- R. Kelly has avoided arrest by making it back to Chicago in time for a court appearance. Kelly missed court yesterday after getting stuck in Utah snowstorm. As a result of his tardiness, the judge will decide tomorrow whether to disallow Kelly’s special permission to tour while facing child-pornography charges, as well as consider revoking R.’s bail. In addition, a court date for the much-delayed start of Kelly’s trial is anticipated tomorrow.
- Starting January 1st, 2009, Ticketmaster will have a new competitor, as Live Nation will officially throw their multi-corporation hat into the ticket biz. Live Nation’s ticket program will use Eventim, deemed “most technologically sophisticated ticketing platform in the world.”
- Death Cab for Cutie will release their new album sometime in May 2008, according to a video montage from the studio on the band’s Web site. The group’s last album, Plans, came out in 2005.
- Record producer Phil Spector, who narrowly escaped a prison sentence for murder thanks to a mistrial, is suing his ex-lawyer Robert Shapiro to reclaim the $1 million fee he paid Shapiro to briefly represent him. Spector claims Shapiro inadequately prepared the trial and may have been responsible for the prosecution filing charges in the first place.
- The Wu-Tang Clan is coming to your town … if you can recruit 1,499 of your closest friends to “demand” them. Working with the service Eventful Demand, the Wu promise to visit any town/city/grotto that can get 1,500 people to log in and demand their town be played. Couer d’ Alene, Idaho, it’s your move now.
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