U2 Inks 12-Year Deal With Live Nation

Priscilla told us about:
Live Nation Inc. has continued to expand its concert promotion business into the realm of artist rights by signing a 12-year worldwide contract with U2. While the deal doesn’t include recording

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Guest Collector: Paddy Casey

Stacy sends us:
Irish troubadour, rover and singer-songwriter Paddy Casey conjures the Emerald Isle in name and in song, but if you’re expecting that his music provides the soundtrack for a night of Irish

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Gnarls Barkley Cancel U.K. Concert

Ian sends us:
Gnarls Barkley have cancelled a sold-out show in London and scrapped all of their U.K. promotional duties because of a serious “family illness.” The “Crazy” hitmakers were due to play a gig at the British capital’s 229 Club on Thursday to support their newly-released album The Odd Couple, but had to pull the […]

A Foreign Emo Feud You Can Comfortably Laugh About [This May Be A Scene And An Arms Race]

Thanks Bob, for pointing out:
The comments on last week’s post about recent anti-emo violence in Mexico were startling, with people arguing whether or not it was hilarious that people were being physically attacked for the way…

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Rapper Papoose To Marry Remy Ma in Jail, Punch Fat Joe in the Face (Again) [Vows]

Dave wrote to us about:
Papoose, vocally reminiscent of Jay-Z and physically reminiscent of an emaciated Panthro, swears he will marry troubled rapper Remy Ma, despite her assault conviction last Thursday, which could…

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Dave Matthews’ Label Nabs Liz Phair

Came across this today:
ATO Records—the laissez faire home of Radiohead, My Morning Jacket and more—has added Liz

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Leona Lewis To Be Offered Potentially Ginormous Recording Deal For Reasons No Mortal Could Fathom [Rumors]

Found this:
Brit singer Leona Lewis is a success story. She won a reality show, went on Oprah, and shot to the top of the charts all over the world. But she’s not the first person to do this, right? This isn’t…

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Perpetually troubled Philly rapper Beanie … [Beanie Sigel]

Stacy sends us:
Perpetually troubled Philly rapper Beanie Sigel finds himself back in the pokey for three months after “giving a false urine sample” during a routine probationary pee check. Sigel had already been…

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What’s the Point of the Pop Hit Covered as A Ballad (Sound Affects)

Priscilla sent us a link to this:
I’m currently enamored with Mechanical Bride’s dim lit dirge take on “Umbrella” and Taken By Tree’s suicidal rendition of “Sweet Child O’ Mine”. But I detect something of a rote, calculated maneuver…

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Stephen Malkmus Discusses Pavement, Urban Dictionary on Fox News [Conservative Agendas]

This is interesting:
People we never expected to see on Fox News: Former Pavement singer/current Jick Stephen Malkmus. Question we never expected to hear on Fox News: “I’ve heard from the Urban Dictionary that [Jick] is…

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