Open'er Festival Announces Prince As Headliner

By China Reevers at 4:30 PM on May 5, 2011

Prince will headline this year’s Heineken Open’er Festival, along with previously announced acts The Strokes and Coldplay....  read more

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Prince Wants to Make Covering His Songs Illegal

By China Reevers at 9:38 AM on April 25, 2011

Via The A.V. Club: Recently, Prince performed on George Lopez’s Lopez Tonight, during which he announced that thinks covering songs should be illegal. Or at least covers of his songs....  read more

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Prince Announces L.A. Residency

By China Reevers at 12:00 PM on April 8, 2011

Prince has scheduled a 21-night run at the Forum in Los Angeles.  read more

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14 Artists Who Launched Their Own Labels

By China Reevers at 8:44 AM on March 1, 2011

There are few relationships more delicate than those between an artist and a record label. Today, we look at 14 artists who decided they could do a better job running things on their own.  read more

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Prince Donates a $1.5m to the Preservation of the Arts

By China Reevers at 5:04 PM on February 10, 2011

At the end of his last performance at Madison Square Garden, Prince announced he wants to help pave the way so that new generations will be able to partake of the arts....  read more

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Watch Robyn Cover Prince

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 3:00 PM on November 19, 2010

Robyn recently tried her hand at the Prince classic “When Doves Cry.”...  read more

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A Gallery of Music's Best Mustaches

By Beca Grimm at 12:00 PM on November 9, 2010

Happy Movember, y'all!  read more

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Prince Announces First "Welcome 2 America" Dates

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 10:00 AM on October 27, 2010

It was a little over a week ago that Prince announced plans for his Welcome 2 America tour, and now His Purpleness has bestowed some dates upon us....  read more

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Prince Announces Tour Featuring Janelle Monae, Maceo Parker, More

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 10:51 AM on October 15, 2010

The Purple One held a press conference at the Apollo Theater in New York yesterday to announce a series of shows....  read more

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Eighteen Band Names Inspired by Other Bands

By Kasia Pilat at 7:00 AM on August 2, 2010

It’s not unusual for young bands to draw inspiration straight from their members’ record collections. Sometimes, though, the influence isn’t strictly musical. Here are eighteen artists that took their very names from other bands—sometimes directly from song lyrics, occasionally from misunderstood quips, and once straight from a legend himself....  read more

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