Articles tagged with: EMI
Regular readers may have noticed that, when it comes to competition prizes, sometimes we're a bit on the rubbishy side. No, no, it's OK, we are. Or at least we were, because now we're going to offer you possibly the biggest prize in hecklerspray history - a bundle of CDs, DVDs, T-shirts and goodness knows what else worth somewhere in the region of £200. It's all thanks to the wonderful people at EMI and their wonderful new website. If you want to win, then you'd better watch the video after the jump, hadn't you...
If you've been waiting to hear what hot new pop combo The Beatles sound like, then you're in for a spot of bad news. Paul McCartney from The Beatles has announced that none of his band's music will be available on iTunes for the foreseeable future because everyone is arguing over money. But Paul McCartney says he wants The Beatles on iTunes, EMI wants The Beatles on iTunes, and iTunes wants The Beatles on iTunes, so all is not yet lost. Until then, the music of The Beatles is still available on something we're told is called a Seed Ee, and you can put these Beatles Seed Ees into your computer and download them onto iTunes that way. But this Seed Ee-buying method does involve leaving the house, and that's so old-fashioned that they may as well be asking to go into the woods and kill Beatles songs with rocks for food. What do we look like, bloody Luddites?
30 Seconds to Mars and their glorious leader Jared Leto had better check the back of their sofas for loose change. They may have to resort to begging, borrowing or even stealing to get through this one - being sued by Virgin Records for $30 million isn't the kind of thing you can get by simply by using the cash you carry in your wallet. Maybe they could sell their instruments and equipment - though this would of course mean they can no longer play as a band... So in other words, it would be win-win. But why such a huge amount? Well, according to Virgin, Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars were contracted to provide three albums, but didn't. Apparently this is worth that much money to the company, so they've gone and sued that movie star from the band to get what they think is rightfully theirs. $30 million though? Crikey.
Thom Yorke is a happy soul - his hobbies include puppy-stroking and riding around meadows on a bicycle going "Wheeeee" - but EMI seems to have somehow done the impossible and made Thom Yorke a bit miserable.
Thom Yorke and EMI boss Guy Hands are in the middle of a war of words about why Radiohead left the record label. According to Hands, Radiohead wanted a £10 million advance for In Rainbows and control of their old albums, while Thom Yorke is claiming that the band just wanted to make sure their back catalogue was treated correctly. The emotional impact of this public bickering is thought to have already taken its toll on Thom Yorke, and has made him ditch plans for his forthcoming Europop collaboration with Same Difference from X Factor called A Very Merry Radiohead Party Fun Time.
