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First, it was Conan O'Brien who devoted piles of airtime to bands like the White Stripes, The Strokes and U2. Then just last week, David Letterman invited U2 to play five nights in a row. Now, Jay Leno, the final third of the Late Night Host Triumvirate, is getting in on the action.
To promote his three upcoming albums, including one where his new protege, Bria Valente, takes vocals, Prince will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno three nights in a row, from March 25-27. (He is also performing Leno's farewell show May 28.) The albums will then drop March 29 exclusively at Target as a three-disc package for the incredible price of $11.98. That's right: a mere $4 per album.
Prince will perform Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and then the albums will be available Sunday, which'll give him a two-day head start on that week's releases sales-wise.
As previously reported, the three albums will all be very different from one another. Lotus Flow3r is more rock guitar-driven, while MPLSound is a funkier venture. The third record, Elixir, is not really a "Prince" album, but rather one where the aforementioned Valente takes the lead.
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News: Prince to drop three albums this year
LotusFlow3r.com
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I'll give it to Prince: he's always trying something different to drum up interest in his records. I'm going to tape Leno for those 3 nights next week, and then I'll buy the 3 album set at Target when they come out on March 29th.
Hey! Did you tape the March 25th episode? I here that the network blacked out Prince's free style song about the bank bailout. Is that true?I have been looking for news of this but no comment so far. I heard from someone who was viewing that the screen went black during his song and stayed black for 17 mins. More censorship!! Shows you very clearly that our media is all controlled by corporate interests and the banking industry perhaps the greatest stake?
Any one out there record this or can collaborate the report of the censoring?
Hey Felix, as someone always looking for a story, I found your comments very interesting. However, I too was unable to find any evidence of this. My guess, if this was in fact censorship, is that this was a local decision that only affected your friend's market. Other than that, it could've just been a blip in the cable service. Who knows...
Well, I have been looking for news of this but no comment so far. I heard from someone who was viewing that the screen went black during his song and stayed black for 17 mins. More censorship!
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