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Virgin Records vice chairman Nancy Berry, the estranged wife of ousted music executive Ken Berry, Tuesday became the latest casualty of a restructuring at ailing British music company EMI Group Plc, where the couple reigned over rock ‘n’ roll for several years. Alain Levy, who abruptly replaced Ken Berry as chief executive officer of EMI’s recorded music division last week, announced Tuesday that Nancy Berry will leave Virgin immediately after more than two decades at the EMI unit. The news, which was not a surprise to many industry insiders, broke as Virgin prepares to release key albums in coming weeks… Read more »

Vans Inc., the leading worldwide brand for Core Sports(TM), today announced that it has been selected by Forbes as one of its “Best 200 Small Companies of 2001” for the second year in a row. Vans ranked number 179 on the Forbes list, which is featured in the Oct. 29 issue and available on newsstands now. Vans is one of just 83 companies to repeat from last year, when the company was ranked number 191. “We are very pleased with our accomplishments throughout the year,” stated Gary H. Schoenfeld, president and chief executive officer of Vans. “In light of the… Read more »

Virgin Records’ critically acclaimed, gold-certified, robotic duo, Daft Punk, are set to release Alive 1997 on November 6th – the band’s first live album release! Alive 1997 is an immediate must-have for all Daft Punk fans as only 50,000 copies will be manufactured in the United States. The idea for Alive 1997 started when Daft Punk happened upon a live recording captured from a stellar performance in Birmingham, UK during their first European tour. After listening to the recording, the duo decided that it was their best live performance ever and wanted to share it with Daft Punk fans worldwide.… Read more »

Singer, musician, composer, actress, dancer, businesswoman, role model and leader – Aaliyah had accomplished incredible things by the time she turned 22. But Aaliyah Dana Houghton, the reigning Queen of Urban Pop, wasn’t sitting still. She was hard at work, shooting her next video, when a plane crash ended her life on August 25 – leaving her family, friends and fans to ask “How?” and “Why?” “Behind the Music: Aaliyah” traces the all-too-brief life story of this soaring young superstar when the latest episode of VH1’s Emmy-nominated hit series debuts on Sunday, October 14 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). “Behind the… Read more »

Hip-hop veteran and former Brand Nubian frontman **Grand Puba **is set to release his third solo offering, Understand This, on October 23. The collection will be released by Puba’s Rising Son Records, which is distributed by Koch Records. The set features appearances from Puba’s Brand Nubian bandmates Sadat X and Lord Jamar, as well as newcomers Tiffany Johnson and the Restless. Puba recorded his first album, 1988’s Dynamite, as a member of the Masters Of Ceremony. In 1990, Puba contributed to the album One For All as one-fourth of Brand Nubian, which also comprised Sadat X, Lord Jamar, and DJ… Read more »

P. Diddy and Bad Boy Entertainment, along with Arista Records, announce the release of Faith Evans, FAITHFULLY for November 6. Executive produced by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Faith Evans and Todd Russaw and produced by top tastemakers such as Mario Winans, Buckwild, Vada Nobles, The Neptunes, Battlecat and others the album is bound to restore your faith in music. The scorching first single, “You Gets No Love” will set the charts on fire. “You Gets No Love,” with its unique way of expressing love through a fun yet sophisticated sound, will create a trend that very few will be able… Read more »

“Things are different now,” a news anchor commented last Tuesday while covering the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Those words continue to resonate a week later, with sports, travel and entertainment all vastly affected by the East Coast tragedies. In the music industry, the biggest changes are occurring on the air as radio stations around the country alter their playlists to reflect the radically different context in which pop music is now heard as compared to when the music was originally written and recorded. As Bob Buchmann, program director at WAXQ in New York, put it, “The… Read more »

Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice” shot up the competition by bringing home six “Moon Man” trophies – including breakthrough video and best direction – Thursday night during the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. But “Weapon of Choice,” directed by Spike Jonze and featuring Christopher Walken dancing up a hotel’s walls, was shut out of the prestigious video of the year prize, which went to Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya and Pink for “Lady Marmalade.” Last year’s big winners ‘N Sync walked away with four trophies for “Pop,” including the coveted Viewer’s Choice… Read more »

Columbia Recording artist Maxwell’s eagerly-awaited third full-length album, Now, is debuting at the #1 slot on the Billboard Top 200 Album Sales chart with first week’s sales of more than 296,000 units, according to SoundScan. It’s Maxwell’s first #1 debut (his last full-length studio album, 1998’s Embrya debuted at #3) and best single week’s sales figures to-date. In celebration of the release of Now, Maxwell is following up his recent SRO New York 7 concerts-a precedent-setting series of seven sold-out performances in seven different venues across Manhattan (for a total of 20,000 tickets sold)-with his first major national tour in… Read more »

Another punk band bursting out of Orange County, Thrice segregate themselves from the monotonous throng of pop lightweights overwhelming the SoCal scene by delivering some much needed meaty hardcore musicianship and potent lyrics. Bringing that furious sound of their debut Identity Crisis to the stage of Anaheim’s House of Blues recently (8/9), the foursome performed before a sold out hometown crowd with metal-crushing vigor. “It was really, really fun,” said breathless frontman and songwriter Dustin Kensrue backstage after the gig in an exclusive interview with Virginmega.com. “The kids were going crazy and we played almost all of our first record… Read more »