| I'm confident that thousands of people—mostly young people, which is our toughest demographic—got vaccinated simply because they wanted to go to Lollapalooza. | | | | |  | A$AP Rocky at Rolling Loud, Miami Gardens, Fla., July 23, 2021.
(Rich Fury/Getty Images) | | | | | "I'm confident that thousands of people—mostly young people, which is our toughest demographic—got vaccinated simply because they wanted to go to Lollapalooza." | | | | Truckin'
Genuinely curious what the people who are livid about Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions think of a rule that says trucks carrying British bands' gear can make only three stops in Europe before they have to return home to the UK, and that they have only seven days to make those three stops. Imagine being a band from Florida and trying to route a US tour, but after you play Atlanta, Birmingham and Nashville, you have to circle back and go home before you can move on to your next three stops. How will you ever get to Chicago? The curious rules for British bands touring in Europe have nothing to do with Covid; they're the result, rather, of the pandemic of petulance known as Brexit. Five years after British voters said they wanted to drop out of Europe and half a year after the country formally obliged them, the UK has yet to solve its way out of the mess it created for its own musicians.
On the related issue of being able to play gigs in Europe without having to apply for visas, the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, under heavy pressure from the music business, announced Wednesday it has deals with 19 EU countries that will allow artists to undergo "short-term tours" without visas or work permits. Good news for bands hoping to tour France or Germany or Netherlands or Sweden; no such luck for anyone who wants to play shows in Spain, Portugal or Greece, which aren't among the 19 countries. It's unclear how short "short-term" is or how those bands' equipment, which is still subject to those strange transportation rules, will get to wherever they're going. Pollstar called the announcement "underwhelming" and noted the objections of the Music Managers Forum and the Featured Artists Coalition, the organizations behind the #LetTheMusicMove campaign. "It remains," the campaign said (no pun intended, I don't think), "that the UK's music industry is in a far less advantageous position now than it was pre-January," when Brexit went into effect.
The UK says it's "actively engaging" with the holdout countries and calling on them to match the UK's rules for European artists, who can legally visit for three months without a visa. But as the country who dropped out of the union and created the problem, the UK isn't exactly wealthy with leverage. The issue may be somewhat moot in these pandemic-y months, but the prospect remains that musicians could emerge from a year and a half of lockdowns and restrictions only to find they're still locked down and restricted. Try writing a song about *that*, VAN and ERIC.
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The GRAMMY AWARDS are adding an inclusion rider to all contracts for the 2022 ceremony, with the goal of hiring "people who have been historically and systematically excluded from the industry." Per Billboard, the Grammys will be the first major awards show to do this... A continuing debate: Would PRINCE have wanted WELCOME 2 AMERICA to be released, and are his and other artists' estates obligated to honor what they believe an artist's preference would have been?... A number of radio stations and chains have stopped playing the hit remix of DUA LIPA's "LEVITATING" featuring DABABY and returned to playing Lipa's DaBaby-free original. Some say it's what their listeners want. One major chain, AUDACY, said it's "following the lead of Dua Lipa." LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS orgs want to meet with DaBaby, who they say has "an opportunity to not just move past this unfortunate incident, but to use your platform and celebrity to heal not harm." MILEY CYRUS says she's reached out, too (via direct message because stars, they're just like us)... Best wishes to CHARLIE WATTS, who's going to miss his first ROLLING STONES tour in near 60 years for medical reasons.
Rest in Peace
A devastating week in the dance community. News arrived Wednesday of the death from Covid-19 of Chicago house legend PAUL JOHNSON, in a community still grieving the passing of Detroit DJ/producer KELLI HAND, aka K-HAND. Johnson "taught us how to bounce to the beat," DJ Mike Servito said. "Not sure if we'll ever truly understand whats been lost in the past 24 hours," wrote the account of the electronic music fest Dweller... Rock journalist, editor and author PATRICIA KENNEALY-MORRISON, who was immortalized in the movie THE DOORS for her relationship with JIM MORRISON... Poco guitarist PAUL COTTON... Dallas hip-hop producer and promoter ANTHONY "ONESELF" STANFORD.
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| | The Future of 'Verzuz' Looked Bright at the Garden | | by Andre Gee | | 'Verzuz' is at a point of transition, going from socially distanced IG battles to large live events. We went to MSG for The Lox vs Dipset. Here's what happened. | |  | | The New Yorker |
| | One More Spin of Frank Sinatra | | by Adam Gopnik | | A visit with the two radio hosts who have kept the Sinatra community alive. | |  | | GQ |
| | Olivia Rodrigo on Overnight Fame, FreeBritney, and the Therapy of Depressing Songs | | by Gabriella Paiella | | In the middle of lockdown, a Disney star transformed into the rarest kind of artist: a self-made global pop star adored by Gen Z, boomer music critics-and everyone in between. | |  | | Bloomberg |
| | Who Is Playing at All the Music Festivals This Fall? These Six Acts | | by Lucas Shaw | | After 16 months without live music, it's a packed schedule. | |  | | DJ Mag |
| | Paul Johnson (1971-2021): One of the most essential house musicians of all time | | by Gabriel Szatan | | Paul Johnson's signature meld of disco loops, overdriven kicks and unfiltered sleaze was nothing short of alchemy. | |  | | Penny Fractions |
| | Assessing the UK Parliamentary Report on the Digital Music Economy. | | by David Turner | | Even if occasionally clouded by nostalgia, the report's research and findings provide a rather clear vision of the contemporary record industry. | |  | | Billboard |
| | Recording Academy to Use Inclusion Rider for 2022 Grammy Awards | | by Mia Nazareno | | The Recording Academy is set to add an inclusion rider for contracts between the Academy and the Grammys' production company, to boost diversity. | |  | | Stereogum |
| | Lingua Ignota's Appalachian Gothic | | by Arielle Gordon | | Kristin Hayter sings, speaks, and occasionally shouts on her new record, but she doesn't scream. Unlike her previous work as Lingua Ignota, there's very little to tie her songs on "Sinner Get Ready" to black metal or noise. "It might be kind of divisive," Hayter admitted. | |  | | NPR Music |
| | Baby, Torres Is Gonna Write Lusty Pop Music That Lasts | | by Jewly Hight | | On Torres' "Thirstier," Mackenzie Scott contends with pop music's tropes and techniques to wrestle with the high stakes of a long-term relationship: "This is about the love of my life." | |  | | Music Business Worldwide |
| | How future proof is the current evaluation of music copyrights? | | by Ran Geffen | | Ran Geffen, founder of XR connect development agency OMR and CEO of Amusica Song Management in Israel, on the future of the music industry. | | |  | | Tidal |
| | Like a Glucose Overdose: Scritti Politti and the Invention of Self-Aware Pop | | by Simon Reynolds | | On 'Cupid & Psyche 85,' Scritti's Green Gartside turned pop's glittery impulses into high art -- and made an impact that is deeply felt in the streaming era. | |  | | Disgraceland |
| | Pantera's Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell | | by Jake Brennan | | Gunned down onstage by a delusional fan who thought his metal heroes had stolen lyrics from him, Dimebag Darrell Abbott blazed a savage new trail in hard rock during his short time on this earth. Though they made mean music, Darrell and his brother Vinnie were always accommodating and accessible to their fans, which may have been their fatal flaw. | |  | | Chicago Sun-Times |
| | Lori Lightfoot: No regrets on Lollapalooza or concerns it will become super-spreader event | | by Fran Spielman | | The mayor says her confidence in screening protocols at the music festival are bolstered by the fact that Dr. Allison Arwady, the city's health commissioner, "went incognito," without valid proof of vaccination, and was denied entry. | |  | | MetalSucks |
| | The Fall Touring Season is Going to Be a Disaster | | by Vince Neilstein | | With COVID infections on the rise, the fall touring season is going to be a disaster. If you think otherwise, you're deluding yourself. | |  | | Pollstar |
| | Post-Brexit Touring: UK Government Makes Underwhelming Announcement | | by Gideon Gottfried | | The UK government today announced that "visa-free short-term touring" will be "allowed in 19 member states." What sounds like a hugely positive headline is mostly "spin," according to the country's Featured Artists Coalition. | | | | Billboard |
| | How Usher Landed in Las Vegas -- And Rekindled the Spark 'That Had Been Missing' | | by Gail Mitchell | | With a demanding Las Vegas residency and a new album on track to be his most vital in years, Usher isn't ready to settle for legacy-artist status just yet. | |  | | Pitchfork |
| | Shygirl Is Shaping London Club Music In Her Own Bawdy Image | | by Rawiya Kameir | | "When people think it's crazy to be talking about sex, I'm like: Is it, though?" | |  | | Variety |
| | As KROQ DJ Kat Corbett Exits, She Reflects on Two Decades at the Station and the Struggles Facing Alternative Radio | | by Michael Schneider | | Longtime KROQ DJ Kat Corbett is the latest voice to exit the iconic L.A. alternative radio station - and although she's not ready to reveal her next stop just yet, she hints to Variety that several possibilities are on the horizon. | | | | NPR Music |
| | Hiatus Kaiyote: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert | | by Hiatus Kaiyote and Abby O'Neill | | Very chill aliens, chickens and monsters join the Australian R&B group during its Tiny Desk set from Melbourne. | |  | | PopMatters |
| | Ellen Foley Is Back in Swing of Things With 'Fighting Words' | | by Michael Bialas | | Ready to release her fifth solo album, New York triple-threat Ellen Foley revisits a career filled with legends of the stage, screen and recording studio, along with "The Thing That Will Never Die". | |  | | GRIOT |
| | Jacob Desvarieux: Zook Pioneer and Diaspora Music Theorist | | by Giulio Pecci | | The death of the French Musician of Caribbean descent is a painful loss. Via an innovative approach to music, he united the Black Atlantic like few others. | | | | A 1999 Chicago house classic. RIP. |  | | | Video of the day | | "The New Romantics" | | BBC Four | | 2001 BBC Four documentary featuring Boy George, Adam Ant and lots of good haircuts. |  | | YouTube |
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