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Times Square Virgin Megastore to Close
The Times Square Virgin Megastore, which is the highest volume music store in the U.S., will shut down come April. The store has been at the center of speculation since August 2007 when the Virgin Entertainment Group North America was acquired by two real estate companies — the Related Cos. and Vornado — in a joint ...
Flight of the Conchords Plugs Back In
Flight Of The Conchords' eponymous HBO show returns to the airwaves on Jan. 18, and this time around, fans will be able to purchase music from each episode the day after it airs, Billboard can reveal. Shortly after the conclusion of the 10-episode season, an as-yet-untitled album featuring 10 tracks from the show plus five additional ...
New Tower of Power CD Revisits Classic Soul
Tower of Power turned 40 in 2008, but the group is commemorating the anniversary with two special releases -- an album and DVD -- in the new year. The venerable R&B/rock outfit expects to release “The Great American Soulbook" during the first quarter of 2009 on its own Tower of Power Records imprint. As the title ...
Prince Rebuffed in Italian Plagiarism Case
An Italian court has ruled that Prince's 1994 hit “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" was plagiarized from a song by two Italian writers. However, it could take several years for a definitive ruling in the case, which has already dragged on since the 1990s. According to a sentence handed down by the Court of ...
Radiohead Snags Kraftwerk for Spring Shows
Radiohead has drafted legendary German electronica act Kraftwerk to support its spring tour of Latin America, which begins March 15-16 in Mexico City. Kraftwerk will also play headlining shows April 25-26 in Wolfsburg, Germany. However, the group's lineup appears to be in flux. Founding member Florian Schneider, who did not appear onstage with Kraftwerk during its ...
Live Wilco DVD to Precede New Album
As first tipped here in August 2007, Wilco will release its first concert DVD, “Ashes of American Flags," chronicling February 2008 visits to Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and Tulsa, Okla.'s Cain Ballroom. The project is due in February or March from Nonesuch, just in advance of the next Wilco studio album, which the band is now recording. ...
Prince to Roll out Three Albums This Year
Prince is planning to release three new albums in 2009 without the assistance of a record label, according to an interview with the Los Angeles Times. A “major retailer" is in talks with the artist to release the music physically, while a new Prince Web site will sell it in digital form. The two new Prince ...
Guitarist Delaney Bramlett Dies at 69
Rock guitarist Delaney Bramlett, who collaborated with such artists as George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died in a Los Angeles hospital following gallbladder surgery. He was 69. His wife, Susan Lanier-Bramlett, said he died on Saturday after “seven hard months" of ill health. “I held him and he held on up until the last breath with ...
Autry, Blind Boys Get Lifetime Achievement Grammys
GGene Autry, the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Four Tops, Hank Jones, Brenda Lee, Dean Martin and Tom Paxton all will receive the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on Feb. 7, and be acknowledged during the Grammy telecast the next evening. In addition, George Avakian, Elliott Carter and Allen Toussaint will be honored ...
Joel, John Tour Tickets Selling Briskly
In a positive sign for the 2009 touring season, sales for the upcoming Billy Joel/Elton John co-headlining tour are “through the roof," according to Wilson Howard, president, Live Nation Music Southeast, who calls the tour “a smash." The configuration for the upcoming tour, which begins March 2 in Jacksonville, Fla., is 360 degrees, significantly boosting capacity ...
