- Someone give the White Stripes a record deal. With the news that V2 Records is reportedly seriously restructuring, the venerable rock duo (as well as frontman Jack White’s other band the Raconteurs) are suddenly homeless and in need of US representation. According to Billboard, the label will retain its catalogue rights to music already released by its artists but will not put out any new tunes. Gang of Four, the Blood Brothers, Moby, and Alkaline Trio are also in the same boat.
- We all know Bob Dylan theoretically lives somewhere, it’s just hard to imagine. Does he have curtains on his bedroom windows? A thermostat? What color scheme does Bob enjoy for the bathroom? Stalkers can soon find out as Dylan has reportedly purchased a 25-acre estate in Scotland.
- A Los Angeles drug store known as Mickey Fine Pharmacy, which caters to celebrity clients and reportedly delivers its wares via motorcycle (reclusive pill-popping celebs can’t drive their Bentleys out of the hills), is reportedly suing Michael Jackson for more than $100,000 in unpaid prescription fees. The pharmacy claims they had an “oral agreement” that Jackson would pay. And we thought nothing could be more ridiculous than their name.
- Those betting on a Police reunion should take heart in Sting’s recent wooing of former bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland. Both men were reportedly in attendance at Trudie Styler’s birthday party, and at a recent performance Sting reportedly dedicated a lute version of “Message in a Bottle” to his former bandmates, who were gazing on adoringly from the audience.
- Get yourself to Ottawa’s Canterbury High School cafeteria this Friday and you’ll be treated to a mellow Arcade Fire show. Guitarist/percussionist Richard Reed Parry reportedly graduated from the school and his band will now be playing an arts-supporting charity gig there.
- Check out the Hold Steady’s recent performance on Letterman.
- Obituaries: Michael Brecker, an accomplished tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys during his three-decade-long career, reportedly died Saturday in a hospital in New York City. He was 57. Alice Coltrane, jazz performer, composer and wife to John Coltrane, reportedly died of respiratory failure on Friday. She was 69.
Update: According to a representative for the White Stripes, V2’s announcement does not impact the band as their “agreement” with the label was already expired. “V2’s restructuring has no impact on the band’s future plans since the licensing agreement for Third Man Records had already run its course,” the representative said.
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