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The Purple One is giving a big finger to SONY BMG in the UK. Instead of doing what bands normally do and releasing his new album Planet Earth on said release date (July 16th in the UK, July 24th in the US), Prince has struck a deal with UK publication The Mail on Sunday that will release the CD with the paper in the UK only. Prince's 10-track Planet Earth will be dispensed as a "covermount" with an unspecified edition of the The Mail on Sunday. Prince will also give away... MORE
Prince has released the first single from his summer release Planet Earth via Verizon Wireless phones. Mobile phone users subscribed to Verizon’s V Cast Song ID program, which identifies songs when you hold the phone next to a speaker, can download the free program, then retrieve the video by going to various Websites (like MySpace, YouTube, etc) to play the video holding the phone close by. Below is a snippet of the video for "Guitar" from YouTube, with an explanation o... MORE
Prince at the O2 Arena, London, England, August 25, 2007. I am embarrassed to say that before this show I had never seen Prince before - but that's behind me now so let's not speak of it again... This show was around #16 of Prince's "21 Nights in London" residency at the O2 Arena. Upon entering the arena and passing through the turnstiles attendees were handed a copy of Prince's new CD, Planet Earth. Pretty much the only way I was gonna hear the new music but I am li... MORE
Today is the day! The day that "Guitar," the first single off of Prince's new Planet Earth is released that is. The rest of the album will be available from Columbia Records on July 16th, except in North America, who won't have access to the full length album until July 24th (heh, right). According to pitchf*#k, his band mates on Purple Rain Wendy and Lisa, have contributed to the new album as well! Prince performs from 3121 at the Alma Awards:
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Here is a little piece of Prince trivia and some big news all rolled into one:This Saturday night while much of planet Earth is tuned into the multiple Live Earth concerts, Minneapolis will be focused on one earthling - PRINCE. The mogOsphere has already been abuzz with the news of Prince playing his hometown this weekend, and the weird venues that he chose - MACY's and Target. Venues that were chosen because of Prince's new perfume placement. However, news is just brea... MORE
So us North Americans don't get too jealous of Prince's 21-date London residency at the city's O2 Arena this August and September, the Purple One has just announced a seven night Los Angeles residency beginning this Saturday, June 23rd! The shows will take place at the posh Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's 200-capacity Blossom Room and are scheduled for June 23rd-24th, 28th-30th. Prince will most likely be previewing songs from his new album Planet Earth, due July 24th, while... MORE
This week's Tuesday Tunes includes the upcoming release of Prince.
Visit Write State of Mind for a mini-review and sound selections (plus a download) from his twenty-fourth studio album, Planet Earth.







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