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20Ten: the new album coming to a - newsstand! - near you
It's all numbers for the next release 20Ten, Prince's 27th studio album, will be released as yet another purple freebie, not this time by a clothing outlet but by his old nemeses - the press. The first will be via the Het Nieuwsblad newspaper in Belgium and by the Daily Mirror in the UK on 10 July then followed up in Germany with Rolling Stone magazine on the 22nd. It is highly likely, although unconfirmed, the album will be released through similar deals with other newspapers across Europe. 20Ten will be supported by various festival appearances across Europe this summer. For a full track listing click the official cover art. An international tour is also slated. In the deal with the Daily Mirror the newspaper will distribute 2.5 millsion copies of the album.
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Prince heading to European festival circuit
In gearing up for his next album launch Prince will be performing the summer festivals in Denmark, Belgium and France throughout July. The Roskilde Festival - Denmark, 4 July. Main Square Festival - Arras, France, 9 July. Werchter Boutique - Belgium, 10 July: Roskilde and Werchter two of the five biggest annual European music festivals.
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Dreamer nominated for Best Solo Rock Grammy
Prince's Dreamer has been nominated for a Grammy at its 52nd award show to be held at the Staples Centre in LA on 31 January. The song, from Lotosflw3r, has been entered in the Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance category and is up against the likes of veterans Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen.
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Paris Shows Confirmed
Following his trend of performing multiple shows on the same day, Prince is playing two shows at the Grand Palais exhibition hall in Paris on October 11. Named "All Day/All Night" the micro tour be held at 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) and 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Sunday, a mere 5,000 tickets are on sale so if you are up for the short notice and able to go, you better get in line early for tix.
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Monaco Calling
Prince is playing two shows at the Salle Garnier (Opera) & Sporting Club on 13 & 16 August. Tickets are a steep 300 Euros, but if you can afford the hotel accomodation, the tickets will be the last thing on your mind. 2009 seems to be a hit-n-run set up for shows, so stay alert. You certainly wont be getting much warning. But Montreaux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on 18 July we can be well assured the man is keen to hit Europe, so stay tuned.
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LotusFlow3r hits Billboard at number 2
A showdown with country and western star Keith Urban spilled blood today at his album Defying Gravity came in at number 1 on Billboard on 8 April after out-selling LotusFlow3r by a mere 3,000 copies. Selling a respectable 168,000 copies, the triple CD set LotusFlow3r debuted at number 2, despite it being only available at Target retail outlets.
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Prince turns up the heat on LotusFlow3r
After a fairly quiet start of the year, the promotion for LotusFlow3r finally gets underway with Prince performing 3 shows in one evening. March 28th will see him taking over Hollywood with 3 separate appearances starting off at The Nokia Theatre at 7pm, then moving on to the Conga Room at 9:30, before winding up at Club Nokia after Midnight. The shows will coincide with four performances on the Tonight Show 25, 26, 27 of March, with the last on 28 May to mark Jay Leno's final week hosting the show. Prince will be fully launching his website on the 24th which is accessed by a $77 subscription opening its doors ahead of the March 29th release of LotusFlow3r triple CD set. Although only available in its physical form from the Target store chain, each track will be available as an MP3 from the new website.
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New Album: LotusFlow3r
Originating from the 3121 sessions of 2006, LotusFlow3r is slated for release "after the holidays" in January 2009, Prince will be returning with a new album for sale through his new website www.LotusFlow3r.com in which also promises will also be his outlet not only for the music but concert tickets also. The track listing for the album is known to comprise of Crimson & Clover, Colourized Mind, Wall of Berlin, and 4ever that were aired late December 2008, (There'll Never B) Another Like Me which features his Linn drum machine made famous during Purple Rain, the laid back Here Eye Come, plus $, 77 Beverly Place and the heavy title track. The album lending much to his guitar which is exciting fans new and old alike.
LotusFlow3r will be his first release of the year which is expected to be followed up eventually by two collaborative releases, the "experimental" MPLSOUND, and Mayte sound-alike Bria Valente's Elixir. For the accompanying live shows, Prince is even reportedly looking for new band mambers.
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