Newsround #4: Since we've been gone...
In case you hadn't noticed, DiS has been on holiday for a few weeks. Well, now we're back and raring to go. Here's our pick of the music news (and some sad goodbyes) from our time away»
Prince News
Reasons why outlawing P2P isn't good for everyone: a musician speaks
Or is giving away your music such a bad thing?
There’s a lot of talk today about the findings of the Digital Music Report which claims that over 75% of people who download music off P2P sites would stop if their ISP put pressure on them to do so. This is cheering news if you’re a major label exec; but independent, defiantly DIY artist, Fakesensations, is none too pleased.»
Ribs out: Prince cancels 'last ever show in Ireland'
Prince has cancelled what was being billed as his ‘last ever performance in Ireland’, for reasons that have yet to emerge»
Radiohead vs Prince: digital wars get funky
Radiohead beseech Prince to unblock his Creep cover at Coachella.»
Watch: Prince covering Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ at Coachella
This is pretty much a Ronseal moment - Prince, at Coachella festival in Los Angeles this Saturday just passed (26 Apr), springing a surprise cover of Radiohead’s angst-riddled anthem on the audience»
Purple rain, total pain: Portishead annoyed that Prince is playing Coachella
As previously reported here, Prince was booked to play this weekend’s Coachella festival at very late notice for a remarkably hefty fee. As reported now, co-headliners Portishead are grumbling about the diminutive gazumper’s addition to the bill»
Prince paid $4.8m for single Coachella set, apparently
Prince was a surprise late addition to this year’s Coachella bill, announced last week a few months after this lot. What should also probably come as a surprise is the $4.8m (£2,417,101) pay cheque organisers have handed the diminutive singer for the pleasure of his company in LA later this month»
DiS in digest: weekend news round-up
It may be 4pm on a Monday afternoon, but after DiS sent writers strafing out to five festivals in the last couple of days, our thoughts are still very much with the weekend.»
Mail On Sunday threatens legal action over Prince chart ruling
The Mail on Sunday has threatened legal action against a ruling that means Prince’s new album Planet Earth, which will be given away in this Sunday’s (July 16) paper, will not be chart eligible.»
DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news stories...
It's been an odd week. With Glastonbury hangovers letting dark clouds encroach over Monday/Tuesday, the music industry newswires ambled back into life towards Wednesday, only to decide it couldn't really be arsed as the weekend approached.»
Read all about it: Prince album free in Daily Mail
Prince is giving away his new album Planet Earth in The Daily Mail, much to the chagrin of fed-up retail bosses.»
Prince rinsed: Sinead gobbed on pop royalty
Lairy Irish pop-bint Sinead O'Connor has revealed how her and that Prince geezer had a right tasty set-to back in ver day.»
Prince turns (in) 21... shows that is, in London
Prince - he did the music for Batman, you know. The good one. With him out of The Shining in it. And her that used to be married to a Baldwin brother - is to play 21 shows in London this summer...»
UK Music Hall of Fame inducts more
London's Alexandra Palace was the venue last night for the 2006 UK Music Hall of Fame, the annual ceremony that annually inducts the world's most important and influential musicians into a virtual 'hall of fame' on an annual basis.»
Prince paints, landlord faints, then there's some complaints
Prince has a new album out. It's called 3121 and it's really rather ace; but rather than inviting hundreds of journalists to get crunk and eat some sausage rolls to push the new LP, the little one has gone and painted the front his house. Stripy. Purple. Stripy purple. He's also emblazoned '3121' across the front of the swanky mansion»
Prince's purple tickets: singer invites fans to his home
the sexy M.F. is to invite perfect strangers into his Paisley Park home in Minneapolis via seven purple tickets hidden in copies of his new album, 3121... »
A carpet fit for a Prince
Pop pixie Prince, due to perform at tonight's Brit Awards, has requested that organisers alter the shade of their welcoming carpet ever so slightly for his arrival. Yes, the sexy M.F. himself wishes to enter the event on a PURPLE carpet...»
Prince returns to major-label ways
After years of shunning major label advances following his 'SLAVE' days of woe, Prince has once again hopped atop the big boy saddle: his new album, 3121, will see the light of day through Universal...»
Prince to bow to the onset of old age?
Has old age finally caught up with Prince? The singer is, apparently, to undergo hip surgery...»
Madge and the Chilis take touring honours
Formerly young pop star, Madonna, has been revealed as the biggest touring cash cow of the year.»
Glastonbury Rumourmill Begins: Undertones, Outkast, Prince...
It's about that time of year where you hear... Mumble, Rumble, grind, rumble... as the Glastonbury rumourmill gets into full swing...»
BMG Favourites for Prince
BMG are rumoured to be the front-runners in the race to secure Prince's signature»
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