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Timbaland Plans Early Retirement, Prince Loses U.K. Distributor, Beastie Boys Add Tour Dates

7/2/07, 9:44 am EST

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  • Production king (and germaphobe) Timbaland says he’s preparing to pass the torch and ditch the music scene. In a recent interview, he explained, “Music is boring right now. I’m too innovative for the world. I’ve been doing it so long, I’m about to throw in the towel.”
  • Following Prince’s free-CD giveaway in the U.K. this past weekend, Song BMG informed him they will no longer be distributing it to retailers.
  • A former National Laboratory worker has admitted she used government computers to get into the e-mail account of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington.
  • The Beastie Boys announced more tour dates in support of their instrumental album The Mix-Up. See them after the jump.

BEASTIE BOYS TOUR DATES:

August 1 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier
August 4 – Baltimore, MD – Virgin Festival at Pimlico Race Track
August 5 – Boston, MA – The Opera House (Exclusive Instrumental Show)
August 6 – Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion
August 8 – New York, NY – Central Park Summerstage
August 9 – Brooklyn, NY – McCarren Park Pool
August 10 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom (Exclusive Instrumental Show)
August 16 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 17 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium (Exclusive Instrumental Show)
August 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theatre
August 23 – Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
August 24 – San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre (Exclusive Instrumental Show)
August 25 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theatre

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Big Nate | 7/2/2007, 11:03 am EST

I would post but I’m too innovative for this news report.

Cream of Broccoli | 7/2/2007, 11:38 am EST

This is such a devastating blow to the music industry with Timbaland set to quit the music scene. This is terrible! I really don’t know how I’m going to be able to cope! I mean, I don’t know if life is really worth living now. Without Timbaland around, I think I will go see a psychiatrist and try to get me a prescription of Zoloft.

Bob Saget's Revenge | 7/2/2007, 12:11 pm EST

Timbaland is innovative? I cannot tell where one Nelly Furtado song ends and the Justin TImberlake song begins. I do know that the jolly Timbaland does some sort of really bad dancing and making bug eyes in their videos.

Something tells me that another “innovative” person will be able to fill this terrific void….

Luis | 7/2/2007, 12:12 pm EST

mmmmm……..this morining news round-up seems sooooooooooo boring, only the thing of Timbaland and is obvious the guy will not throw the towel in the climax for his career!!!

SATAN | 7/2/2007, 12:20 pm EST

how innovative is it to rip beat’s off of other people and claim it as your own, what a worthless jackass.

Scott | 7/2/2007, 12:29 pm EST

That’s awesome news that moron Timbaland is leaving music!!! The more of these losers stop making music, the better music will get. Now let’s pray that Kanye West and P Diddy also retire permanently from the music scene.

Marc | 7/2/2007, 12:50 pm EST

Same old songs

Jman | 7/2/2007, 12:56 pm EST

Finally! Now I no longer will have to listen to those awful “space future sounds” it was just too innovative….jackass

[mark] | 7/2/2007, 1:10 pm EST

innovative? yes. in 1996. for pop music.

take a look at the latest bjork album. she took the songs that she and timbo worked on and made them unrecognizable…dare i say the “innovative” thing done with his music was stripping away that trademark “timbaland sound” and coming up with something challenging and unique.

hey tim, you want to do something “innovative”? leave the pop charts alone for a while and make some art with real artists or composers like phillip glass.

this | 7/2/2007, 1:21 pm EST

everybody is right on about Tim’.
In 30 years nobody will care…not like anybody really does now.

The only people who care about him are people who set out to make money (that means the dozens of crappy srtists he’s done work for) plus the crappy media outlets who follow his crap (MTV, radio, and unfortunately Rolling Stone).

No talent ass clown…

Jughead | 7/2/2007, 1:34 pm EST

I say that now that Timbaland is retiring let’s ship him out to Iraq and give him an army uniform. They can use some more men over there.

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I’ve pretty much been doing nothing worth mentioning. I haven’t gotten anything done today. I haven’t been up to much , but oh well. I’ve just been staying at home waiting for something to happen, but so it goes. Pfft.

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