Music Artists in the News

[Psy-Fi]

Ed Sheeran stopped from busking in Bengaluru by Indian police

[jimmy jazz]

That looks like a metalhead's dream come true.

Guns n Roses and Tool have been added 😭🔥

[Lisnaholic]

Here's a news item about Sheryl Crow:-

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/17/entertainment/sheryl-crow-sells-tesla-and-donates-money-to-npr/index.html

"Sheryl Crow sells her Tesla and donates money to NPR"

Why to NPR ? Because of this sinister demand:-

The House of Representatives panel working with DOGE recently sent a letter to the heads of both NPR and PBS demanding that they appear to testify on Capitol Hill regarding taking government funding to share what the panel referred to as "systemically biased content."

As Musk's DOGE lurches ever furthur in a direction of Orwellian control, I think it's time to watch for the language shifts that Orwell warned against. Remember his "Freedom is Slavery" slogans? Or the Ministry of Truth, in charge of propaganda? In my opinion, The House of Representatives is  going after the hapless NPR, not for the stated reason of "systemically biased content" but precisely because NPR is NOT systemically biased, in the desired Trumpian direction. I think any attempt an impartiality or independence of viewpoint is seen as a threat by the President's team, and that NPR will suffer under the new oligarchy, just as the AP  has recently suffered for not going along with Trump's diktat about the Gulf of America. 

[Psy-Fi]

Ex-Carnivore guitarist Marc Piovanetti charged with sexually assaulting missing NYC teen

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Fiancée of Faster Pussycat frontman dead after plunging off side of cruise following argument

Plunged or pushed?

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Iranian singer flogged 74 times after singing about hijab removal, lawyer says

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs, was lashed 74 times as part of his punishment for supporting the protests that swept the country, his lawyer said Wednesday.

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Mexican band has US visas revoked for 'glorifying drug kingpin'

[Psy-Fi]

Not a story about a particular music artist but a convicted music-promoter con artist...

Reboot of disaster-hit Fyre Festival postponed, US media reports

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UK counterterror police say they will investigate comments by Irish rap group Kneecap

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Sean 'Diddy' Combs rejects plea deal ahead of sex trafficking trial

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Smokey Robinson accused of sexual assault by four women

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Tory Lanez stabbed 14 times while in prison for Megan Thee Stallion shooting