Artists And Managers Consider Suing Major Labels
for Those Napster Millions [Wired]
Vampire Weekend member injured in road accident [NME]
Arctic Monkeys Dominate NME Awards [Billboard]
Hancock, Jarreau Top Playboy Jazz Fest Lineup [Billboard]
Live Nation Posts Loss In 4Q [Billboard]
Dave Clark Five singer Mike Smith dies [Reuters]
Moby comes clean about drugs, liquor, sex parties [Guardian]
Facebook challenges MySpace’s music monopoly [Guardian]
Last night’s NME Awards turn rebellion into money [Guardian]
Whitney Houston Plans London Live Comeback [FemaleFirst]
Junior Boys Mix Get Physical’s Body Language Disc [xlr8r]

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Police look into alleged drugging of Britney Spears [NME]
Spice Girls’ Mel C readies solo album [NME]
Simian Mobile Disco, Yeasayer support US indie radio [NME]
John Mellencamp makes musical with Stephen King [NME]
Ex-Happy Mondays man to release EP [NME]
Prince to have hip replacement surgery [NME]
Eminem Memoir Penciled In For Fall [Billboard]
Hendrix Drummer Buddy Miles Dies At 60 [Billboard]
Auction ‘sets modern art record’ [BBC]

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Michael Jackson’s Neverland in danger of forecloser [NME]
Radiohead back climate change initiative [NME]
Joy Division documentary gets release date [NME]
Former Busted members sue for £10m in unpaid royalties [NME]
Klaxons shed more light on their second album [NME]
Timberlake, Reed, Joel To Induct Rock Hall Class [Billboard]
Clapton Invited To Play In North Korea [Billboard]
Madonna to release "Hard Candy" in April [Reuters]
Jay-Z accused of profiting from slavery [Guardian]
Elton: ‘Performing Saved My Life’ [Guardian]
Bjork Dedicates Song to Kosovo, Serbia Show Canceled [Pitchfork]

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Madonna’s producer reveals recording session details [NME]
REM, MIA, The Cure to headline Sasquatch! [NME]
Kaiser Chiefs cover Klaxons – hear it now [NME]
The Chemical Brothers, Judge Jules and Fatboy Slim to close London club [NME]
Latin Rock Getting Boost From Warped Tour [Billboard]
REM announce massive stadium dates [Guardian]
Hypnotism, Rammstein and Eno the secret of Coldplay’s success [Guardian]
Rolling Stone’s art up for sale [BBC]
R.I.P.: Legendary Reggae Producer Joe Gibbs Dead At 65 [xlr8r]

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This Week’s Releases: 25 February 2008 [NME]
The Smiths and New Order stars unite for charity gig [NME]
I Was A Cub Scout cancel Leicester gig after onstage attack [NME]
Twice The Badu [Billboard]
Digital Briefs: LimeWire, Last.fm, Musicbrigade [Billboard]
Sales Rise On Back Of Brits [Billboard]
Fowl Eurovision entry for Ireland [BBC]
Duffy’s Mercy tops UK chart again [BBC]

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Rihanna named cultural ambassador to Barbados [NME]
Fans riot at Akon appearance [NME]
Kelis Greatest Hits on the way in March [NME]
Iron Maiden announce North American dates [NME]
U2, Madonna, Led Zeppelin in talks for World Peace gigs [NME]
Government to take ISPs to task over illegal downloading [NME]
Moby collaborates with Nigerian hip-hop group [NME]
Vivendi Expects 500,000 Zaoza Subscribers By End ’08 [Billboard]
MP3 Search Engine Gimado Raises Funds [Billboard]
EMI release Art Brut single "by accident" [Guardian]
Black Crowes say Maxim review a fraud [Yahoo]

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Damon Albarn reveals hew’ll play Africa Exprez Liverpool gig [NME]
Foo Fighters sue comic book giant [NME]
Coldplay finish their fourth album [NME]
Air to release rarities [NME]
Ringo Starr hooks up with The Zutons [NME]
Springsteen, Lennon Join Vedder On ‘War’ CD [Billboard]
Jennifer Lopez delivers twins [Reuters]
Art Lebedev ships first Maximus OLED keyboards [Electronista]

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Boy George and Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry to play WOMAD [NME]
David Beckham and Snoop Dogg to work in porn film together? [NME]
The Ramones launch condom kit [NME]
Sean Lennon to write music for new vampire film [NME]
Linkin Park fan jailed for two years for stalking band [NME]
Danger Mouse works with The Velvet Underground [NME]
BMI To Honor Hall & Oates [Billboard]
Pop reigns supreme at Brit Awards [Reuters]
EU Invests $22 Million in Next-Generation BitTorrent Client [TorrentFreak]

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Brit Awards tonight – follow all the action on NME.COM [NME]
Amy Winehouse misses Brit Awards rehearsal [NME]
U2 hit the studio for new album [NME]
New software allows file sharing between devices [NME]
Pixies man scores music for Nike [NME]
Grooverider Gets Four Years In Dubai Drug Case [Billboard]
Foos Using Soundcheck To Work On New Songs [Billboard]
West Video Star Defends Violent Promo [FemaleFirst]
MySpace’s music plan likely to be streaming service [Webware]

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