
- Britney Spears revealed that the Blackout tracklist that was mistakenly leaked by the Germans is, in fact, the real lineup. Timbaland protege Danjahandz produced four of the twelve tracks, while Pharrell Williams appears on album closer “Why Should I Be Sad.” And yes, what you’re looking at is the final album cover.
- Paul McCartney and his ex-wife Heather Mills will hit divorce court next February after failing to come to a monetary settlement today. While it’s estimated that Macca could part with between twenty to seventy million pounds, the main stumbling block has been Mills’ reluctance to sign a gag order preventing her from discussing the marriage in a potential book deal.
- The Kinks’ Ray Davies will pull a Prince and distribute his new album Working Man’s Café as a giveaway in U.K. newspaper The Mail on Sunday on October 21st. Prince’s Planet Earth was given away in a similar fashion back in July.
- Further proof of the MP3 revolution: Download sales are up forty-five percent over 2006’s numbers, and experts predict iTunes and friends will likely rake in over a billion dollars in sales by 2012.
- Peter Hook’s post-New Order trio Free Bass, featuring Smiths bassist Mike Rourke and Primal Scream bassist Mani, have recruited Oasis’ Liam Gallagher, the Stone Roses‘ Ian Brown and Echo & The Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch to contribute vocals to some instrumental tracks.

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