Your entire musical experience does not have to exist at the whims of multinational corporations who care more about swindling you out of your hard earned money through extortionate fees.
Music is not a privilege to be enjoyed by the few, it is a fundamental human need.
I saw Yard Act in 2022 for Β£10 and that included a copy of their first album.
Yes, huge arena shows are increasingly expensive and a privilege but supporting music and local venues at a grassroots level is essential for keeping the entire industry alive.
Go to the Β£5 local show with the hand drawn poster and ten of the worst band names youβve ever heard.
Show up and support your mates in bands.
Hell, go to the pub and watch a covers band free of charge.
To all the far right flag shaggers that are suddenly posting frenzied replies to a post I made like 6 years ago: I said what I said. The great replacement isnβt real. Suck it up. Touch grass.
If youβre genuinely asking yourself if itβs okay to listen to that band now that man is dead, ask yourself if youβd stick up a painting by the Austrian man after he painted the walls of his bunker with his brain.
Thereβs a limit to separating the art from the artist.
It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.
We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.
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Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis
The backlash for Adolescence from a certain group of people is go grimly predictable but I still canβt help but feel absolute despair about it.
Nobody is beyond help, but lord above some people feel so far down the rabbit hole I have to wonder if theyβll ever see light again.