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The long-rumored breakup of Squeeze is now official. Lead singer-guitarist Glenn Tilbrook said that he and partner Chris Difford have gone their separate ways, but he wants everyone to know that there’s no acrimony involved. “It has broken up,” he says. “Not broken up in the sort of ‘we’re never speaking to each other, nor setting foot inside the same building’ sort of way at all, but broken up in the sense I can’t really see what would bring us together at the moment, nor for the foreseeable future. Although, you know, we see each other fairly regularly, and our… Read more »

Almost a week late, Britney Spears finally kicked off her Britney 2001 Tour Thursday night after the flu and a kink in her pre-production held her up. Obviously the fans who flooded the Nationwide Arena expected the concert to be all about Britney – the person, that is. And sure, she explored some personal issues/interests, appearing with a bald head at one point, bungee jumping and fighting off faceless nemeses during her performance, but the singer kept true to her promise to make a large portion of the show about Britney, the album. She previewed several cuts off of her… Read more »

The Beastie Boys passed the mic on Sunday for the first time in two years while also passing along a message of worldwide peace and justice to their fans. Before a sold-out Hammerstein Ballroom crowd that had been jonesing for a B-Boys fix since 1999’s Tibetan Freedom Concert, their last public performance, MCA, Ad-Rock and Mike D performed tunes mostly from their last two albums – Hello Nasty (1998) and Ill Communication (1994) – at the first of two benefit shows raising money for those affected by September’s World Trade Center disaster. The aim of the New Yorkers Against Violence… Read more »

Four-time Grammy Award winner Janet Jackson is set to release All For You – Special Limited Edition, as part of a brilliant-boxed set, which will include new music, award-winning videos, as well as behind the scenes footage and live performances. Set for release on November 20th, the CD and DVD will be packaged together, along with a 24-page booklet with new photos of Janet from her “All For You World Tour 2001.” “Janet Jackson’s brilliant visual sense and style in music video along with her multi-platinum All For You album is represented dynamically in this new DVD/album package,” says Ray… Read more »

BMG Entertainment’s Buddha Records and digital rights management (DRM) specialist Digital World Services announced today the launch of a secure digital downloads offering as part of the label’s Black Anthology Web site (www.blackanthology.com). Starting today, music fans can download free DRM protected songs from Harry Belafonte’s The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music, a collection of recordings that portrays the music of Black Americans from their earliest arrival in the “New World” through spirituals, blues, and folk music up to the 20th century. The tracks are offered free of charge and are protected by Digital World Services’… Read more »

The board of the academy that presents the Grammys, the music industry’s highest honors, has approved a $650,000 payment to settle claims that its chief executive sexually assaulted and physically abused a female employee, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and representatives of academy president and chief executive, Michael Greene, had no comment on the report, which cited Grammy sources. “We don’t have a statement. Today, we’re focusing on the Latin Grammys,” NARAS spokesman Ron Roecker said, referring to the planned announcement Tuesday of the winners of the organization’s second annual Latin… Read more »

Online music services firm Liquid Audio Inc. said on Wednesday it would consider an unsolicited offer from a dissident investor to buy the company for almost $68 million in cash, setting the stage for a potential auction of the struggling firm. The Redwood City, California-based company said its board would consider an unsolicited offer from Steel Partners II to buy the company for $3 per share after the equity fund complained that the company’s management was following a failing strategy in the face of larger competitors. Based on Tuesday’s closing price of $2.55, the cash offer represented a premium of… Read more »

The Grammy Award-winning rap outfit the Roots is reportedly at odds with its MCA Records label. The group and MCA president Jay Boberg aired their differences in a recent interview with entertainment writer Celine Wong. The group’s Black Thought (Tariq Trotter), who has been working on a solo set, shared his thoughts on the current label situation and his forthcoming album, “I know from experience, from being on Geffen and from being on MCA, that whatever I put out basically has to be self-sufficient. My album’s pretty much going to have to be able to sell itself, because it’s going… Read more »

The Grammy Awards, the top honors in the music industry, will take place in Los Angeles next year, the city’s mayor said Wednesday, even as organizers wonder how to announce the winners of the Latin Grammys, which were canceled following the Sept. 11 attacks. “In keeping with tradition, the City of Los Angeles is looking forward to hosting the Grammys for the fourth consecutive year,” Mayor Jim Hahn said in a statement. A source close to the event said the ceremony will take place Feb. 27 at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, site of the last two ceremonies.… Read more »

GoodVibe Recordings & JCOR Entertainment today confirmed that Mystic will be part of the MTV2 and VIBE Magazine “Sisters For Hip-Hop & Soul” Tour. The tour will also feature India.Arie and other special guests and will be hosted by DJ Jazzy Joyce. The club tour kicks off at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on November 8th and will include dates in New York City, Washington, DC, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Mystic will be touring in support of her critically acclaimed “Cuts For Luck and Scars For… Read more »