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Prince Performing On ‘Ellen’ Tomorrow

Roberta — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:27:33 +0000

According to the video and the official website for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Prince will be performing “Crimson and Clover” from his new album “LotusFlow3r”.

PRINCE: He rarely does talk shows and he hasn’t been here in five years! I couldn’t be happier to have him. He’s an absolutely amazing entertainer and that never changes. He’ll sing his version of the classic, “Crimson and Clover” from his new CD “LotusFlow3r”! This is one show that can’t be missed!

I’ll be watching, I love the song and Prince is awesome.

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Prince paid $4 million for Coachella?

Roberta — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:32:54 +0000

Sources say that Prince was paid $4.8 million to perform at Coachella.

According to reports, Prince will headline Saturday night at the three-day event, which starts on April 25th.

The gossip gangster (not star) Perez Hilton (not linking to him), says that Prince was a late edition to the lineup for promoters to try and sell more tickets. Also to make up for the less than stellar roster of performers.

Prince rocks….and that’s all I have to say about that.

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Courtney Love & others to go the way of Radiohead?

Roberta — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:18:16 +0000

Is Courtney Love going the way of no label predecessors, Radiohead? Radiohead released In Rainbows for the pay anything price and some are calling this an end to record labels. On the other side of that coin, however, is the fact that over 60 percent of people who downloaded In Rainbows, did so for free. Courtney Love is now a free agent and has said that she liked the Radiohead idea.

Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is also label-free. He recently got rid of his label, Interscope Records and has said that he would release his next album for $5.00 via his website. That’s money in the bank right there and he’ll get an influx of free advertising (from writers like myself).

Pearl Jam already has a model for selling live recordings to fans without having to deal with any middle man. They are also signed with Sony BMG’s J Label, in a record-to-record deal. No real contract, so they can go with the Radiohead model any time.

Prince has also let the regular record label way of doing things fall by the wayside. He mailed a copy of his new album with the Daily Mail, in the U.K.

These artists already have the model and the means to make the direct-to-consumer jump, like Radiohead has. Will they do it?

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