chart history, for a song which has drawn backlash for its stereotypes of welfare recipientsOliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond, the out-of-nowhere country song tha…
Brit school plan for northern England gets go-ahead
Specialist creative college on model of Croydon institution that nurtured Adele and Amy Winehouse to be sited in BradfordThe Department for Education has approved plans for a northern version of the Brit school, which has nurtured performers such as Ad…
The New American Protest Anthem?
WNU editor: I do not post music on this blog. But WOW! The passion, lyrics, and message …. it is all there in this American protest song. A taste on what to expect …. “I wish politicians would look out for miners
And not just mino…
Record Companies Sue Internet Archive For Preserving Old 78 Rpm Recordings
Long-time Slashdot reader bshell shared this announcement from the Internet Archive:
Some of the world’s largest record labels, including Sony and Universal Music Group, filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive and others for the Great 78 Project,…
Britney Spears speaks to fans about divorce from Sam Asghari
Singer tells 42 million Instagram followers she ‘couldn’t take the pain any more’ but would stay strongBritney Spears has spoken about the recent announcement that she and her husband, Sam Asghari, are to divorce, telling fans she “couldn’t take the pa…
‘I don’t know why our boobs are so frightening’: why musicians in Spain are going topless as a radical gesture
Singer Eva Amaral this week created headlines by baring her chest at a festival, joining a string of other artists asserting this freedom in the name of defending women’s rightsIn the middle of her performance at the Sonorama festival in the northern S…