Music

January 30, 2008, Beverly Hills, CA — Pink Martini, the 12-member pop orchestra from Portland, Oregon, will headline the entertainment at the Governors Ball, the celebration following the 80th Academy Awards® presentation on Sunday, February 24, Governors Ball Chair Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced today.

“Pink Martini is reminiscent of a Hollywood musical from the Golden Era,” said Boone Isaacs. “Their global sound will be the perfect accompaniment at this year’s Governors Ball.”    » read more »

29 January 2008 -- Representatives from the world-famous Gibson guitar company recently showed off their latest creation at a suburban Maryland music store outside Washington. Gibson's self-tuning guitar comes as sales for the videogame Guitar Hero are increasing.

A small group of people gathered at the Guitar Center to watch musician Shane Hines demonstrate the capabilities of the Robot Guitar.

The guitar is modeled after the successful Les Paul guitar, but is much lighter. The bottom of the guitar is carved out to accommodate a small computer that tunes the guitar.    » read more »

Washington, 26 January 2008 (By Mary Morningstar) -- 24-year-old British singer Amy Winehouse entered a drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility on January 24.

A spokesperson from her record label, Universal Music Group, said, "Amy decided to enter the facility after talks with her record label, management, family and doctors. She has come to understand that she requires specialist treatment to continue her ongoing recovery from drug addition."    » read more »

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Jerry O'Connell To Host Watch An Exclusive Live Stream Of The Show Unedited At pepsismash.vh1.com Thursday, January 31 Starting At 9:30 PM EST Two Days Before The On-Air Premiere

28 January 2008 -- In September 2006 Paul McCartney released his fourth full-length classical album, Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart). On Friday November 3rd Ecce Cor Meum was given its world premiere performance to a sold out audience at The Royal Albert Hall, London. In May of this year Paul was presented with the award for Best Album at the UK Classical Brit Awards. The special world premiere Royal Albert Hall performance is to be made available for the first time ever on DVD, along with a documentary tracking the journey and making of this album.    » read more »

U.S. Listening Spikes 85% Over Previous Week on Day of Launch

NEW YORK and LONDON, Jan. 25 - Last.fm, the online music discovery network owned by the CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS), realized strong user growth in several key categories after launching it's free-on-demand streaming service Wednesday.    » read more »

Jonas Brothers' New Single "When You Look Me in the Eyes" to Follow Premiere of Disney Channel Original Movie "Minutemen"

London, Jan. 17, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rolling Stones and Universal Music Group (UMG) are delighted to announce they have signed an exclusive worldwide recording agreement for the group's next album due for release in March 2008.    » read more »

- Indie Distributor to Handle Music DVD and Audio Titles
- Vivendi Visual Entertainment to Distribute Non-Music DVD Range

Concert Special To Be Simulcast Saturday, Jan. 26 On Logo And MHD: Music High Definition

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 -- Multi-platinum RCA recording artist Christina Aguilera took Sydney, Australia by storm when her ''Back to Basics'' world tour hit the Acer Arena for two shows in July 2007. This breathlessly energetic, dazzling live concert spectacular brought the house down-and the cameras were rolling there to catch it all.    » read more »

New York, NY and San Francisco, CA, January 8, 2008 – Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company, and SendMe, Inc., the premier mobile media company, today announced a licensing agreement whereby UMG’s extensive catalog of chart-topping hit songs would be made available to members of SendMeMobile.com. For the first time, SendMe members would have access to music from such superstars as 50 Cent, Daddy Yankee, Fall Out Boy, Fergie, Gwen Stefani, Kanye West, Rihanna and U2, among thousands of others.    » read more »

01/07/08 -- Warner Bros. Records, led by Chairman and CEO Tom Whalley, has ended 2007 with the Number One U.S. album market share among individual record labels for the year according to Nielsen SoundScan figures released last week. Outperforming the marketplace, the label has also claimed the Number One market share in current albums and digital albums in a year when digital album sales are up 53 percent over 2006 with 50 million albums sold.

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- Grammy-Nominated Rapper’s Sophomore Album Debuts at #1 On Billboard’s “Top Rap Albums” Chart, While Scoring Across-The-Board Critical Praise
- Chicago MC is First Musical Guest on Late Show With David Letterman’s Return To The Air
- Major Cross-Country Tour to Begin Next Week

NEW YORK, January 7 2008 – EMI Music Publishing, the world’s leading music publisher, has announced that it is extending its relationship with Norah Jones, one of the most successful songwriters and recording artists of the decade.

Norah Jones has been signed to EMI Music Publishing since 2002, ahead of the release of the hugely successful debut album Come Away With Me, and has since gone on to release two further multi-million selling albums in Feels Like Home and Not Too Late.    » read more »