Live Nation may have signed huge deals with Madonna, Shakira, and Jay-Z, but the upstart music company is looking to the major labels to distribute its tunes. According to a report in the New York Post this morning, Live Nation has been in talks with the likes of Warner Music Group and the other big music companies to get the music out to customers.
Live Nation has made a splash in the business, signing so-called "360 deals" to handle everything from recording music to concert tours to merchandising for music acts. C.E.O. Michael Rapino has signed Madonna, Jay-Z, Nickelback, and Shakira to the deal but doesn't have a new album from any of them due out for at least 18 months, the Post said. Last week, Live Nation dumped three industry veterans originally signed to build a label within the company. The paper also posited the company could explore exclusive deals with major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target. Any deal with a major music company could be awkward: for instance, distributing a new Madonna album with Warner Music, her former label.
Leticia (Colombia), July 21 (IANS) With marches and concerts, more than a million Colombians have celebrated their country’s 198th Independence Day and demanded the leftist rebels free everyone they have been holding hostage, EFE news agency reported Monday. In Leticia, the capital city of southernmost province of Amazonas, a military parade was organised to mark the day Sunday that was witnessed by President Alvaro Uribe and his Brazilian and Peruvian counterparts Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Alan Garcia, respectively.
Colombian pop singer Shakira kicked off the parade, singing the national anthem. The “Hips Don’t Lie” singer also recalled that Sunday was a historic day as all the countrymen united to demand the release of all kidnap victims and peace in the South American country, which has been in the grip of a bloody internal conflict for more than four decades. “I’m delighted and happy to be in Leticia, happy to take part in this historic day for all us Colombians who have united in the largest demonstration we have had in our history,” she said. Shakira travelled back to her country Sunday from London, where she is recording her latest album, to take part in the concerts being staged in most Colombian municipalities and in several cities around the world, calling for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas to release all their hostages.
“It’s a very important event for us, for the nation, for our president and for the presidents of our neighbouring countries,” Shakira said.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe thanked the singer for her generosity in coming and being with the countrymen on the special day. Uribe also thanked his counterparts from Brazil and Peru for becoming part of the Independence Day celebration. “Here in Leticia July 20 has much significance, a message … for each square (inch) of the homeland, a message … for each (citizen), a message of commitment to liberty that is expressed here with the singing of the little parrots, parakeets and all the little birds of the Amazon jungle that are free 24 hours a day,” he added.
Garcia, in his remarks, said that he felt “satisfaction and joy” at being in the border city “to accompany the Colombian people and their president” on Independence Day. Residents of more than 1,100 cities across the country held marches Sunday for the third time in five months to demand that illegal armed groups and criminals release the thousands of people they are holding hostage. According to officials, at least one million people, in seven marches along an equal number of different routes, took to the streets in the Colombian capital wearing white T-shirts, releasing balloons into the air and chanting “Freedom, freedom, freedom”.
Shakira's club banging number Whenever Wherever has landed at number eight in the top ten worst lyrics poll. While, the 1992 hit song Rhythm is a dancer has been voted the song with worst lyrics of all time in a poll conducted by magpiemusic.com. The line "I'm serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer" topped the poll of terrible lines.
The top ten worst lyrics are:
1. I'm serious as cancer, when I say rhythm is a dancer - Rhythm is a Dancer
2. I don't want to see a ghost, it's a sight that I fear the most, I'd rather have a piece of toast, watch the evening news - Life
3. Is that yo ass, or yo mama half reindeer? - Shake Ya Tailfeather
4. He was a boy, she was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious? - Sk8er Boi
5. I love you like a fat kid love cake - 21 Questions
6. Time is like a clock in my heart - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
7. You got a Prada bag with a lotta stuff in it - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
8. Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don't confuse them with mountainsI - Whenever, Wherever
9. She had dumps like a truck, truck, truck - Thong Song
10. Only time will tell if we stand the test of time - Why Can't This Be Love
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira on Thursday hailed the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages from Marxist rebels as a "historic day" for the country. The 31-year-old Grammy-winner, famed for her hit single "Hips Don't Lie," said the hostages' dramatic jungle rescue had restored Colombians' faith in the country's armed forces and institutions. "This is a historic day for all, for our country that has undergone so much. Today we cry tears of emotion and joy and we can look to a future with that hope that peace will arrive,"Shakira said in a statement. "Ingrid is a symbol of the suffering of all those who have been robbed of their freedom," Shakira added. "This has renewed our faith in democracy, our institutions, our own forces." Colombian-French politician Betancourt, who was abducted by rebels in 2002 while campaigning for the presidency, was on Thursday reunited with her children in Bogota following her rescue.
Live Nation may have signed huge deals with Madonna, Shakira, and Jay-Z, but the upstart music company is looking to the major labels to distribute its tunes. According to a report in the New York Post this morning, Live Nation has been in talks with the likes of Warner Music Group and the other big music companies to get the music out to customers.
