Billboard reports that Prince is planning three back-to-back concerts at three separate venues in Los Angeles on March 28th to promote the three albums he plans to release. Billboard also says that Prince is releasing a $77 subscription service for the lotusflow3r.com website.
Prince is hoping the live appearances will help build anticipation for the March 29 release of his two new albums, "LOtUSFLOW3R" and "MPLSoUND." Both CDs, along with a third by new artist Bria Valente, will be available as a three disc set exclusively through Target for a price of $11.98.
Prince is also launching a fan subscription service called Lotusflow3r.com. For $77 a year, subscribers will get an as yet not fully outlined set of content that will include exclusive music, video, lyrics, artwork and photos.
On March 28, Prince is scheduled to perform three full-length concerts at Los Angeles' $2.5 billion L.A. Live sports and entertainment project, which is owned and being developed by AEG. Doors for the first show at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live will open at 5:30 p.m.; doors at the Conga Room open at 8 p.m.; and doors at Club Nokia will open at 11:30 p.m.
Prince has also teamed up with Target for the release of his three albums. One of the albums is by Prince's protege, singer Bria Valente.
Beyonce received a fan book as a gift from the Beyonce Fan Club. She posted the following video of her exploring the new fan book on YouTube. Beyonce's been everywhere lately. Her Sasha Fierce character is unusual but her recent videos - including Single Ladies and Halo - are very likeable and should allow her to not only keep her current fans but also add new ones.
Marketa Irglova and Glen Hansard perform "Falling Slowly" from the film "Once" during the 80th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre. "Falling Slowly" went on to win the Oscar for Best Original Song beating out three Disney songs that were nominated. You can see the songs that were nominated here. You can here "Falling Slowly" on YouTube here.
You can see a complete list of all the 2008 Oscar winners here. You can find lots of Oscars links and scoop here.
Singer/songwriter and actress Beyonce portrays Alice from Disney's classic Alice in Wonderland in an image created by world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. Beyonce was joined by actor Oliver Platt as The Mad Hatter and singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett as The March Hare. In the photograph they are all taking a wild spin in a whirling, giant teacup.
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