Topic: - on October 3, 2002 at 1:25:40 AM CEST
Robbie signs '£80m' deal - Ugly ass singer signs UK's biggest record deal
Robbie Williams has signed what is believed to be an £80m contract with EMI Records in what could be the UK's biggest record deal. The deal for four albums, second only to Michael Jackson's in music history, was announced on Wednesday afternoon.
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Topic: - on October 3, 2002 at 1:23:20 AM CEST
Michael Jackson to Start New Record Label
Jacko's backo. He's starting a new record label with the backing of a company that changed its name today from ID Medical Group to Opus Media.
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Topic: - on October 3, 2002 at 1:12:14 AM CEST
Digital sweetener for music fans
Music fans are being offered "the biggest ever official give-away of digital music" in a campaign to tempt them away from unofficial download sites. A range of websites will offer free access to 110,000 songs by stars from Kylie Minogue to Elvis Presley for one day only.
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Topic: - on October 3, 2002 at 1:10:00 AM CEST
Digital Download Day October 3rd 2002
Digital Download Day gives EVERYBODY in the UK £5 worth of credits to stream, download or burn their favourite music - ALL FOR FREE
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 6:41:51 PM CEST
Companies settle CD price-fixing suit
The five top U.S. distributors of compact discs and three large music retailers have agreed to pay $143 million in cash and CDs to settle charges they cheated consumers by fixing prices, authorities announced Monday.
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Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 6:23:27 PM CEST
German Rock Group Charged With Hate Crimes
Three members of a German skinhead rock band have been charged with inciting violence and spreading hate through songs that attack Jews and foreigners, federal prosecutors said Monday. The group made albums abroad to get around German laws forbidding publication of neo-Nazi materials, and set up distribution channels built on "secrecy and conspiracy" to circulate the CDs in Germany's underground far-right music scene, prosecutors alleged. "The group's goal was to spread extreme-right beliefs among young people," prosecutors said.
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Topic: - on September 30, 2002 at 6:00:54 PM CEST
Reggae als Balsam für die frierende Seele
Die neue CD der Wiener Dub Band Dubblestandart, die man mit Fug und Recht als die Gründer und Hüter der österreichischen Dub-Szene bezeichnen kann.
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Topic: - on September 30, 2002 at 3:06:28 PM CEST
ZZ Top returns to European tour 17-year old ask "who"?
The ‘‘little ol’ band from Texas’’ had to drop the European leg of its world tour in 2000 when bassist Dusty Hill fell ill with Hepatitis C. Now that Hill is better, he and his two bandmates are ready to rock the continent throughout October.
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Topic: - on September 28, 2002 at 1:18:51 AM CEST
MTV Russia Admits Its Rotten
MTV Russia is unable to make any comments; therefore, PRAVDA.Ru addresses the MTV corporation with the following questions:
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Is it legal for MTV to play music videos on the basis of commercial agreements with record companies? Are there any examples of such cooperation?
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Does MTV use any other criteria for determining the ratings of individual artists?
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Does MTV-2 use this commercially-based rating practice?
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Is it common for MTV not to answer questions from media outlets?
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Topic: - on September 27, 2002 at 3:28:36 PM CEST
Record Labels Seek OK for Online Music Sabotage
Frustrated by the continuing presence of free music on the Internet, the recording industry asked for Congress' blessing on Thursday to gum up the online networks they blame for slowing their sales. Congress is considering expanded legal protection for record labels who resort to sabotage in their ongoing battle with "peer to peer" networks that allow users to freely trade music, movies and other copyrighted material.
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Topic: - on September 26, 2002 at 10:11:49 PM CEST
Alex Gopher
Alex Gopher gehörte nie zu denjenigen, die auf jeder Party und zu jeder Zeit in den Clubs und Szenetreffs zu finden waren. La Boum Deluxe Auswärtsspiel Flex, Wien 5. Oktober 2002, ab 22.00 Uhr Line Up: Alex Gopher (v2/f) J-Kell (Superdiscount Tour, solid/f) Smoab (pepita project, deephousemafia.org, fm4/a)
Visuals + Multimedia: Zden (The Kingdom, Satori)
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Topic: - on September 26, 2002 at 3:04:28 AM CEST
Verkohlte Gitarre zu versteigern
Bereits zum zweiten Mal wollte Frank Zappas Sohn Dweezil eine von Jimi Hendrix höchstpersönlich verbrannte Gitarre versteigern - doch bis zu der angestrebten Summe von 400.000 britischen Pfund ließen sich die Bieter erneut nicht anstacheln.
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