Linkin Park, Green Day, Metallica curb access to ‘legal’ downloads
ByJun 30, 2003 10:00 PM
Several acts--including Linkin Park, Green Day and Metallica--reportedly are refusing to make their songs available as a la carte downloads via services like iTunes, Rhapsody, Listen.com and PressPlay. The groups cite artistic concerns.
Several acts--including Linkin Park, Green Day and Metallica--reportedly are refusing to make their songs available as a la carte downloads via services like iTunes, Rhapsody, Listen.com and PressPlay. The groups cite artistic concerns.
Read the story from RollingStone.com
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No rematch for ‘American Idol’ vets Ruben and Clay
American Idols Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard won’t have a head-to-head album-sales showdown after all. Both singers were initially scheduled to release their debut albums on Aug. 19, but now the RCA Music Group says that the albums will be released on different dates, probably sometime in September.
Read the story from Billboard.com
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Developer purchases Asbury Park’s famous Stone Pony
The Stone Pony, Asbury Park, N.J.’s famous nightclub, has been sold to developers who say that they intend “keep the property in its current location as a component of an oceanfront entertainment complex.”
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Southside Johnny and Bon Jovi are among the groups who regularly played at the venue--and who occasionally return.
Read the story from NorthJersey.com
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Ex-business partner files suit against P. Diddy
A former business partner alleges in a lawsuit that Sean “P. Diddy” Combs forced him to sign away his piece of their company by threatening him with a baseball bat.
Kirk Burrowes, who formerly served as president and general manager of Bad Boy Entertainment, reportedly filed the racketeering and breach of contract suit on Monday in Manhattan.
Read the story from the Associated Press
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Iggy Pop records with two original Stooges
Call them The Three Stooges. Iggy Pop and Ron and Scott Asheton--all original members of the groundbreaking group The Stooges--have recorded their first new music together in more than 30 years.
The four new songs will appear on “Skull Ring,” an Iggy Pop album that’s due on Sept. 30. The album also includes two songs recorded with Green Day and another with Sum 41.
Read the story from E! Online