- The whispers about the headliner at this year’s Glastonbury Festival continue, as Jay-Z is now rumored to have the slot locked up. Organizer Michael Eavis hinted that a New York rapper would get top billing. Up until the “New York” statement, it was assumed that Kanye West would get the call, but then again maybe Eavis doesn’t know his U.S. geography. Eavis also hinted about “a great British female artist that’s going to support him,” leading to speculation that Amy Winehouse will take the festival stage as well.
- To entice fans into buying his Greatest Hits, Morrissey will bundle a eight-song live CD titled Live At the Hollywood Bowl for a limited-edition run. Morrissey is also recruiting fans to show off their Moz-inspired tattoos and graffiti to appear in advertisements plugging the album.
- West coast rapper The Game will go to trial starting February 4th to face gun charges stemming from a weapons-related incident that occurred during a basketball game at a youth recreation center.
- Kevin Baxter, drummer for British “folk metal” band Skyclad and late-nineties rockers 3 Colours Red, passed away last week from liver failure. He was thirty-six.
- An associate of Tony Yayo named Lawell Fletcher admitted to NYPD that it was he, and not Tony Yayo, who slapped the fourteen-year-old son of a rival music executive. Fletcher was positively identified by the victim in a police line-up.
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