- The fact that Paul McCartney’s new album, Memory Almost Full will be released digitally indicates that the Beatles catalogue won’t be far behind. That a deal to finally make the Beatles catalog available for sale online is “virtually settled,” McCartney says.
- The owner of Glenn Gormley’s Green Leafe Cafe, near the College of William and Mary in Virginia, where My Chemical Romance and Muse got food poisoning, is now receiving death threats. Members of both bands and their crews have been enduring salmonella poisoning, and have been forced to cancel gigs as a result. My Chem fans in particular are not pleased.
- Soon your feedback on radio play will directly determine the success of some new bands. A partnership between USA Network and Yahoo! Music aims to ensure that some unsigned and independent artists gain exposure on TV. The deal means that Yahoo! Music and its LAUNCHcast radio service will track consumer feedback and report it directly to the USA Network. Then USA will then sign the chosen artist for an incubation period.
- Amy Winehouse and Prince have been busy geeking out over each other. At a gig in London last night Prince said: “Respect to Amy Winehouse, respect! What a voice!” Amy, commenting on Prince’s standing offer to collaborate with her, said: “I’ll drop everything to do that… I’d do it with bells on. All day long.” Get to it, kids.
- Back in the day (1992) My Morning Jacket’s Jim James was in another band called Mont de Sundua. And now, all these years later, the band’s previously unreleased, self-titled sophomore album is finally coming May 22 via James’ own Removador label.
- Check out Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner, in an appearance on RS cover boy Stephen Colbert’s show last night.

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