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On Jan. 6, San Francisco’s Moscone convention center pulses with all the energy of a rock concert. A crowd sprinkled with hip-hop teenagers, digerati, and aging hippies streams in to hear the annual state-of-the-Mac keynote from Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steven P. Jobs. Every facet of the event bears the fingerprints of the obsessive Jobs – right down to the music that fills the air. This year, it’s the King himself, Elvis Presley. Later, Jobs rolls the tape of Apple’s famous “1984” ad that ran on Super Bowl Sunday that year – and hasn’t been broadcast since. Only this… Read more »

Paul Simon has signed a worldwide agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) that covers his catalog and future work. The multi-year deal, which went into effect Jan. 1, calls for UMPG to administer his catalog and new songs worldwide except in North America, where the material will continue to be handled by Paul Simon Music. Additionally, UMPG will represent Simon’s work globally, including the U.S. and Canada, for synchronization opportunities in TV, film and advertising. Simon was previously with Warner/Chappell. The 300-song catalog includes many modern-day pop classics penned by Simon as part of Simon & Garfunkel and as… Read more »

For the first time since the chart’s rollout in July, the No. 1-selling song on Hot Digital Tracks bests the weekly total of the No. 1 title on Hot 100 Singles. With the rollout of Napster 2.0, sales data of digital tracks takes another step north, resulting in OutKast’s “Hey Ya! (Radio Mix)” selling 8,500 downloads compared with 7,500 physical singles scanned of MercyMe’s “I Can Only Imagine.” This occurrence, if not the speed with which it was accomplished, was predicted in most music quarters once the business model of digital distribution was in place. While it appears that the… Read more »

LINKIN PARK LIVE IN TEXAS, a concert film and backstage documentary captured during the Grammy Award-winning band’s summer stadium tour with Metallica, will premiere in an exclusive big screen event on Monday, November 17th, at 7:30 p.m. at select Regal Entertainment Group (REG, NYSE:RGC) theatres across the country. The exclusive One Night Only(TM) big screen premiere will be presented in REG theatres on the eve of the November 18th release of the band’s LINKIN PARK LIVE IN TEXAS DVD/CD (Warner Bros. Records). The special concert event presented by Regal CineMedia(SM) (RCM) entertainment services, Spring Communications, AEG LIVE, and Warner Bros.… Read more »

Drummer Buddy Miles is suing the estate of Jimi Hendrix and several record labels for millions of dollars, alleging he was not paid royalties for his collaborations with the guitarist more than 30 years ago. The drummer in Hendrix’s short-lived Band of Gypsys, Miles, 56, said in the suit filed on Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, that he received virtually no money for his work. The band was formed in 1969 and Miles left a year later. He said his collaborations with Hendrix produced 38 songs that he either performed on or co-wrote, including “Vodoo Child,” “Rainy Day Dream… Read more »

The video for R.E.M.’s new song “Bad Day” will premiere Friday at 7 p.m. ET on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” show. In the Tim Hope-directed clip, group members Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills appear as newscasters. The track is drawn from R.E.M.’s upcoming hits collection, “In Time,” due Oct. 28 via Warner Bros. It can also be viewed on a new R.E.M. Web site, Morningteam.com (http://www.morningteam.com). “Literally, it’s about a series of small weather hitting a city – in other words, people have hurricanes in their living room, or monsoons just in one room of their house,” Mills… Read more »

Kelly Osbourne has signed a multi-album recording contract with Sanctuary Records Group. The label will on Sept. 30 re-release her 2002 Epic debut “Shut Up” under the name “Changes,” featuring a duet with her father, Ozzy Osbourne, on the title track. The repackaged album will also contain four bonus live cuts. The title track is a reworking of the Black Sabbath song of the same name, which appeared on the group’s 1972 album, “Black Sabbath, Vol. 4” (Warner Bros.). “Changes” will be released as single, and will contain new lyrics written by Ozzy and Kelly, according to Sanctuary. Kelly split… Read more »

Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland dodged a bullet on Thursday when a judge sentenced him to three years of probation for his May drug arrest. Weiland appeared in a Pasadena, California, courtroom on two felony possession charges and was sentenced to probation, which includes court-monitored individual and group counseling sessions, mandatory Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and random drug testing, according to a spokesperson for the Pasadena district attorney’s office. The singer must also continue to attend a drug-rehabilitation program as a condition of his sentence. If he completes all the terms of his probation within the first year, the case could… Read more »

Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. have nothing to worry about, but a university known more for churning out engineers than hit music is starting its own record label. Drexel University’s MAD Dragon Records expects to put out its first CD – a compilation of eight or nine bands – next year. The student-run label will be an integral part of Drexel’s fledgling music industry program, which in only three years has grown from eight students to more than 150. Students will be in charge of artist development, production, recording, marketing, contracts and distribution, while MAD Dragon musicians – also students… Read more »

The members of the band Trapt say they aren’t about image. Only one tiny picture of the band is on their recent CD “Trapt,” and it’s still difficult to tell them apart. Bass player Pete Charell and singer Chris Brown said they wanted to add a little mystery to their major-label debut, and they want listeners to focus on the music. “We pretty much don’t even look like we’re in a band,” Charell said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We don’t wear leather pants and studs all over the place. We just kind of look like most of… Read more »