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
— ferras (@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
https://twitter.com/The405/status/715811728429359105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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
— Professor Green (@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