BBC: Jackson 5 to reunite for album, tour
Jermaine Jackson told the BBC that Michael Jackson has begun work on a new Jackson 5 album with the other four original members of the legendary Motown group. The BBC report said that the release of the album would coincide with a world tour. The group last performed with Michael as the Jackson 5 in 2001 during a concert celebrating Michael Jackson’s 30th anniversary in show business.
Read more at BBC.co.uk
Jermaine Jackson told the BBC that Michael Jackson has begun work on a new Jackson 5 album with the other four original members of the legendary Motown group. The BBC report said that the release of the album would coincide with a world tour. The group last performed with Michael as the Jackson 5 in 2001 during a concert celebrating Michael Jackson’s 30th anniversary in show business.
Read more at BBC.co.uk
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RIAA wins subpoenas to take action against file sharers
On Friday (7/18), RIAA prosecutors noted that they had won some 871 subpoenas forcing ISP’s and other Internet services to turn over contact information about alleged file sharers on their servers. The RIAA has vowed to pursue lawsuits against home file sharers, and current laws allow them to seek damages of $750 to $150,000 per song made available on a file sharer’s computer. Prosecutors say they are clearing about 75 more subpoenas each day.
Read more at Yahoo! news
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Bob Dylan to preview SACD remixes of catalog
Columbia Records announced that SACD remixes of several of Bob Dylan’s classic tracks will be made available in super audio and 5.1 surround formats as part of a special edition of the soundtrack to Dylan’s upcoming movie, “masked and anonymous.” The audiophile-quality mixes of tracks including “All I Really Want To Do,” “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again” and “Tangled Up in Blue” are a preview to the re-release of Dylan’s catalog in the new format.
Read more about “masked and anonymous”
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Lollapalooza loses another date to slow ticket sales
Lollapalooza organizers have pulled the plug on the tour’s July 26th stop in Vernon Downs, NY, citing “mounting production costs.” Sources close to the show note that only 4,000 tickets had been sold for the 25,000-capacity venue at the time of the cancellation. The tour opener on July 3rd was canned over a similar set of circumstances.
Read more at E! Online