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Music News for October 11, 2008
A virtual battle of the bands (Reuters)
Reuters - Wannabe rock stars will have a greater choice of instruments and songs to choose from as videogames like "Guitar Hero World Tour" and "Rock Band 2" introduce new features.
Record buyers head-"Over"-heels for 7-year-old (Reuters)
Reuters - Connie Talbot's first release, "Over the Rainbow," has already gone gold in the United Kingdom (100,000 copies) and platinum in Korea (15,000 copies) and has logged more than 46 million hits on YouTube. Not bad for a 7-year-old.
Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hospital (E! Online)
E! Online - Looks like Meat Loaf came down with a case of the Janet Jacksons.
Donovan still a Sunshine Superman at 62 (AP)
AP - Standing in the rain wasn't going to dampen Donovan's spirits.
Rocker Meat Loaf hospitalized for 3 days in London (AP)
AP - A publicist for Meat Loaf says the 57-year-old rocker was hospitalized in London for three days following an awards ceremony earlier this week.
Music exec Flom lines up Universal post (Reuters)
Reuters - Former Atlantic and Capitol top executive Jason Flom is nearly finished with negotiations that would bring him into the Universal Music Group fold, Billboard has learned.
Peermusic forms partnership with Ghana's Kampsite (Reuters)
Reuters - Independent music publisher Peermusic and Ghana-based Kampsite Music have formed a partnership to develop the West African music publishing marketplace and boost the international profile of the region's music.
Phish reunion seen as welcome shot of energy (Reuters)
Reuters - Could the return of Phish spark a revitalization of the jam-band scene?
Beastie Boys draft stars for "Vote" tour (Reuters)
Reuters - The Beastie Boys have drafted Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to join them on the Get Out and Vote tour, which will begin October 28 in Richmond, Va. Shows are also set for November 1 in St. Paul, Minn., and November 2 in Milwaukee.
Daddy Yankee takes on new role as debate moderator (AP)
AP - Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill — and Daddy Yankee?
