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QUEEN - DVD COLLECTOR’S BOX
The Queen DVD Collectors Box is a 2-DVD documentary set that proves at length why this legendary group are still dearly loved by so many. This first disc tells the full story of the band and their entire career, pointing the cameras where they have never previously preyed. The second focuses on their music in the 1970s, with footage of classic songs and photographs even the most hardcore fan will be surprised to see. The list of exclusive commentators across both the films includes friends of the band such as Paul Gambaccini, Wayne Sleep and Peter Stringfellow, journalists such as Daryl Easlea and Nigel Williamson, and a host of others.
Experience Hendrix scored a victory in the UK courts. The music company had been battling attorney John Hillman over some claims of ownership interest in Jimi’s music. The company, formed by Jimi’s father, says the Court of Appeal in London has now upheld a 2006 decision of the English High Court rejecting Hillman’s claims.
The dispute apparently goes back decades to late 1960s and early 1970s when Hillman represented Michael Jeffery, Jimi’s then manager. Hillman apparently helped administer “Yameta”, a company which handled funds earned by Hendrix and other artists managed by Jeffery. After Hendrix and Jeffery died, the company dissolved.
Experience Hendrix says that in the early 1990’s, Hillman began claiming that Yameta had owned the Jimi Hendrix music rights, and that these alleged rights had transferred to himself and licensed his claimed rights to a UK record company, Purple Haze Records. Purple Haze began distributing Hendrix recordings, but were stopped by the UK court judgment in 2006. Hillman appealed, and the Court sided with Experience Hendrix.
The company says the Court’s decision “also effectively puts an end to another Hillman associated project, a proposed biographical film based on Hendrix’s life and career. Dragonslayer Films, a fledgling independent company, claimed to rely on a license from Hillman for the necessary music rights for this project.” They say they have not granted any license or approval for the film.
Accenture to recruit at Aerosmith’s Bangalore concert
Indiantelevision.com Team
(30 May 2007 8:40 pm)
BANGALORE: Accenture has come up with a unique initiative targeted at recruiting potential employees and retaining existing employees, during the Aerosmith rock show to be held in Bangalore on 2 June.
According to an official release, the strategy is aimed to cope up with the increasing attrition at Bangalore, which is an IT hub.
Accenture Zone, a micro site created especially for this event - www.ticketpro.in, for selling online tickets for the concert provides a link to the Accenture careers web site. Potential visitors to the site will have access to information on various career opportunities within Accenture India.
The Accenture Zone enables visitors to download Aerosmith videos and audio content prior to the concert as well as 30 days post the show. As the user waits for the downloads, the scroll on the screen demonstrates information about the company and relevant information on careers at Accenture.
In addition to online promotional activities, the company also plans to set up a booth at the venue of the rock show where various activities and information about the company will be available for visitors.
Two lucky Accenture employees will be provided with free tickets to the show as well as a chance to meet Aerosmith just before the concert. All employees of Accenture India across business divisions have the option of buying discounted tickets for the show.
No, this isn’t Marilyn Manson doing stand-up. Our beloved shock rocker recently stopped by our L.A. studio to host our Top 11 Countdown, and he couldn’t resist imparting some comedic social commentary on us. Here’s a clip of Manson’s thoughts on why troubled Lindsay Lohan went blonde.
There’s more of this wisdom on our Top 11 Countdown, which Manson hosts on Friday, June 8. Don’t miss it!
LINKIN PARK Singer Looking Forward To Hitting New Countries with tour
Launch Radio Networks reports: LINKIN PARK began a European and Asian tour last week that will bring the band for the first time to countries like Poland and Russia. While the group has played other countries in Eastern Europe like the Czech Republic, singer Chester Bennington told Launch that LINKIN PARK is especially looking forward to these first-time visits. “We haven’t been to Poland or Russia and I’m really looking forward to it,” he said. “We get to play Moscow, St. Petersburg. Those shows should be really, really awesome. And I know we’ve had a lot of demand from our fans out there for a couple of years, and we finally get to go out and perform.”
LINKIN PARK will play in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 5, Moscow on June 6, and Katowice, Poland on June 13.
The band is also headlining the Tokyo installment of the global Live Earth concerts, scheduled for July 7.
In the U.S., LINKIN PARK will headline its fourth Projekt Revolution tour, beginning on July 25 in Seattle. The lineup includes MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, H.I.M., PLACEBO, SAOSIN, rappers STYLES OF BEYOND and others.
LINKIN PARK’s new album, “Minutes to Midnight”, debuted at No. 1 on last week’s Billboard album chart, selling 623,000 copies in its first week and landing the highest first-week total of 2007. It was one of only six albums in the past two years to sell more than 600,000 copies in a single week.
