Weekly Music News Brief, April 7

Weekly Music News Brief for 3/25/2008-4/7/2008

April 7, 2008

JAZZ DRUMMER ALLAN GANLEY DEAD AGED 77

ITUNES PASSES WAL-MART AS TOP U.S. MUSIC PROVIDER

MYSPACE SIGNS DEAL WITH THREE MAJOR LABELS, READIES LAUNCH OF MUSIC SERVICE

U2 SIGNS 12-YEAR DEAL WITH LIVE NATION

JAY-Z SIGNS $150 MILLION DEAL WITH LIVE NATION

POWER COUPLE: JAY-Z, BEYONCE GET MARRIED

VELVET REVOLVER KICKS SINGER SCOTT WEILAND OUT OF THE BAND

• SLASH SPEAKS OUT ON SCOTT WEILAND
• SCOTT WEILAND ISSUES RESPONSE TO VELVET REVOLVER FIRING
• STONE TEMPLE PILOTS TO PERFORM ON ‘JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!’ IN MAY

BON JOVI GUITARIST RICHIE SAMBORA ARRESTED FOR DUI

MARIAH CAREY BREAKS ELVIS’ CHART RECORD, SCORES 18TH #1 SINGLE

ELTON JOHN BACKS ELVIS COSTELLO TV SHOW TO RUN ON SUNDANCE CHANNEL

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, TICKETMASTER PARTNER FOR FREE DIGITAL ALBUM THROUGH ITUNES

PROCOL HARUM’S BOOKER WINS RIGHTS BACK TO “A WHITER SHADE OF PALE”

RARE VIOLIN MIGHT SELL FOR $1.5 MILLION

PORTISHEAD TO DEBUT NEW ALBUM, THIRD, ON U.K. TELEVISION

ROLLING STONES SHINE AT LONDON FILM PREMIERE

LED ZEPPELIN HAS NO PLANS TO RELEASE ‘REUNION CONCERT’ ON CD/DVD, EVEN THOUGH THEY RECORDED AND FILMED IT

METALLICA TO PREVIEW NEW ALBUM LIVE THIS SUMMER

EARLY REVIEW: VAN MORRISON DOCUMENTARY, VAN MORRISON: UNDER REVIEW 1964-1974

SEX PISTOLS TO RELEASE FIRST EVER CONCERT DVD THIS SUMMER

THE MELVINS PREP NEW CD AND DVD

LOLLAPALOOZA 2008 LINEUP LEAKED: RADIOHEAD, RACONTEURS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE…

RADIOHEAD LAUNCH SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE

WITH GREG ALLMAN AILING, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS POSTPONE ANNUAL BEACON THEATER RUN

LEONARD COHEN TO KICK OFF WORLD TOUR ON MAY 10

2008 OZZFEST DETAILS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

GEORGE MICHAEL ANNOUNCES FULL U.S. TOUR DATES

ANNA NICOLE SMITH OPERA IN THE WORKS

MARY J. BLIGE OBSESSED WITH SHOES

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK ANNOUNCE REUNION

ROLLING STONE MAGS SPRING CD PREVIEW

Weekly Music New Brief, March 17

Weekly Music News Brief for 3/10/2008-3/17/2008

March 17, 2008

NEW REPORT LINKS SEAN ‘P. DIDDY’ COMBS’ ASSOCIATES TO TUPAC SHAKUR’S 1994 SHOOTING

REGGAE MUSICIAN MIKEY DREAD DIES OF BRAIN TUMOR

SAXOPHONIST MARTIN FIERRO DIES AGED 66

FORMER ABBA DRUMMER FOUND DEAD

WOMAN STABS HUSBAND TO DEATH OVER SPRINGSTEEN CD

PAUL MCCARTNEY DIVORCE TO COST HIM MILLIONS

HEATHER MILLS RECEIVES $50 MILLION SETTLEMENT

MORE BANDS GIVING AWAY FREE MUSIC

NINE INCH NAILS NETS $1.6 MILLION IN FIRST WEEK OF DIGITAL ALBUM RELEASE

THE MUSE TO TAKE A DIFFERENT RELEASE APPROACH AS WELL

NAPSTER STRIKES DEAL WITH MOBILE PHONE PROVIDER

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST RECAPS:

VAN MORRISON ‘CLASSICALLY CRANKY’ AS FESTIVAL OPENER

RIOT ERUPTS AT ARTIST SHOWCASE

FESTIVAL EMBRACES HIP-HOP IN 2008

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: ‘FIVE GREAT NIGHTS’

DALLAS MORNING NEWS: SHATTERED EXPECTATIONS, HAPPY SURPRISES

LOS ANGELES TIMES: THE BEATING HEART OF THE FESTIVAL

CMT’S BANDS TO CHECK OUT

SXSW FILM FESTIVAL RECAP

CELEBRITY CHEF RACHEL RAY SPONSORS ARTIST SHOWCASE FOR HUSBAND’S BAND

REVIEW – CLAPTON, WINWOOD SHOWS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

RARE MOZART PAINTING AUTHENTICATED

CARRIE UNDERWOOD INVITED TO JOIN THE GRAND OLE OPRY

OZZY OSBOURNE LEAVES BLACK SABBATH REUNION TALKS OPEN

NEW PORTISHEAD SINGLE COMING NEXT MONTH

NIKKI SIXX SAYS NEW MOTLEY CRUE ALBUM ON SCHEDULE

NEW METALLICA ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 2008

CLASSIC METALLICA ALBUMS TO BE REISSUED ON VINYL

LIARS TO SUPPORT RADIOHEAD ON U.S. TOUR

EDDIE VEDDER AUCTIONS CONCERT ITEMS FOR DEFENSE FUND FOR WEST MEMPHIS THREE

MICHAEL JACKSON SAVES NEVERLAND RANCH

PAUL MCCARTNEY’S DAUGHTER PREGNANT

Weekly Music New Brief, March 10

Weekly Music News Brief for 3/3/2008-3/10/2008

March 10, 2008

2008 ROCK N’ ROLL HALL OF FAME:

2008 INDUCTEES

HALL OF FAME EVENT RECAP – PRESENTERS AND PERFORMERS

BACKSTAGE AT THE EVENT

MADONNA INDUCTED

VAN HALEN SCRAPS 17 MORE SHOWS AMID MYSTERY AILMENT

JAZZ BASSIST DENNIS IRWIN DEAD AT 56

SAXOPHONIST/BANDLEADER PHIL BODNER DEAD AT 90

AUSTIN’S SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE:

WIRED’S 10 BANDS TO SEE AT SXSW

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST FILM FESTIVAL BOASTS INDIE FILMS

NOTES FROM THE SXSW SHOWROOM FLOOR

19 SXSW STAR-MAKING PERFORMANCES – PHOTO GALLERY

SONYBMG, WE7 DEAL WILL ALLOW FANS TO STREAM ENTIRE SONY CATALOG FOR FREE – SPRINGSTEEN, FOO FIGHTERS, JOHNNY CASH

APPLE DENIES CLAIMS THAT BEATLES CATALOG WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

COURTNEY LOVE CLAIMS MASSIVE KURT COBAIN FRAUD – U.S. POLICE INVESTIGATING

SCIENTISTS PEEK INSIDE JAZZ MUSICIANS’ BRAINS TO SEE HOW ‘IMPROV’ WORKS

RAPPER, THE GAME, RELEASED FROM PRISION

SIGUR ROS PUTS DOCUMENTARY HEIMA ON YOUTUBE IN ITS ENTIRETY

WATCH: SIGUR ROS, HEIMA

LEONARD COHEN ANNOUNCES FIRST TOUR IN 15 YEARS

RADIOHEAD TO PLAY FREE BBC GIG

NEIL YOUNG JOINS RADIOHEAD ON BILL AT DENMARK’S ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

WHITE RABBITS JOIN RADIOHEAD’S LABEL, ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND DEBUTING NEW SONGS ON SUMMER TOUR – ANNOUNCE UPCOMING ALBUM PLANS AND SUMMER TOUR DATES

R.E.M. TO LAUNCH NEW ALBUM ON SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATION, ILIKE/FACEBOOK

ROLLING STONES ANNOUNCE TRACK LISTING FOR SCORSESE DOCUMENTARY SOUNDTRACK

MY MORNING JACKET REVEALS NEW ALBUM TRACK LIST – DUE JUNE 10

NEW METALLICA ALBUM WITH PRODUCER RICK RUBIN SHOULD BE FINISHED IN SIX WEEKS

BEASTIE BOYS CURRENTLY RECORDING NEW ALBUM

PETE TOWNSEND NOT WRITING SONGS FOR NEW WHO ALBUM – WANTS TO RECRUIT OTHERS TO DO SO

DEF LEPPARD, TIM MCGRAW TEAM UP WITH NBA FOR SONG

IGGY POP, JEFF TWEEDY ON ‘LIL’ BUSH’ DVD

DAFT PUNK TO RELEASE ‘EXPERIMENTAL’ DVD, ELECTROMA, ON JUNE 22

BON JOVI ASKS FANS FOR FILM FOOTAGE FOR FORTHCOMING DOCUMENTARY

MUDHONEY CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY

LISTEN: JOSEPH ARTHUR’S NEW SINGLE “SHADOW OF LIES”

WHITESNAKE PLOTS COMEBACK WITH NEW ALBUM AND WORLD TOUR

PAULA ABDUL PLOTTING ALBUM ‘COMEBACK’

FACEBOOK LAUNCHES MUSIC PAGES

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

Weekly Music News Brief, January 28

Weekly Music News Brief for 1/21/2008-1/28/2008

January 28, 2008

DRUMMER FRANCIS CLAY DEAD AGED 84 – PLAYED WITH MUDDY WATERS, JOHN LEE HOOKER, CHARLIE PARKER, HOWLIN’ WOLF, AMONG OTHERS

GARTH BROOKS TO PLAY FIVE BENEFIT CONCERTS IN TWO DAYS FOR CALIFORNIA’S WILDFIRE VICTIMS AND FIREFIGHTERS – LOOKS TO RAISE $10 MILLION

AMY WINEHOUSE ADMITTED TO REHAB

HEATH LEDGER OBSESSED WITH FOLK SINGER NICK DRAKE, WHO OVERDOSED AGED 26

FORMER PHISH GUITARIST TREY ANASTASIO ARRESTED – FACES THREE YEARS IN JAIL AFTER VIOLATING TERMS OF PLEA AGREEMENT

CHINA PLEDGES CRACKDOWN ON MUSIC PIRACY AFTER REPORT SAYS 99 PERCENT OF MUSIC SALES IN COUNTRY ARE ILLEGAL

ELTON JOHN SUES BUSINESS PARTNER

UB40 SINGER ALI CAMPBELL QUITS BAND AFTER 30 YEARS

HANOI ROCKS PARTS WAYS WITH DRUMMER KARI ‘LACU’ LAHTINEN

SINGLE PAGE OF MOZART MANUSCRIPT FETCHES $219,051 AT AUCTION

HISTORIC NORTH KOREAN CONCERT TO BE BROADCAST IN U.S., EUROPE AND SOUTH KOREA

‘SUGE’ KNIGHT NAMED IN GANG INJUNCTION

MORRISSEY LOSES HIS VOICE, POSTPONES LONDON SHOWS

RADIOHEAD PLANNING ‘SPECIAL EVENT’ WITH THE BBC

MORE TOUR RUMORS FOR LED ZEPPELIN

U2’S BONO: “AL GORE IS LIKE AN IRISH PRIEST TO ME”

BEYONCE KNOWLES SET TO PLAY ETTA JAMES IN MOTION PICTURE ABOUT CHESS RECORDS

ROBERT PLANT, STEVIE WONDER, THE RACONTEURS SET TO PLAY 2008 NEW ORLEANS’ JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL

SLASH SAYS SCOTT WEILAND AND STONE TEMPLE PILOTS WILL REUNITE FOR 2008 SUMMER TOUR

VELVET REVOLVER STILL SET TO RECORD THIRD ALBUM

AXL ROSE’S MANAGER SAYS NEW GUNS ‘N ROSES ALBUM DONE

BLIND MELON PREPS FIRST STUDIO ALBUM SINCE 1995 WITH NEW SINGER TRAVIS WARREN – FOR MY FRIENDS OUT APRIL 22

DOORS KEYBOARDIST RE-RECORDS DOORS CLASSIC, ‘RIDERS ON THE STORM’

DEF JAM DENIES RAPPER NAS IS BEING DROPPED FROM LABEL – STILL SET TO RELEASE HIS UPCOMING ALBUM, NIGGER, IN FEB.

WILLIE NELSON TO CELEBRATE 75TH BIRTHDAY WITH BOXED SET – DUE APRIL 1

BILLY BRAGG ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM DETAILS AND U.K. TOUR DATES

RUSH ANNOUNCES N. AMERICAN TOUR DATES

SOUL COUGHING’S MIKE DOUGHTY CONFIRMS SOLO U.S. TOUR DATES

R.E.M. SHOOTS NEW VIDEO IN NYC SEX SHOP – FIRST SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM ACCELERATE; DUE APRIL 1

GNARLS BARKLEY’S SOPHOMORE ALBUM ALMOST FINISHED

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE WRITERS WORKING ON RUBY TUESDAY, AN ANIMATED FILM FEATURING THE MUSIC OF THE ROLLING STONES

WU-TANG STAR, RAEKWON, SLAMS JAY-Z AND KANYE WEST IN PRESS

AC/DC FINALLY LAUNCH OFFICIAL WEBSITE

ROLLING STONE MAG REVEALS RADIOHEAD’S SECRET INFLUENCES – EVERYTHING FROM FLEETWOOD MAC TO THOMAS PYNCHON

LENNY KRAVITZ SPEAKS CANDIDLY ABOUT NEW ALBUM AND SEX IN SPIN MAGAZINE FEATURE