
- Britney Spears will have to undergo random drug testing if she wants to keep her two sons, according to the latest ruling in her custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline. The laundry list of requirements the couple must abide by includes mandatory completion of a “Parenting Without Conflict” program; Spears was also instructed to attend counseling and meet with a parenting coach twice weekly.
- Warner Music Group is starting to sell its artists’ music on MySpace via a partnership with LaLa that will allow fans to purchase both the iPod-friendly version and a hard copy of an album for $9.99 (James Blunt’s All the Lost Souls and Paramore’s Riot! are available).
- Perry Farrell is launching a label called Bells Are Ringing. “I’m very excited to become part of this new independent trend where artists will have more creative freedom, make higher profits on the sales of their music and most of all it allows me, the artist, to own my art, my masters.” The label will first rerelease Satellite Party’s struggling Ultra Payloaded.
- Alabama Governor Bob Riley has announced the State will draw inspiration from Lynyrd Skynyrd and market itself as “Sweet Home Alabama” in 2008. Market research found 71 percent of out-of-state residents and 65 percent of Alabamians preferred this catchphrase.
- Rage Against the Machine’s touring doesn’t look likely to be interrupted by news of Zack De La Rocha’s long-awaited solo album. The band has been accidentally revealed as the headliner for Australia’s Big Day Out Festival, thanks to a promoter leaking Australian RATM dates that coincide with the Festival’s 2008 run.

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