April Fools Day – the 24-hour period when we must treat every piece of information that we see and hear with the utmost suspicion – is, thankfully, over for another year.
Plenty of LOL-seekers got in on the action here in Australia (including us – soz guys, DAveC/DC is not a legit thing) and we catalogued some of the most A-grade domestic doozies in this nifty article.
But since Australia is – generally speaking – a whole bunch of hours ahead of the rest of the world, there were a few more classic international monkeyshines that we’re only just hearing about now.
From a Spotify Rickroll to #Snoopavision, check out the music world’s best April Fools trolls (from outside our timezone), below.
Snoop Dogg Teams With YouTube, Launches New Immersive Technology #SnoopaVision
Alt-clothing label Hot Topic launches Golden Girls-inspired fashion line
Spotify sneakily Rickrolls fans of ‘New Music Friday’ playlist
Image Via The Verge
US pasta brand Hamburger Helper drops joke food-themed hip-hop mixtape, joke ends up being on them because it’s actually pretty great
Yo @helper GOES HARD IN THIS MIXTAPE
— eddie champagne (@asaprockytop) April 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/KhakiWithACurl/status/715915157789016065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Radiohead’s new album is a virtual reality exclusive called ‘Negative Space’, according to The 405
Great news to start the day: Radiohead announce new album Negative Space https://t.co/NaAK8AmEvY pic.twitter.com/cx5IMmnUf0
— The 405 (@The405) April 1, 2016
Texas announces its own currency, featuring Willie Nelson on the tenner
Starting in fall 2016, Texas will resume issuing its own currency. #becauseTexas #txcurrency pic.twitter.com/EvWW0Hax0J
— Texas Comptroller (@txcomptroller) April 1, 2016
Loudwire reports James Hetfield has quit Metallica to join The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Man, they sure got us with that one!)
James Hetfield Quits @Metallica for Yeah Yeah Yeahs (@YYYs): https://t.co/xXd16j5wzM pic.twitter.com/YVSsf5GJ7m
— Loudwire (@Loudwire) April 1, 2016
Brit rapper Professor Green changes his name to ‘Professor Green Tea’ (also plausible)
As part of the most pivotal deal in my career with @PGtips Green Tea, I’m changing my name to 'Professor Green Tea’. pic.twitter.com/Qm9qikibZT
— I’ll have the chips (@professorgreen) April 1, 2016
US metalcore band Beartooth drop “new” song, which turns out to be just a shitty swing version of their old one
WWW.BEARTOOTHBAND.COM Posted by Beartooth on Thursday, March 31, 2016
Panic! At The Disco troll crowd, pretend to cover Fallout Boy's 'Sugar We're Going Down' during festival set
https://twitter.com/offlineangel/status/716072561386385408FACT announce Fugazi have returned from hiatus to protest Donald Trump
https://twitter.com/FACTmag/status/715902925365710848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Until next year, kids.
