Bob Dylan sells entire back catalogue of 600+ songs to Universal in reported nine-figure deal.
Neil Young sells half his music rights for '$150 million' as he becomes latest star to strike gold after Stevie Nicks and Bob Dylan made similar deals
Bob Dylan, today announced he has signed a deal with Universal Music Publishing Group to sell his songwriting catalog for an estimated $300 million,The New York Times reported. Dylan’s music includes classics like “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and “Like a Rolling Stone.”
Shakira becomes latest artist to sell rights to catalogue of hits. Colombian singer-songwriter sells rights to her 145-song catalogue for undisclosed sum.
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Stevie Nicks sold the copyrights to some of her most popular songs in a deal reportedly valued at $100 million.
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MySpace loses a dozen years worth of music uploads and photos from users.
“Myspace accidentally lost all the music uploaded from its first 12 years in a server migration, losing over 50 million songs from 14 million artists,” he tweeted. “I'm deeply skeptical this was an accident. Flagrant incompetence may be bad PR, but it still sounds better than ‘we can't be bothered with the effort and cost of migrating and hosting 50 million old MP3s.’
“As a result of a server migration project, any photos, videos, and audio files you uploaded more than three years ago may no longer be available on or from MySpace,” a message on the site that launched in 2003 reads. “We apologize for the inconvenience.”
I don't like Mondays, either.
The 61-year-old Live Aid founder told young people at a conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, that there will be ‘a mass extinction event’ and admitted his generation had let down today’s youth.
Speaking to delegates from 189 countries, the former Boomtown Rats singer said 'we may not get to 2030' and warned: ‘The next war will not be a World War One or a World War Two - it will be the end.’
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Artist claims Marilyn Manson drove her to suicide attempt after force feeding her drugs, tying her up and depriving her of sleep over six months after 'love bombing' her when she was 22 and he was 46 - as three more women accuse him of abuse
Marilyn Manson is dropped by talent agency CAA after being fired by his record label and TV shows American Gods and Creepshow over abuse allegations which he says are 'distortions of reality'
"We don't need no education"
Roger Waters notes that the Anti-Defamation League has ruled his work has no anti-Semitic intent. "I also use the Crucifix, the Crescent and Star, the Hammer and Sickle, the Shell Oil Logo and The McDonald's Sign, a Dollar Sign and a Mercedes sign [in the show]," writes Waters.
He response to accusations on his web site (click Roger Waters) is in his letter posted Aug 1
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Stevie Nicks sells majority of her song catalog for $100 million
