Weekly Music News Brief, February 11

Weekly Music News Brief for 2/5/2008-2/11/2008

February 11, 2008

2008 GRAMMY AWARDS

HERBIE HANCOCK WINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR – BEATS OUT KANYE, AMY WINEHOUSE, FOO FIGTHERS, VINCE GILL

TROUBLED SINGER AMY WINEHOUSE WINS FIVE AWARDS – INCLUDING ‘BEST NEW ARTIST’, RECORD AND SONG OF THE YEAR FOR “REHAB”

KANYE WEST WINS FOUR GRAMMYS – DESPITE LOSING COVETED ‘BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR’ AWARD

BARACK OBAMA BEATS CLINTON – WINS ‘BEST SPOKEN WORD’ AWARD

COMPLETE LIST OF 2008 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS

GRAMMY LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

WATCH: KANYE AND DAFT PUNKS’ PERFORMANCE

WATCH: THE BEATLES GRAMMY TRIBUTE

WATCH: AMY WINEHOUSE’S SATELLITE GRAMMY PERFORMANCE

WATCH: TINA TURNER AND BEYONCES’ PERFORMANCE

WATCH: THE FOO FIGHTERS PERFORMANCE

CHINESE CELLPHONE USERS TUNE IN TO MUSIC – HIGHEST USE PERCENTAGE IN THE WORLD

TIMBALAND CREATING FIRST-EVER ‘MOBILE ALBUM’ – SIGNS DEAL WITH VERIZON WIRELESS, ALBUM ONLY AVAILABLE TO V-CAST SUBSCRIBERS

SCOTT WEILAND CHECKS INTO REHAB, YET AGAIN

CHER TO PLAY 200 SHOWS IN VEGAS OVER NEXT THREE YEARS – $60 MILLION DEAL

RADIOHEAD PISSED – EX-LABEL EMI TO RELEASE GREATEST HITS ALBUM TO COINCIDE WITH START OF WORLD TOUR. RADIOHEAD: “WE WON’T BE DOING ANY PROMOTION FOR THAT, OBVIOUSLY.”

TRAVIS STAR HOSPITALIZED AFTER FALL AT GIG

FANS LAUNCH PETITION FOR LED ZEPPELIN TOUR

BONNAROO ANNOUNCES INITIAL 2008 FESTIVAL LINEUP
ERIC BURDON, WAR REUNITING FOR SHOW AT LONDON’S ROYAL ALBERT HALL

BILLY JOEL TO BE THE LAST ARTIST TO PLAY AT NEW YORK’S SHEA STADIUM

MARTIN SCORSESE PLANS FILM ABOUT BOB MARLEY, NOW THAT STONES FILM IS DONE

DYLAN’S EX-GIRLFRIEND BLASTS HIM IN HER BIOGRAPHY, A FREEWHEELIN’ TIME

GREEN DAY’S BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG TO FANS: STOP FILMING MY GIGS!

UNIVERSAL MUSIC THINKS VIDEO GAME, HALO, HAS SPARKED RESURGENCE IN GREGORIAN CHANT – PUTS ADS IN RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS TO SIGN MONKS TO LABEL

DR. DRE SEEKING DEATH ROW DOCUMENTS FOR UNPAID ROYALTY DISPUTE

JACK JOHNSON’S NEW ALBUM, SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC, BLASTS TO #1 ON UK CHARTS

LISTEN: EX-PAVEMENT FRONTMAN, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS – SONG FROM REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH, DUE MARCH 4

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BOXED SET INFO LEAKED

THE WHO MULL WORKING WITH T-BONE BURNETT ON NEXT ALBUM

NEIL YOUNG’S WIFE, PEGI YOUNG, TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM IN MARCH

LOU REED COLLABORATES ON SPOKEN WORD ALBUM

DOLLY PARTON ADMITS BREASTS MORE FAMOUS THAN HER

RESTRAINING ORDER FOR BRITNEY SPEARS’ MANAGER