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Century Media Records has announced the signing of the Spanish thrash metal band ANGELUS APATRIDA to a worldwide deal.

Of the big four major label groups, EMI stands out as the most distressed.A But what happens next in this tale of toxicity?A The outcome depends on a number of volatile variables, though the rejection of a $1.67 billion injection proposal by Terra Firma is hardly an uplifting development.A EMI Music Publishing executives have complained to Digital ...

Kings of Leon won Woodie of the Year and Green Day took home the Best Performing Woodie at the 2009 MTVu Woodie Awards, which brought together a cross-section of established and breaking artists Wednesday night at New York's Roseland Ballroom.

Eminem's comeback year of 2009 was expected to include the release of two new albums.

The upcoming debut album by British singing sensation Susan Boyle has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon.com, the online retailer said.

The "Love Story" hitmaker has teamed up with Broadcast Music, Inc. , the organization which collects license fees on behalf of songwriters and distributes them as royalties, to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against The Sports Cellar venue.

The top executive of Gibson Guitar Corp. took a leave of absence from the board of an environmental group amid concerns about the source of the harvested wood used for instruments.

Amazon.com, Inc. , today announced that Susan Boyle's upcoming album, "I Dreamed a Dream," has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon.

Federal agents on Tuesday raided a Gibson guitar manufacturing plant and seized guitars amid concerns about where the Nashville-based company obtains the fine woods that go into its instruments.

Since winning "American Idol" in 2005, country singer Carrie Underwood has become one of the show's highest selling graduates, but she warned the latest crop of "Idol" finalists to "stay true" to their fans if they want to find similar success.

Former Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Doug Yule will make an extremely rare joint public appearance on Dec.

The Library of Congress is awarding Paul McCartney its third Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Country music A-lister George Strait will star in a follow-up to his 1992 film "Pure Country" for Warner Bros.

Colourful vinyl is now on display at the Toronto Downtown Record Show. SUPPLIED PICTURE It's the kind of treasure that sets collectors' hearts racing a ' a find so rare that there may be no limit to its monetary value.

Former Oasis guitarist and vocalist Liam Gallagher says that he and all of the other members of the band - aside from his brother Noel - are writing songs and will continue to perform as a new group.

FIG. 1: The Universal Audio UAD-2 Solo/Laptop houses a single DSP chip in an ExpressCard/34 format.

All things music from the Tennessean.com entertainment staff. CLICK THIS PHOTO for a slideshow of stars on the red carpet.

The promise of the digital revolution in the music industry takes another step forward with the creation today of Interscope Digital Distribution , by Interscope/Geffen/A&M Records.

A guest post by Australian freelance music writer Andrew McMillen . "Ita s kind of crazy how the music industry works; we shout and tell everyone about a new record.

British electro-pop outfit Hot Chip will release its fourth studio album on Feb.