- The Foo Fighters are offering fans who (legally) download their new album Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace before the release date a chance to get concert tickets before the on-sale date. Dave Grohls gang has linked up with iTunes for the promotion, which will also include the immediate download of the bands new single “The Pretender” and a bonus track called “Seda.” Those who preorder the album via Apples digital service will be given a password for Ticketmaster.com that would allow them to scoop up Foo tickets before the general public.
- Daft Punk, fresh off playing the concert of the summer, have revealed the details of their live album Daft Punk Alive 2007, out November 20th. The set will include twenty-seven songs from their hit-filled Paris concerts this summer. A bonus second disc will include five additional songs from the encore.
- Trying to ward off the worldwide compact-disc struggle, HMV Canada will lower the prices on CDs by 33 percent.
- The Rolling Stones Ronnie Wood admitted that it was he — and not drugs, endless arrests or constant bickering — that was the catalyst for Kate Moss breaking up with Pete Doherty. Says Wood on advising Moss, “Someone had to do it.”
- MySpace, feeling the pressure from their boss Rupert Murdoch and their competitor Facebook, might finally allow musicians to sell their tunes directly on their music page.
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