- EMI Music, Google, and YouTube have signed a licensing deal allowing YouTubers “unprecedented” access to EMI’s wealth of audio and video material from artists as varied as David Bowie, Coldplay, and Lily Allen. EMI is the last major label to partner with YouTube. The hold-up seems to have been the development of content identification and filtering technologies on the part of YouTube; the fact that the deal has gone through implies that YouTube has finally worked out the kinks in these systems to EMI’s satisfaction. Let clips of household pets singing “The Jean Genie” emerge!
- Nevada has passed a law making it illegal for bands to call themselves tribute acts unless they boast at least one former member associated with the original band. Supreme Mary Wilson lobbied for the law after spending millions unsuccessfully suing other acts performing as the group.
- Today is the 40th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (don’t forget to write your own review of the album here). A collection of academics will be honoring this day by gathering to discuss the albums social and cultural significance. The event, “A Day in the Life – Sgt Pepper at 40,” takes place in the University of Leeds on June 19th.
- Now that we’ve had time to process those excellent Rhino reissues of the first two Pretenders albums (Pretenders and Pretenders II,) it’s the perfect time for the label to give the same treatment to the band’s second and third albums (Learning to Crawl and Get Close). This latest batch of reissues come packed with the usual fun extras (like demos, live songs, and alternate versions) and will be released June 5th. [via Pitchfork]
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