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Is this the end? Prince "no plans" to record new album

Prince admits things have gotten different in later years: he has fallen out of love recording music. With piracy rife on the internet he has put aside all plans to record another album. In an interview given to the Guardian he cited the internet's lawlessness had taken all the joy of releasing new music, spreading it as lifeless and digitised sound waves: "We're analogue people". Despite self-promoted runs with membership sites NPGOlineLTD, 3121, and LotusFlo3r.com he turned his back on the internet and closed the doors on his latest website, selling his last album, 20Ten, instead through deals that circulated the CD free with many European newspapers; Prince admitted the anguish had gotten all too much lately. Heading on an extensive summer tour of European festivals he mentions is happiest when on stage performing to his fans, but hinted it could be a long while before returning to the studio to record again.

Prince to play Hop Farm Festival - Kent (not Glasto)

The Hop Farm, a festival founded in 2008 on May 18th confirmed in a surprise announcement Prince will be headlining a specially added third date to the event which is to take place at Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1st 2md and now 3rd of July. The news also that this will be his only show will be a snub to Glastonbury organisers who hoped to secure Prince to their bill. Prince has not performed in the UK since 2007s 21 night at The O2, for his Earth Tour. Event organisers are delighted the "integrity to the bill" Prince has bought this up and coming festival, which on its two other days, Morrissey (Friday), The Eagles (Saturday) will be headlining. Other acts joining Prince on the Sunday include, Tinie Tempah, Larry Graham and Imelda May.

Prince says Welcome 2 America

At a wet afternoon in New York’s Apollo Theatre Prince announced on 14 October that on a "Purple day in December" (the 15th to be exact) a series of concerts will begin called Welcome 2 America. "I got a lot of hits. Bring friends, bring children, and bring foot spray because it's gonna be funky."

Prince, the Master of Ceremonies for the show will feature guests Maceo Parker, Janelle Monae, Mint Condition, Esperanza Spalding, Cassandra Wilson, Lalah Hathaway and Sheila E., as well as, of course, a full force New Power Generation.

In not the intimate setting fans were hoping for, a-la Club 3121 in Las Vegas, the new shows will be performed at Madison Square Garden and New Jersey's Izod Center.

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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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