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For all our european listeners, we’ve added a new streaming server in Germany. You can, of course, still listen to the station on any server you want. But for those of you with a finicky internet connection, a server closer to your location might be the solution to your problems. Use this link to connect to the German server.

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Radiohead fleshes out European tour plans


Radiohead has confirmed 16 European summer concert dates for 2008, including an appearance at Denmark’s giant Roskilde Festival. The British rock band’s first confirmed concert will take place June 7 at the Malahide in Dublin. The tour, announced Wednesday on Radiohead’s official Web site, will roll on to France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Germany. The band will be promoting its new release, “In Rainbows,” which fans can download from the Web for a price of their own choosing. It will come out on CD early next year. Radiohead manager Bryce Edge said dates… Read more »

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Alison Krauss to Tour U.S. and Europe With Robert Plant


Alison Krauss will take some time off from her band, Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, to tour with Robert Plant next year in support of their new album, Raising Sand . In the meantime, the members of Union Station will pursue individual musical projects.Released Oct. 23, Raising Sand has already sold more than 340,000 copies in the U.S. The project is Krauss’ first collaboration with the Led Zeppelin vocalist. Denise Stiff, Krauss’ manager, says the tour with Plant will take the duo to various venues in the U. S. and Europe in 2008. Cities and dates are still being determined.… Read more »

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50 Cent cancels 3 European performances


50 Cent, who is in a much-hyped battle of album sales with Kanye West, has canceled several performances in Europe. MTV News said the 31-year-old rapper canceled performances at the MOBO Awards and the Vodafone Live Music Awards, both in London on Wednesday, and a performance for MTV in Germany on Friday. No details were posted on the rapper’s Web site, and Polydor Records, 50 Cent’s record label in Britain, wasn’t immediately available for comment Monday. MTV said the rapper canceled the appearances due to changes in his schedule. 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, had said he’ll… Read more »

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Hewlett-Packard Unveils HP-branded iPod, Sponsors MTV Awards in US, Europe and Asia


Hewlett-Packard on Friday unveiled its much-anticipated HP-branded iPod, a deal that instantly gives the company a popular product and greatly extends the retail reach of its partner, Apple Computer. Currently, Cupertino’s Apple has a healthy lead over its competition with its iPod digital music players and its iTunes Music Store. But competition is heating up. Other companies including Creative, Samsung and Sony have their own lineups of portable music players. Microsoft is expected to jump into the fray next week with its own online music service and an updated version of the Windows Media Player software. As for Friday’s unveiling… Read more »

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iTunes Europe Sales Top 800,000 in First Week


Music fans in Britain, France and Germany downloaded more than 800,000 tracks from Apple Computer Inc’s iTunes online music store in its first week of operations in Europe, the company said on Wednesday. The strong start makes the much-heralded download service already a top player in Europe’s brutally competitive music download market. “In the UK alone, iTunes sold more than 450,000 songs in the last week – 16 times as many as OD2, its closest competitor,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement issued on Wednesday. Apple launched iTunes in France, Germany and the UK on June 15 to… Read more »

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