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Music News for January 9, 2009
Singer Laura Pausini welcomes "Early Spring" (Reuters)
Reuters - Laura Pausini is mad, and she's not going to take it anymore.
Musicians page through their pasts for book deals (Reuters)
Reuters - As recording artists experiment with all manner of digital media to reach their fans, a few are engaging in a centuries-old practice -- writing books.
MTV holds its first African music awards (AP)
AP - Two Nigerian singers won top awards Saturday as MTV held its first-ever music award program for Africa, with acts from across the world's poorest continent being nominated for prizes.
Spears makes unexpected appearance in court (AP)
AP - Britney Spears made another cameo in the midst of her comeback — this time at a Los Angeles courtroom.
Guns N' Roses not bringing "Democracy" to China (Reuters)
Reuters - Guns N' Roses fans in China will have to go underground to get their hands on a copy of the band's first album in 17 years, "Chinese Democracy," which will be released worldwide on Sunday.
Billboard CD reviews: Guns N' Roses, Kanye West (Reuters)
Reuters - Grunge. Techno. Boy bands. Both President Bushes. These are just a few of the things Guns N' Roses has improbably outlasted in the 17 (!) years since its last album of original music.
New Guns N' Roses album hits stores, a little late (Reuters)
Reuters - The day many rock fans never expected to see in their lifetimes is nigh.
Rob Zombie assembles box for "Corpses" (Reuters)
Reuters - Assembling the White Zombie boxed set "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" was "weird" and somewhat bittersweet for band founder Rob Zombie.
Screen Actors Guild to seek strike authorization (AP)
AP - The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator.
U.K. band Franz Ferdinand "swings" on 3rd album (Reuters)
Reuters - Franz Ferdinand's 2005 album may have promised "You Could Have It So Much Better," but the sales figures begged to differ -- the band's second album failed to match the transatlantic success of its self-titled predecessor.